Mindset Matters

Your daily thoughts have a negative or a positive impact on you every day. Choose your words wisely.

The 40% rule is not just a motivational statement. There is science to back it up. We are much more physically and mentally capable than we allow ourselves to be. In study after study, this is proven. In one study, researchers found that if you give a subject a placebo tablet, and claim that it has caffeine in it, the subjects were able to lift significantly more weight than those who were really...

So today, when you are struggling. Get moving and start working. When it’s tough, keep going. If it’s difficult, persevere. If you feel like quitting, press on. When they tell you that you can’t do it, ignore them. This particular storm that you are facing may be the exact reason that you reach your full potential. Face the storm, take a deep breath, shoulders back, and chin up. You’ve got this.

They knew that whether the criticism was positive or negative, they just needed the information so they could get better. The great one’s always want the info. Some coaches, and some bosses for that matter, are better at delivering criticism than others. Why do you care? I ask athletes all the time what the difference is between constructive criticism and criticism. Do you know? The difference is...

If you are leading a team, or if you are coaching yourself, know what the strengths and weaknesses are. If you are the coach, put the players in positions to succeed based on their strengths. If you are your own coach, make sure that you are focused on developing your strengths as much, if not more, than you focus on your weaknesses. Finding these talents can contribute greatly to the success of y...

The great one's break down complex subjects and tasks into simplified parts. How have you simpilfied lately? How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Don't overanalyze, get to work.

When was the last time you took inventory about how you talk to yourself? What did you think? Are you positive with yourself? Are you patient with yourself? Recent studies reveal interesting feedback as to what you say when you talk to yourself.

What do you want to do? Why do you want to do it? How are you going to start? These are great questions that can lead to great performance. The answers can unlock performance.

Are you getting enough sleep? Chances are that you aren't. It's also important to be consistent with your sleep habits? Make the change today!

Adversity hits everyone, what's your plan?

I was involve in a car accident last week. I tried really hard not to stay in the suck. Sometimes it's hard not to stay in the suck. Sometimes you gotta give yourself a time limit.

What you are focusing on matters. What do you focus on each day? The Good? The Bad? There has never been a better time to be alive, and there has never been a better time to seek out good things on the internet, in books, and through connections to social media. Find the good, be the good. You could make all the difference.

While I didn’t know Ken Ravizza like others did, I still feel the sting of this loss. I read about him in my textbooks while I was in school in the field, I heard about him from my peers, and when I finally met him in January of 2017, he was everything that all my peers had told me he was. He was kind, he was funny, he was authentic, he was intelligent, and he was a delight to be around.

Great interview today with para archery athlete Eric Burkette of the US National ParaArchery Team. So many good nuggets in this podcast. MUST listen for anyone in sport or in business.

When is the last time you took pride in the area around you? When is the last time your cleaned up your space? It can make a difference. Start. Start small. Start today. It can make all the difference.

When is the last time you thought about why you do what you do? When is the last time you thought about where you came from and where you are and where you want to go? Are you as hungry as you used to be? If you aren't this podcast may help you to understand what you need to do.

Even if you don't think you are in sales, you are. What message are you sending to other people? It is the message you would want to send? What could you change about the message you are sending? Your body language helps. Start with your body language.

Serving and being dedicated to others is a great trait to have. In fact, I had one person describe service as a divine paradox. They told me that the more your serve, the more you get back in return. The more you receive in return, the more you want, and then, in turn, you want to serve more. In essence, this divine paradox becomes selfish in nature: meaning, that it becomes self serving to serve...

Were your memories of your last trip to Disneyland more about how expensive it is? How long the lines were? How hot it was? How trivial some of the rides seem? Or were your memories about how fun it was to go to Disneyland? Was it fun to see your kids expressions? Was it fun to ride the rides you rode as a kid? Think about it, what was your mindset?

There’s a real power to this. I often let athletes know that it is hardly ever large and drastic measures that change performance, rather, small and intentional changes are usually the cooperates of major performance improvements. Getting 1% better is a key to this mindset.

One of the concepts that I taught while I was in Colorado Springs at the Olympic Training Center is the power of the transition word, but… Sometimes as an athlete, or even just as a human being, it is really difficult to get to a positive attitude when something negative happens. Life is not all glitter, rainbows, unicorns, and marigolds. So the power of the transition word “but…” is important. It...

What is a tree that you could plant for others that you may never see the results? I truly believe that if I could give the world a gift, it would be the gift of doing the right thing, just because it’s the right thing. Perhaps you could do something today that would be the right thing, even if you get no praise, payment, or accolades for it. What could you do? Do it. It is the right thing to do.

How is your work/life balance doing? What are you doing to course correct? What sort of examples are you following? Make sure you take inventory from time to time.

What is it that you think is too late? Too late to start your business? Too late to go back to school? Too late to be what you ought to be? I explore the possibilities in the next podcast.

What is the message that you are sending to others? What is the message you are sending to yourself? Do you think about it? What are you doing to make sure that the messages you are sending have the intended impact? Listen to this podcast and challenge yourself to do a little bit better...