A Coach's Diary

On the road to success, there are many roadblocks.  But, many of those roadblocks are in our minds.  They include doubt and fears and limitations that we put on ourselves.  To combat those internal feelings, Jon Gordon says that we should: "We need to talk to ourselves much more often than we listen to ourselves." We have to make sure that we have a 'growth mindset' that will help us overcome obstacles, real and mental, and that will help us deal with, learn from, and grow from mistakes. Kevin Eastman uses these 4 words to combat these roadblocks and to get to greatness: - Trust - Belief - Resolve - Preparation I think it all starts with the preparation.  The more prepared that you are going into a situation, the more you can trust yourself, the more you can believe in yourself, and the better prepared you are to bounce back from inevitable setbacks.  Prepare yourself the best you can going in, and you will have a different le...

Where you are and where you are going are based mostly off of the choices that you make. The rest is based off how you react to those choices. Every choice that you make matters: Do I get to the gym early, or do I rest? Do I put up extra shots, or do I hang out with my teammates? Do I read this extra chapter today? Do I stay late in the office tonight? Do I spend extra time with my family this weekend? Everyday we are faced with hundreds of choices that we can make. Each choice has its consequence. Be intentional in how you make the choices that you make.

Success is smart – it will test you at many turns.  Its biggest test is failure.  Success wants to know if you will quit.  Remember that failure is a part of all successful team and individual journeys.   Don’t fear failure because it happens to the best of the best.  If you fear the consequence of failure, put equal fear to the consequence of never trying.  What would happen if you tried and it actually worked out?  At some point, it will!  Imagine if you knew you would succeed but you didn’t try.  How would you feel then? Try, and don’t quit.  Act, and don’t quit. Don’t define success by wins and losses.  Define success by starting, trying, acting and giving your best effort.  If you do those and ‘win,’ then great.  If you do those and ‘lose,’ its still great as long as you learned from your mistakes, got better, and didn’t quit.  Eventually you will win, and with the right attitude, you will proba...