Inside the book and game of CareerBall: High school and college are primary involvements through which student-athletes learn to be self-responsible. Although your coaches and advisors will be watching your progress, no one will be there to monitor all your activities and decisions. You’ll have to be willing to take increasing amounts of responsibility for the consequences of your decisions and actions.
You also have to begin to take responsibility for motivating yourself. Although others can provide some external motivation (like coaches yelling, fans cheering, or red lights flashing in your rear view mirror), external motivators are usually less powerful than internal ones, and their impact tends to diminish when the motivators are no longer present. In turn, motivating yourself has a more lasting impact on your behavior and will lead to even greater persistence, conviction, and self-discipline—all things you will need as you embark on your career path.
If you’re reading this, you have probably already learned about self-responsibility and self-motivations, because no one is forcing you to read this chapter. You probably already know what works for you and what keeps your motivation strong through difficult or uncertain times. This means remaining interested in a task or having confidence when others doubt you and not letting others (or laziness) keep you from pursuing something that really interests you or is beneficial.
Beginning in college, you’ll have to take increasing amounts of responsibility for the consequences of your decisions and actions. Giving careful consideration to your interests, values, abilities, and personality style is a matter of self-responsibility, because no one else can truly make these assessments for you.
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