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  • instead of goals

    In 2021, Do This Growth Technique Instead Of Goals…

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    In 2021, Do This Technique Instead Of Goals… If you’ve followed me for an extended period of time, (and chances are you’ve haven’t), then you’ll have come across my disdain for goals. I’m not against setting goals of course, they are effective! It’s just that goals get perverted into only outcome based objectives; we need…

  • instead of goals

    In 2024, Do This Growth Technique Instead Of Goals…

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    In 2024, Do This Technique Instead Of Goals… If you’ve followed me for an extended period of time, (and chances are you’ve haven’t), then you’ll have come across my disdain for goals. I’m not against setting goals of course, they are effective! It’s just that goals get perverted into only outcome based objectives; we need…

  • your second wind in life

    How to Get Your Second Wind in Life!

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    How to Get Your Second Wind In Life Early in my running days, I was training for one of my marathons, I HAD to get my run in late one evening.  It was dark, I was tired. I wanted to rest, but I went anyway.  I’m so thankful I did! I ran 5 miles and…

  • Your Three Selves of Mental Toughness

    Your Three Selves of Mental Toughness

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    Your Three Selves of Mental Toughness People have talked about near death experiences and how their life flashed before them, and I’ve had two near death experiences, which were falling off of a cliff and a car accident, but my life never flashed before me. Before I signed up to compete in a ½ ironman…

  • best sport parents

    Best Sports Parents: 6 ways you’re doing it wrong…

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    I love my kids more than anything. So, I get it, how they perform is important to me. But their performance is not a reflection of my parenting, just a shadow. As the best sports parents, it’s important to remember this distinction. The most important element of youth sports is passion- a love for their…

  • Why An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth |

    Why An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth |

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    An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor.  His immediate family died in the concentration camps, but he survived. He talks at length in the amazing book- Man’s Search for Meaning -about how he survived while others did not.   He concluded that we actually find meaning through our suffering.…

  • An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth

    An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth

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    An Attitude of Gratitude is a Myth Viktor Frankl was a Holocaust survivor.  His immediate family died in the concentration camps, but he survived. He talks at length in the amazing book- Man’s Search for Meaning -about how he survived while others did not.   He concluded that we actually find meaning through our suffering.…

  • My Top 5 Game Changer Albums

    My Top 5 Game Changer Albums

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    I took my daughter to a Rob Zombie concert because we workout together to his music. She took me to Taylor Swift; I took her to Rob Zombie. Music is an index fossil. You’ll see from this list of my favorite albums, my approximate age, likes, and a specific period of my life. Is it…

  • Top Mental Toughness Quotes

    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…

  • killing your mental toughness

    Three Things KILLING your Mental Toughness |

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    Three Things Killing Your Mental Toughness We can’t connect the dots in our lives moving forward, we can only connect them looking backward. That means we don’t know how things are going to turn out. In our lives, there will be these small moments that make all the difference. These Hinge moments will connect who we…