We’ve had some thought-provoking comments about the value of self-belief and the reality of self-doubt in the comments following the ‘believe in yourself’" post. In Brett Lee’s exclusive ‘achievers’ video interview, Australia’s #1 bowler says career lows are inevitable and the key is to stay positive.
"There’s times when you’re down and there’s times when you’re up and that’s what sport is all about and that’s why we love it," he says. "If you are continually at a high all the time you wouldn’t be challenging yourself, and it wouldn’t be a great game."
Brett’s strategy is to stay as ‘even’ as possible, not rising too high with the highs, and not falling too far with the lows … I guess that’s what makes him so consistent when he is playing cricket and in his line of work consistency brings success.
If you want to watch Brett’s interview in full (and download it to play later), go to Brett’s achievers page and select the video extra file.
And tell our achiever’s community what you think about Brett’s ‘even keel’ strategy, would it work for you?
Posted in Brett Lee, Confidence, Success, Tips

5 Responses to “Keeping an even keel”
peter howell on December 6th, 2007 at 10:29 am
I have a question. Has Brett ever seen a psychologist? I realise that sport psychologists are probably quite common at his level, but I’d be interested to know where he’s drawn these insights from, and/or whether they simply came naturally to him as he progressed through different stages and challenges of his career.
Sara on December 7th, 2007 at 5:42 am
Hey Peter, I know that Brett’s elder brother Shane who is a former international cricketer, has a degree in Psychology, so he probably gets his insight from him and the team Psychologist.
Remember, you can find out more on Brett at http://www.freewebs.com/brettleeonline
peter howell on December 11th, 2007 at 11:28 am
Thanks Sara, very interesting!
Taing Kech Zhou on December 26th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Erica on February 13th, 2008 at 7:49 am
If any of you are interested, here’s a site for supporters of Brett Lee, it’s a fanlisting.
http://brettleefans.webs.com
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