Ambition Habits

This is one of the most challenging and temptating times of the year for lots of different reasons. But what we want to do here is to devise 2 game plans how to manage ourselves throughout the holiday season. Because some high performers will tell you to keep pushing through and to keep going! I will tell you the opposite. You must have a break and you must take time off and time out from your reg...

Your big audacious goal this christmas is? I want you to do something different, something you normally wouldn't do. Something you would like to do but haven't done it yet. Something out of the norm! My audacious goal is to play as many golf holes in one day as I can from 6am to 6pm walking. That is mine! But what is yours? What is your big audacious goal this Christmas? I want to know! Leave me a...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. What are the lessons learned here in Do Short Cuts Work? It is detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeways from the episode; Learn from t...

This is the time of year we are coming up to a break (that is Christmas holidays) or finishing something for example school, university or college. What must you think about when you are about to embark on the next phase of your life? Ask yourself these questions; What have you done well this year? What has been a challenge for you this year? What was really horrible for you this year? 2 Reasons I...

When you want to be a professional athlete, it's important that you learn from those who are out there doing it right now. Study what they do and be aware of what they do! Then you can begin copy and model them. What do the professionals do so well? 7 Points What The Professionals Do So Well; They are immaculately dressed. Their equipment is clean. They are courteous and respectful. They are prepa...

That's right you have got 2 weeks left to accomplish your goals for this year. How are you going to do that? Get out your notebook, take notes and craft out what you want your results to be for these next 2 weeks. Here is what you must do; Write down the results you want to achieve in the next 2 weeks. This week - write down the results you want to achieve this week. Every day - write down the res...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. What are the lessons learned here in What's Your Current Situation? They are detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeways from the episode...

Accomplishing goals are like Christmas. The lead up to Christmas is incredibly exciting. Lots of christmas parties, catching up with friends and family and being grateful for what you have. The excitement of giving and receiving gifts, it's truly a magical time. But when Christmas Day arrives then what happens? It's a bit like, oh is that it? And when you accomplish a goal it can feel a bit like t...

Coach, author and Founder of ‘Reach Your Potential with Tiff’ and ‘The Golf Lady’, Tiffany Mika was destined to be a professional tennis player from a young age but when that dream ended early in her tennis career, she felt like the biggest failure in the world. But she used her biggest failure and turned it into an asset to fuel her dreams. And you can too! She spent 25 years living in the past w...

When you make a mistake or you feel like you have failed at something, how does it make you feel? Like a loser? Inadequate? Not good enough? Hopeless? You feel down? It gets you down? And then what happens? You carry that mistake with you possibly for the rest of the game... then it begins to get worse. One mistake turns into 2 mistakes, then 3, 4, 5 and worse. Therefore what we want to do here is...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. What are the lessons learned here in Are Your Expectations Too High? They are detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeways from the episod...

This episode here is an interview from Bobby Danga Your Hidden Talent Podcast. Bobby interviewed Tiff about her upcoming book Focus - How To Reach Your Potential In Sport, Business & Life. Tiff shares how she recognized the pain from past mistakes in her tennis career and used this as fuel to dedicate her life to teaching young, female athletes how to focus at any given moment and get the comp...

What is goal achievement? What is a process goal? Which is better? In this episode we discuss which is better, the goal achievement or the process goal? Important here that you start to track 3 areas in your sport. 3 Areas to Track; Your Training Your Performances in Competitions Your Mental Skills These are explained in much greater depth in this episode. Get out your notebook, take notes and beg...

It is easy to say I want to win my next match and it's easy to say I want to win my next tournament but we have a problem when that is the ultimate focus. The problem we face is that all the focus is on the End Result! And what happens if you don't win? What happens when you lose? We all have losses, that's the nature of learning. But, when you lose and all the focus is on the WIN or 'I Must Win',...

Too many people think they have to set realistic goals. This is not you! You must set big audacious goals and in this lessons learned episode I share with why you must set those big audacious goals. What are the lessons learned here in Go After Your Big Audacious Dreams? They are detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeways from the episode; Dream Big Beyond The Moon When Will You...

This is a sneak preview of my upcoming book Focus - How to reach your potential in sport, business and life. It is Chapter 2 - Believe In You, Trust You. Here is what is laid out in the second chapter - What Is Believing in You? What Will Happen If You Won’t Believe In You? How Would You Rate Your Belief In You? How To Get Your Belief System Up To 10! Take Control Of Your Emotions Steps To Control...

This is a sneak preview of my upcoming book Focus - How to reach your potential in sport, business and life. It is the Introduction and Chapter 1 of the book. Here is what is laid out in the first chapter - * Going After Your Ultimate Dream * Must You Have A Dream? How Badly Do You Want It? It Is Going To Be Painful You Have To Want It So Bad To Take Action Questions About Your Dream The 7 Level W...

What does a Bake Off and Sport have in common? Very insightful lessons. What are the lessons learned here in Bake Off Versus Sport? They are detailed in this episode but here below are the big takeways from the episode; Be Clear On Your Direction & See The End Result (before you have started) Craft Your Recipe For Success Don't Make Excuses Believe In You - Believe You Can Win Ensure you liste...

This episode is very close to my heart. This fear of failure is what I struggled with in my tennis career. I froze with fear. What is fear? Here's a definition from the dictonary; It is being afraid of someone or something as likely to be dangerous, painful or harmful. What is painful when you are playing sport? It is losing! It's painful to lose, but what is worse is frightened of losing and worr...

The T-Code is the code in which you live by. It's the mindset in which you live by. This helps you to focus on striving forward and showing up each day with the intention to live by your code. You want to embody this code because this is how you will be living each day. Here is the T-Code Below; I believe in me because the world needs me at my best I love what discipline does for me I am a master...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. This week the lesson learned here Pay Attention To The Detail Here's what you can do to pay attention to the detail; Get Your Destination Clear What quest...

Have you ever felt that when you compete and you stuff up the point, you stuff up the game or you stuff up the match... do you have a hard time dealing with it? Do you have expectations set for yourself and when you haven't achieved them , do you keep tell yourself how bad you are at your sport? Or you are just not good enough? Or you will never make it? I get it! You want your goals. You want to...

Do you find that at times you mentally drift off during competitions? You don't know why this happens, but it does happen. And before you know it the game is over and you don't know how it ended so fast? Don't feel bad because you don't know how to concentrate. It's not something that automatically happens, it's a learned skill and you haven't learned how to concentrate yet. Before we put in place...

Each week it's important to look back at the end of your week and identify what lessons you have learned that will help you not only learn more about you, but gain feedback so you can keep on improving you to reach the heights you want to reach. This week the lesson learned here Just Keep Going Until 7 Steps To Just Keep Going Until Set Your Goal Plan How You Will Get There Evaluate Each Day &...

When we feel anxious about our sports performance it affects everything we do and how we feel. I was watching a segment on 60 minutes recently and the reporter said that anxiety affects one in every four people. That's a troubling statistic. What is anxiety? Anxiety is characterized by a negative emotional state such as nervousness, worry and apprehension. Even though anxiety can be seen as a nega...