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  • Parenting is Contagious

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    When it comes to parenting, your example isn’t the main thing, it’s the only thing. As a professional speaker and author who studies and writes about what the best do better than the rest, I was blown away by what was possibly the most amazing audience I’ve ever spoken to. I recently spoke at the…

  • Sport Parents: The Ultimate Critic

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    As a parent of an athlete, there is really only one responsibility, support your son or daughter. Problem is many parents get the tonic of support mixed up with liquor of critiquing the game or practice. Tonic is fine, Liquor, never sicker…I wonder do kids lose the passion for sports or do their parents kill…

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    5 ways to dominate that FEAR!

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    5 Ways to Dominate that FEAR [Tweet “Fear takes us further than we want to go and keeps us longer than we want to stay.”] Fear takes us further than we want to go and keeps us longer than we want to stay. Fears underline almost all emotions, disappointment, sadness, motivation, and even anger. Because…

  • Why Your Coaching Style Should Be Intentionally Left Blank | MetaCommunication

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    Why Your Coaching Style Should Be Intentionally Left Blank… Every so often, when I receive an important document, there is always This Page Intentionally Left Blank.   I was naive, so I didn’t bother to figure out why, until I realized the importance! Imagine if that document had a printing issue, then there might be…

  • The Rusty Hinge

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    If you ever listen to a creaky door or gate, it’s not the door or gate at all. It’s the Hinge! So ,what happens when the Hinge becomes Rusty? Chances are that we got away from what got us here, our focus and confidence changed. The Hinge connected, but we let it get rusty… Here…

  • A Huge Myth About Trust…

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    There’s a Huge MYTH about Trust The best part about sports is that it is NOT like life. In athletics, A team or player won or lost, period.  Wash and wear. There is little ambiguity, because the Ball Don’t Lie. Life on the other hand has tons of ambiguity to it. It is not as…

  • How do you lay your cable?

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    I really had little clue of the importance of details.  I’ve heard it and lived it many times, but it finally hit home. While shooting the mental toughness film titled No Fear- A Simple Guide to Mental Toughness. Did you know that if one can accurately roll the A/V cables, then you’ll have a job…

  • Why I Am Doing an Ironman

    Stay in touch with The PAIN to Build Mental Toughness

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    Stay with the PAIN to Build Mental Toughness I once fell off an 80-foot cliff and lay at the bottom until the EMS unit craned me out. I had a broken wrist, my head was gashed open, and my lower back was in an extreme amount of pain. I had to take a daily regiment…

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    Can We Hate Ourselves to Success?

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      Can We Hate Ourselves to Success? Yes, It works! And it is powerful! Although I don’t have research to support this notion, HATE is probably the strongest motivator of all… Many successful people were driven and consumed by this over-arching motivation to prove others wrong!  The hatred manifests itself with a belief that “I’m…

  • My Worst Mistake As A Sport Psychology Coach #Fail

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    My Worst Mistake As A Sport Psychology Coach  I’ve been in the applied field of Sport Psychology as a professional since 2006.  To be a full-time, entrepreneur, in this coaching field is tough, but also rewarding!! This is my worst mistake as a sport psychology coach.  I started off as a University professor, until I…