Fear Is A Liar Overall Lesson · Anxiety · 5 min read
The Overcomer's Mindset
The Overcomer's Mindset explores mental health, comparison, and self-worth through Evan Spencer's Ohio State role beyond the stat sheet and the quiet contributions that help a team succeed.
We like numbers. Salaries, grades, followers, weight, sales, touchdowns. They give us an easy way to decide whether we're succeeding.
The problem is that some of the most important things in life don't come with statistics.
Evan Spencer caught only 15 passes during Ohio State's 2014 championship season. But how many touchdowns happened because he made the right block? How many teammates trusted him? How much better was the team because he was willing to do a job that wouldn't get his picture in the newspaper?
There isn't a column for that.
Mental health can suffer when we constantly measure our worth against somebody else's visible accomplishments.
“They're doing better than me.” Maybe. Or maybe you're measuring the wrong things.
Did you control your anger today? Did you encourage somebody? Did you keep going when you wanted to quit? Did you help someone else succeed without needing credit?
Those things count.
Evan Spencer didn't need the football in his hands to change the outcome of a game. He just needed to succeed in his role.
You don’t need everybody else's definition of success to prove your life matters.
Some of your most important contributions may never appear in the stats.