Aryna Sabalenka is a Belarusian tennis player who is #1 in the world. I came across an article this week where she described how a few years ago she was struggling with her game to the point she almost quit tennis. Then she made the decision to “try one more time, try something else to figure out my problem.”
This is what she said: “A time that comes to mind where I had to show my resilience and where I was really close to saying, ‘OK, I’m done’, was two or three years ago when I was double-faulting non-stop and everything seemed to be going wrong. “I was thinking to myself, ‘OK, it’s time for me to give up and to quit … it’s time for me to retire. But then I realized I have so much love for the sport… I just couldn’t give up. I had to stay strong and try one more time, try something else to figure out my problem… that was the turning point for me in my career.”
Is there something that you’re struggling with in your life? A problem? What might happen if you tried “one more time” and “something else?” Aren’t you curious what might happen next? It could be a turning point.
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On Emotions 