I-Sila, 5-Word Mantra Sloane Stephens Uphila Ngayo

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USloane Stephens akadingi ngempela ukwethulwa enkundleni yezethenisi. Ngenkathi esedlalile kuma-Olimpiki futhi eba ngumpetha we-U.S. Open (phakathi kokunye akufezile), umsebenzi wakhe omisiwe usabhalwa.

Usanda kumisa ngabakwa-:BLACKPRINT, Iqembu Lezisebenzi Ezimnyama ze-Meredith Corporation (engabanikazi Umumo), ngomlando wayo wezempilo nokuqina ukukhuluma ngendlela ayigcina ngayo ingcweti yakhe yengqondo, ukuthi kunjani ukuba yingcosana yohlanga emhlabeni wethenisi, nokuthi unethemba lokukhuthaza isizukulwane esilandelayo.

Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi abasubathi abaningi abaqeqeshiwe banama-mantras abawasiza ukuthi bagcine ugqozi nokugxila kwabo. Isimiso esilandelanayo esilandelwa nguStephens ukuhlala phezulu emdlalweni wakhe? "Akunjalo uma, kuyi nini." Incazelo ye-mantra yempilo yakhe ukuthi akuwona umbuzo uma uzokufeza lokho osebenzela kukho, konke kumane nje kuyindaba yesikhathi.

"Lokho kusebenza ezintweni eziningi kakhulu empilweni," kusho uStephens. "Ngizizwa sengathi uma ulindele ukuthi kwenzeke okuthile, awazi noma kuzokwenzeka yini. Uma uxinekile, awazi ukuthi kuzophela nini, awazi lapho isikhathi sakho esinzima sizophela: Akukona uma, kunini. Ngakho-ke lokho kuyintandokazi yami." (Okuhlobene: USloane Stephens Uyikhokhisa Kanjani Inkantolo Yethenisi)

I-mantra yakhe imsize ngempela ohambweni lwakhe lwethenisi, ikakhulukazi ngesikhathi elinde ukuthi kube nokumeleleka okungaguquki kwezemidlalo. "Ngikhula, ngidlala ithenisi njengowesifazane osemusha wase-Afrika waseMelika, bebengekho abantu abaningi nabadlali ababebukeka njengami," esho ehlanganyela. Umpetha wethenisi uthe waya ezikhungweni zezemfundo zethenisi ezineminyaka ephakathi kwengu-10 kuya kwengu-16, kepha noma ngabe wayaphi, ukungabi bikho kokwehluka kwahlala kufana. Ekugcineni, ngenxa yempumelelo ekhulayo nokuqina kwabadlali beThenisi abaMnyama abanjengoVenus Williams, uSerena Williams, noChanda Rubin, wazibona esekulomdlalo.

Namuhla, kunabadlali abaningi abaMnyama abavulela indlela abadlali bezemidlalo bakusasa - kufaka noStephens uqobo. Njengoba abadlali abafana noNaomi Osaka noCoco Gauff bekhula kancane kancane, uStephens ucabanga ukuthi lo mdlalo usendleleni efanele yokuthi izingane zizibone zisenkundleni yethenisi. "Njengoba sikhule, sakha, futhi sasebenza emidlalweni yethu, konke kuhlangene," esho. "Kuhlukile ezinganeni ezisencane kunami ngoba sibaningi kakhulu, futhi sonke sibukeka sehlukile, futhi sonke sinomqondo wokumelwa." (Okuhlobene: Ungayakha Kanjani Indawo Ehlanganisayo Esikhaleni Sokuphila kahle)

Njengoba abadlali beThenisi abaMnyama beqhubeka nokubonakala ngokwengeziwe, uStephens ubelokhu efuna lolu shintsho uqobo, okungukuthi ngegama lakhe, iSloane Stephens Foundation, inhlangano esiza abantu abasha abamele iCompton, eCalifornia. Isisekelo silwela "ukuhlakulela isizukulwane esisha sabadlali bethenisi" ngokukhuthaza izindlela zokuphila ezinempilo, ukudla okunempilo kanye nokubamba iqhaza emisebenzini yokuqina komzimba. UStephens wachaza ukuthi ithimba lesisekelo sakhe nalo lisebenzela ukususa indaba edumile yokuthi ithenisi ingaba eyabantu abanemali eningi kuphela.

“Ngiyakuthanda ukubona amantombazane amancane nezingane ezincane zifana nokuthi, ‘Ngidlala ithenisi ngenxa yakho’ noma ‘ngikubuke ku-TV,’,” kusho yena. "Ungenza izinto eziningi impela uma udlala ithenisi, [noma ngisho] uma unentshisekelo kuthenisi [njengokusebenza kwinethiwekhi yezemidlalo] ... Ukunikeza lezo zingane ithuba lokusebenzisa ithenisi njengemoto kubaluleke kakhulu ."

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