mental toughness
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The Curious Case Of Mental Helplessness
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The Curious Case of Mental Helplessness I asked Archie Manning and Andre Agassi to read our book- “Don’t “should” On Your Kids: Build Their Mental Toughness I even asked if they’d provide testimonials, because they would be perfect for the message to parents. I finally got through to their agents, they said, “no.” Andre Agassi…
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A participation trophy actually hurts more than it helps
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A participation trophy does not build mental toughness FOX 59 interviewed me… click on the image above to watch the story… Kids are not to blame. We, the parents are. We’ve become obsessed not with their own medals, but our own. We run a 5k and expect a medal. A coach even told me a runner…
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Why I Quit Drinking
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Why I Quit Drinking My son has me under his thumb. It was always my daughter before he was born. The funny thing about boys is how much they emulate their daddy. I love coffee, so he loved coffee. A three-year old drinking black coffee is humorous. I would have a pint in the evening…
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5,000 push-ups & 5,000 sit-ups every day…
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Herschel Walker was made fun at school and never went out to recess because he was afraid of getting beat up. His teacher used to put him in the corner of the room because he had a speech impediment, and called him “special.” His father used to give him a quarter to buy a snack…
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Don’t question your Mental Toughness
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Don’t Question Your Mental Toughness There is “no question” about it. Did this cliche’ emerge in sports? I’m not sure, it’s just where I hear it most often. What I’ll hear from competitors is an indication of their mental toughness. I listen for how often they question themselves. “how did I do that?” “what are you…
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Ending practice early to building mental toughness in young athletes
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Ending Practice Early to Building Mental Toughness in Young Athletes? There are not many secrets to success. There is also no short-cut. However, one secret that I think holds true is the ability of one more. When we are tired and fatigued, the key is to be able to endure just one more. One more rep, writing…
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End practice early to build mental toughness?
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End Practice Early to Build Mental Toughness? There are not many secrets to success. There is also no short-cut. However, one secret that I think holds true is the ability of one more. When we are tired and fatigued, the key is to be able to endure just one more. One more rep, writing one more page,…
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Winners, Losers, & At-Leasters
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Excerpt from book: Don’t “Should” on your kids: Build Their Mental Toughness Wade was a very talented 12-year-old hockey player, but he was a coach’s nightmare. He would only play hard when he felt like it, which was, unfortunately, only about a quarter of the time. Not surprisingly, Wade’s father also worked whenever he felt…
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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…
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(VIDEO) The art of the follow-through…
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James Altucher’s podcast and book stated the three types of business that SELL themselves. If you can help others out with one of these three issues, you’ll be rich. We need mental toughness in order to achieve our goals, and my fun 4-minute talk was given on the mental skill needed to accomplish one of…