REFLEKSIE NA DIE OLIMPIESE SPELE
Yvonne Velthuysen • September 2, 2024
Menige Suid-Afrikaner het vasgenaal gesit voor die televisie tydens die Olimpiese Spele in Parys vanjaar.
Ons het ons ingeleef en die hoogtepunte en laagtepunte van atlete meegemaak, die blydskap asook die hartseer en teleurstellings.
Ons besef wat dit die atlete gekos het om net daar te kon wees. Vier jaar se voorbereiding en ongelooflike harde werk vir een wedloop of item.
Ek was bevoorreg om hierdie Olimpiese Spele persoonlik mee te maak in Parys, aangesien my dogter Suid-Afrika verteenwoordig het in die driekamp kompetisie.
Graag deel ek my ervaring , observasie en lesse wat ek hieruit geleer het. Meeste van dit kan ons toepas op die lewe in die algemeen maar ook op ons beleggingsstrategie.
- Tyd – dit neem soms jare om jou doelwit te bereik. Soms, soos in my dogter se geval 22 jaar.
- Toewyding – slaap, eet en leef jou doel.
- Dissipline – doen elke dag wat jy moet doen. Moenie kompromië aangaan nie.
- Fokus – weet wat jou doelwit is en werk elke dag daaraan.
- Opofferings – daar is baie dinge wat op jou pad kom waarvoor jy “nee” sal moet sê. Dis nie maklik nie.
- Span – kry ’n span wat jou ondersteun en van advies kan voorsien, aanspreeklik hou, moed inpraat en wat in jou glo.
- Finansies – dit kos ’n fortuin om jou droom te bereik. Veral in Suid-Afrika. Probeer hulp kry van borge.
- Onsekerheid – dit is moeilik om te presteer as daar onduidelikheid is oor wat van jou verwag word en wat jy moet doen. Om dit te oorkom verg ’n baie sterk persoon met ’n onwrikbare karakter.
- Ervaring – geniet alle fasette van die pad na jou doelwit toe. Leer en pas dit toe soos jy aangaan. Daar sal hoogtepunte en laagtepunte wees. Daar sal uitdagings wees. Jy sal bo uitkom.
- Geloof - glo in God. Hy loop elke tree saam met jou en Hy sal jou nooit verlaat nie.
- Balans – wanneer ’n mens kyk na bogenoemde punte asook wat dit van ’n mens verg om te kwalifiseer vir die Olimpiese Spele, lyk balans maar
- moeilik, maar dit is belangrik.
- Sukses – dit is anders vir elke persoon. Ek glo dat jy sukses bereik het wanneer jy vrede en aanvaarding ervaar. Wanneer genoeg, genoeg is.
- “DIE DAG” - so, jy het 4 jaar voorberei vir “die dag”!? Dit kan goed gaan of dit kan minder goed gaan, op “die dag”. Was dit ’n mors van tyd en geld? Nooit nie. Alles wat jy geleer het op die pad soontoe gaan jy vir die res van jou lewe gebruik en sou jy ’n minder goeie dag op “die dag” gehad het, onthou al die hoogtepunte en goeie tye op die pad soontoe en weet dat daar is lewe na “die dag”, dis jou keuse!
Wat het bogenoemde te doen met beleggings? Tyd in die mark is baie belangrik. Bly gefokus, wanneer dinge moeilik gaan hou aan met jou bydraes. Wanneer markte wisselvallig is, bly by jou beleggingsstrategie. Wanneer markte af is en jy moet aftree, “die dag” byt vas. Môre is nog ’n dag. Moenie paniekbevange en emosioneel raak nie. Werk saam met jou beleggingsspan. Weet
dat hulle jou by jou einddoel sal kry. Weet dat hulle die ervaring het. Weet dat hulle suksesvol is. Sterkte vir die pad vorentoe. Daar is lewe na die Olimpiese Spele.
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