# @thekristinericksen on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DQKDtuWER9Z
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- **Posted:** 2025-10-23T15:44:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Kristin Ericksen | Peak Performance Coach (@thekristinericksen) — https://gondola.cc/thekristinericksen

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Did you hear what he said 😱

How is it possible that Gold Medal Olympian and 8X World Champion 🥇@lashawnmerritt isn’t competitive???? 

Because the competition isn’t the race…it’s the preparation.

LaShawn summed it up beautifully when he said👇

“You don’t rise to the occasion, you rise to the level of your preparation.” 

“I’m not chasing adrenaline. I’m present in the preparation …that’s what fuels me.”

He doesn’t hope for the moment.
He trains for it. Because when you’ve done the work …”You don’t rise to the occasion, you rise to the level of your preparation.”-LaShawn Merritt

The numbers don’t lie. 

🏃🏿‍♂️Elite athletes train 25–30 hours a week for competitions that last under a minute.

🎻Concert violinists average 10,000+ hours of deliberate practice before ever performing on stage.

👨🏻‍⚕️Surgeons spend 8–12 years in education and residency before they ever perform solo.

🎤TED-level speakers rehearse their talks 150–200 times before stepping on the red dot. (I think I did 1001 🤪)

💼 Top-earning entrepreneurs spend 80–90% of their time preparing systems, strategy, & mindset and only a fraction executing live launches.

That’s not competition. That’s conditioning. The ones who win aren’t lucky…they’re ready.💃🏻

🔥So if you’re ready to stop performing and start preparing like the elite do…
Join me for my Super Goal Achiever Masterclass | November 5th, 2025

I’ll teach you the same elite-level mindset, structure, and accountability system that turns pressure into performance and preparation into power.

📆 One day. One decision. A lifetime of difference.
📲 DM me “ELITE” and I will personally send you an invite before this SUPER LAUNCH goes live. 
🚀 Secure your seat before the big registration drops. Seats are limited. 

##SuperGoalAchiever #BreakFreeMakeItHappen
#Audit
#Elevate
#Execute

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elevate, breakfreemakeithappen, supergoalachiever, audit, execute

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