There are many rules that come into play when playing a sport competitively. Some rules can be played around with, but some cannot be broken and you will either be docked points or be completely disqualified.
Surya Bonaly was a fierce freestyle ice skating competitor. She was on fire every time she stood on that Olympics ice rink, fearlessly striving for her place on that podium.
In ice skating competitions, backflips were not allowed, at all. But when Surya Bonaly went for something unimaginable, braking the rules of competing at the 1998 ice skating Olympics stadiumm, she got a standing ovation.
She took a chance of her career and did a backflip while landing on one foot. She risked being disqualified and eliminated from the competition.
She had a burning desire to do something magical on that ice rink. She didn’t win that competition that night, but that one move launched her career to go professional. She changed the history of ice skating competitions to where she was now able to perform them at her pleasure.
Have you had burning desire to do something out of the ordinary that’s never been done in history in the field that you’re in?
The world can be scary out there, but you never know what can happen unless you do it! Will you live with regrets, looking back at your life years from now, thinking you should’ve done it?
Allow that doubt to be thrown into the deep oceans and take that risk.
Don’t forget that when the first car was made there were no gas stations on the streets.
