MESSAGE #1575
Just for today…remember your ABC’s.
Aways
Behave
Confidently
MESSAGE #1574 YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE
I have a feeling you are going to lose.
We all lose. Every competition has a winner and a loser. But that’s not the point.
Nobody likes to lose, but even the greatest athletes in the world lose. So what’s the difference between the great ones and the mediocre ones?
Their mistake response…how they react to losses.
Is it failure, or is it feedback?
Do you get frustrated, or do you get fascinated?
How you respond to your mistakes is far more important than the result itself.
Winners lose more than losers lose. Think about that.
MESSAGE #1572 EIGHT POWERFUL WORDS
Act as if it were impossible to fail.
MESSAGE #1571 VICTORY IS NEAR!
Anthony Robbins via Twitter:
When it looks impossible and you are ready to quit, victory is near!
MESSAGE #1570 T-E-A-M
In the Army, when you are a second lieutenant in training, you make sure the troops eat their meals before you do.
Why?
To show respect and that we are all on the same team.
You get what you give, so if you are a coach and want respect from your players, give it first. This works both ways, so if you are a player and want respect from your coaches, give it first.
TEAM: Together-Everyone-Achieves-More.
MESSAGE #1568 HOW ARE YOUR EYES?
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.”
-MARCEL PROUST
As coaches, athletes, parents and people, we often look at things through our narrow perspectives. When we keep an open mind with new ideas and ways to do things, we frequently find better ways to do them, and continuously grow in the process, oftentimes improving our results.
Mental Toughness Homework: Just for today, have an open mind and listen to what others have to say. Look at the world through new eyes and your world just might change.
MESSAGE #1567 THE CURE FOR FEAR
Here I am in Texas, reading Success Magazine. Today’s message is a quote from the periodical.
Not living in fear is a great gift because certainly these days we do it so much. And do you know what I like about comedy? You can’t laugh and be afraid at the same time-of anything. If you’re laughing, I defy you to be afraid.
-Stephen Colbert
I know what you’re thinking, how can this message help you?
When you are about to do something difficult, like play in the finals of a tournament, take an exam, give a speech, or ask someone out on a date, watch or listen to some comedy. Read a joke book.
By focusing on something relaxing, you will be, well, relaxed.
Go all-out today!
MESSAGE #1564 NO EXCEPTIONS
My day began at 6:30am and it has been non-stop until now, 10:54pm. I don’t FEEL like blogging, but here I am. Someone once said, “Exceptions shatter dreams.”
One of my dreams is to help as many people as I can, so if today’s message inspires just one person somewhere in the world, my effort would have been worth it.
Something I learned in life is that winners do what losers don’t feel like doing.
Recently, I was interviewed by a current student in Ferris State University’s Marketing and Professional Tennis Management program, the same one that I graduated from. He asked me if there was any part of my business that I didn’t like, and I said, “Of course. I don’t enjoy doing my taxes, cleaning my office or other things that I have to do. But I do them anyway.”
Now I know there’s someone out there that has to do something today that they don’t feel like doing. Well guess what? If you want results, you have to take action. Don’t be like most others and wait until you feel motivated to do what you need to do.
If you do what everyone else does, you’re going to get what everyone else gets.
MESSAGE #1563
The most important part of a player’s body is above his shoulders.
-Ty Cobb
MESSAGE #1562 THE SIX W’S
The Six W’s: Work will win when wishing won’t.