A Coach's Diary

I was listening to a Joyce Meyer podcast, and she said that if you do these three things and you will find success: 1 - Whatever you do, do it with excellence. 2 - Be a person of integrity. 3 - Keep strife out of your life and your work. Excellence is not perfection. It means you do the best you can with what you have. Make sure that your foundation, roots, and character is strong. Having good, strong character is the first step to sustained success. Being excellent means that you go the extra mile. Don’t just stop at mediocre. Going beyond that. It means that you show up when you are supposed to and do your job – especially when no one is looking. It is important to keep your word. It is important to do what you tell people you are going to do, and it is important to do it to the best of your ability. These three things will help you build the foundation that you need to be great. Master the small things first. You are what you do. You get out if it ...

Don't quit. Don't give up. Be stronger. Last longer. Stick with things. Keep it up. Keep it up. Keep it up. Refuse to give up. Believe. If anybody can have it, you can have it.  You deserve it as much as everybody else. When it gets tough, the most important thing is the voice in your head and what it is saying. Anytime you find a really successful person, someone who is really doing great things, somewhere along the line they have developed the ability to go through adversity and to come out on the other side better, not bitter. Stand strong.  Be determined to do the best that you can and help others stand strong and determined to be their best.

Don't spend your time just being busy - spend it being FRUITFUL.  Make sure that you spend your time on stuff that actually benefits you and your life and not just staying busy. Be a person of purpose so that you can leave a legacy and so that you do not have to look back with regret for not doing different things with your time. We all have the same amount of time, and it is all the time that we need.  We spend our time just like we spend money - on what we want, on what we value, and on what we think is important -  and when we spend our money and our time - we can't get it back.  So make sure that you are spending your time on something that will bear good fruit in your lives. Take responsibility for how you are spending your time.  What you do is your choice, and when you control the fundamental aspects of your life, you can have the time, headspace and creativity to chase greatness.

A Humble Mind You cannot grow without a humble mind.  You can’t receive advice or constructive criticism or instruction (that can really help you) from your coaches, teachers and parents if you don’t approach it with a humble mind.  You have to approach every class and practice like, ‘Man, I could really use this this. I NEED this.’  A humble mind is a mind that knows that it can learn from anybody at any time.  A humble mind knows that it needs to be a lifelong learner if it wants to be the best that it can be.  A humble mind knows that it has to keep working hard, consistently and every day, to become the best that they can be. If you think that you already know everything a coach or teacher is trying to teach you, or that you don’t need to hear this lesson because you already know it, or you think this drill is for somebody else because you can already do it, then you will miss out on something that could have really helped you; as a student, a...