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There are some people who will find the good in everything, and there are some people who will find the bad and everything. I had a patient who went to greece last summer with his whole family. They went in July, so it was going to be hot. They were gone for 2 weeks, and when they came back, I asked how it was. The FIRST and really ONLY thing they said, “Greece was too hot.” Not delicious. Not his...

One  day a very wealthy father took his son on a trip to the country for the  sole purpose of showing his son how it was to be poor. They spent a few  days and nights on the farm of what would be considered a very poor  family. After their return from the trip, the father asked his son  how he liked the trip. “It was great, Dad,” the son replied. “Did you  see how poo...

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A practical exercise for improving your self-talk  You need : a piece of paper, a timer, a cell phone   Write your name on the paper take 5 minutes to write down all the things you're good at  call a close friend or family member, give them 30 seconds to tell you all the things they think you're good at. You don't get to say anything, just write down all they say  tak...

Story http://www.dailytenminutes.com/2015/08/story-happy-bird.html A Crow was absolutely satisfied in life. But one day he saw a swan...This swan is so white and I am so black...crow thought. This swan must be the happiest bird in the world. He expressed his thoughts to the swan. "Actually," the swan replied, "I was feeling that I was the happiest bird around until I saw a parrot, which has two co...

We're coming up on my third wedding anniversary. We had a brunch wedding, but I thought it was a lot of fun. I asked my friends after if they had fun, they said to me if someone didn't have fun at your wedding, it was their own fault. That was a good enough answer for me I want my practice is to be run the same way. It's my job to provide an environment where my kids can have the best possible ath...

I can still remember my birthday wish from when I was eight years old. I wished to play in the WNBA. That was 1998. WNBA started in 1996. I didn't make it to the WNBA. I did play division two and three college basketball. Having that wish, and the capacity to make it, shapes the way that I made decisions and spent my time as a young person. If I was born five years earlier, the WNBA would not have...

When I was taking organic chemistry in college, it was very clear that was a weed out class. Anyone who wants to be a physician, or a healthcare provider typically have to take that course. It has a physical therapist there have been exactly 0 days that I have used anything I learned in organic chemistry, with one exception. That exception is the resiliency behind doing hard things. Most people qu...

A father said to his daughter “You have graduated with honors, here is a Jeep I bought many years ago. It is pretty old now. But before I give it to you, take it to the used car lot downtown and tell them I want to sell it and see how much they offer you for it.” The daughter went to the used car lot, returned to her father and said, “They offered me $1,000 because the said it looks pretty worn ou...

Jon Tyson is a pastor, I came . I across via Adam Bradley on Twitter. He Rights "I would see my kids doing the wrong thing, and lecture, lecture, lecture. I would start in a nice tone, then wrap them up the intensity as their eyes glazed over. Then I would start to nag. I'd nag when they woke up, in the car, when they got home, when they were home, when they went to bed. What a beat down of a cult...

When I was  An intern in Boston for my last year of physical therapy school, a patient came in with $100 gift card for me and the two other therapist that work there to say thank you for getting him back to golfing without pain. I remember saying to my clinical instructor, Ryan, This is a lot of money, are we allowed to accept this? I'll never forget his answer. He said Cal, I don't wanna liv...

Luke 10:1-23 At church this weekend, the Gospel passage read was about how jesus sent 72 people out in pairs on his behalf to share God’s word. He gave them very few instructions, telling them to take very few things, and accept any food or drink offered to them in the places they go. Jesus, being jesus, probably could have done it all himself. Instead, he delegated. He made those people feel incl...

Dale Carnegie's book how to Win friends and influence people is one of my favorites. On page 177 he talks about how to win people into your way of thinking, and offers a few strategies. One line stands out to me is "nothing will work in all cases and nothing will work with all people "it reminds me that even though my messages the same throughout my contacts and what I share with my kids, I have t...

Jeff Jansen is a sports psychologist who has worked with college and professional teams and has a leadership program and books on developing teams, culture, and leaders. He was on Brian Cain’s podcast (Link below) and spoke to how the coach at UNC baseball Vacated every Wednesday of fall ball to teambuilding activities. And the coach admitted he felt like he was going to get behind because they we...

This is a great excerpt from a longer podcast from Craig Groeschel https://open.spotify.com/episode/0xOTO6dh7JHUxflbxx0AiR?si=382055d9a3154fa4 Where he challenges us that leadership is not what we do, leadership is an identity. A leader is who we are. Our character matters. The example we set matters. What we do and who we are when no one is looking should be the same person as when 10000 eyes are...

For the first time we are doing the weight room and speed and agility with the girls soccer team. One of the incoming freshmen who is very enthused and a nice kid asked me after we had completed one of our speed drills, "Coach Kelley, how do I get faster? "I smiled and told her that it will come. There's lots of drills that we can do, I told her to remember the ones that we were doing today and th...

I took a risk and let my kids name leadership seminars that we're doing. It's something that I want them to own and feel like they're a part of, I thought it would come up with something that had to do with leader ship, or some kind of acronym for Chiefs lead, but instead they wanna call it how you brewin because we host it in a local coffee shop every week. That's my challenge for you, offer your...

I went to Referee camp and one of our clinicians advised us that we will get out of this what we put into it. It was such a simple way and phrase to remind us that he was not going to coach our effort. We are grown adults, who spend time away from our family and friends and paid a little bit of money to go to this camp. He advised us that we could sit on the sidelines while we were not officiating...

192 - being coached I went to an officials camp last night, and remembered what it was like to be coached in a physical activity. I have business coaches. I have mentors in coaching. I’m not one for personal trainers or fitness instructors, so I don’t have much experience in the ways of being physically coached after I finished my playing days. It felt so good! More seasoned officials were guiding...

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189 – Good leaders are inclusive, making their team feel included. When we are specific about things that we want to do (habit forming) we are more likely to do it.

criticism and adivce  188 – Don’t take criticism from people who you wouldn’t take advice from. People will criticize you no matter what you do. Do the best thing for you at that time, it will not be perfect and that is okay. Do the best you can with the things you have.

a helpful tool that's helped me better understand my players and patients.  187 – Finish this sentence… a tool that can help any coach become aware of something that they aren’t aware of. Allow your platers to be aware they are a part of the conversation.

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