The myth of letting others down

This is Dave Sammel coming to you from Great Britain, and the grass court season. So, the grass court season has just kicked off and it's an exciting time of the year for all British players and coaches. I'm looking forward to seeing how the whole season plays out and then on to the hardcourt season in America. But keeping that aside, today, I'm going to talk to you about letting people down and how we so often feel really badly about certain situations like we're letting other people down.
I have this a lot with athletes who feel like they're letting parents down or coaches or their support team. I always say to them, “do you have a little brother or an older brother or sister? And are they trying to achieve anything in their lives? If not, then a friend who is trying to achieve something in their life?”
If they do badly at it, how do you feel about it? Well, obviously, you try to help them, try to pick them up. You really feel like you want to do everything you can to support them. So, if your reaction is to support people close to you trying to achieve things if they fail, but failing is just learning really, basically you don't get it right the first few times, why do you imagine others will react differently?

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This is Dave Sammel coming to you from Great Britain, and the grass court season. So, the grass court season has just kicked off and it's an exciting time of the year for all British players and coaches. I'm looking forward to seeing how the whole season plays out and then on to the hardcourt season in America. But keeping that aside, today, I'm going to talk to you about letting people down and how we so often feel really badly about certain situations like we're letting other people down.

I have this a lot with athletes who feel like they're letting parents down or coaches or their support team. I always say to them, “do you have a little brother or an older brother or sister? And are they trying to achieve anything in their lives? If not, then a friend who is trying to achieve something in their life?”

If they do badly at it, how do you feel about it? Well, obviously, you try to help them, try to pick them up. You really feel like you want to do everything you can to support them. So, if your reaction is to support people close to you trying to achieve things if they fail, but failing is just learning really, basically you don't get it right the first few times, why do you imagine others will react differently?

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