Let’s be clear: Your Alta Pursuit journal is not a diary. It is a performance log and a strategic planning console for your brain. If you think journaling is soft or a waste of time, you fundamentally misunderstand where your competitive advantage comes from. Your mind is your most powerful muscle, and the journal is your weight room.

This is the toughest question for any ambitious athlete: When is the right time to cut the cord? The pressure to specialize is intense, but the risks are real—burnout, overuse injuries, and missing out on broader athletic development. Specialization is an earned privilege, not a requirement. Making this decision on emotion is a guarantee of failure; making it with objective data is a Tier One execution.

You want to be the best? Then you must be the leader. The "C" on the jersey is earned in the summer, not assigned in the fall. Leadership isn't about being loud; it’s about emotional regulation and setting the absolute standard that everyone else is forced to meet.