The Olympics Inspire Me

I'm watching the Olympics last night and I see Shawn Johnson...

Here's a 16 year old girl who has already reached more of her potential than most people will throughout their entire lifetime...

The discipline, the commitment, the pride... to simply focus on one single area of her life (gymnastics) and *truly* see what she's capable of.

or

Micheal Phelps who stretched himself to the absolute limit and won a gold medal by the length of a finger nail. But ya know, to me it's not about the gold medal. Right then and there, in that moment, he declared to himself and everyone else that was watching that he was a champion.

I watch these people and I'm flat out inspired.

It's so easy to begin making 1, 2 or 3k a day and begin to get comfortable. The 4 hour work week is great but after you achieve it.... after you spend some time with the realization that you don't have to worry about money.... is that really enough for you to feel completely fulfilled at the end of the day? (no right or wrong answer)

For me it's not. And watching these athletes was a good wake up call to get back to being hungry... to get back to constantly raising my standards.... to play the game not simply for the money but to simply play the game....for the love of the game.

What would happen if someone applied this same discipline; these same olympic standards to I.M?