Negative vs. Positive: Thought Discipline and The Harder Path to Self-Growth
Aug 26, 2019
You know what’s really easy? Being negative. You know what’s really hard? Being positive.
In sports (and beyond) we don’t really ‘get' this all the time. Sometimes, we get it a bit confused because negativity can easily be mistaken for positive attributes such as drive or resilience.
I had a coach once who everyone respected. "Look how competitive he is!", they’d say, "He’s so DRIVEN!", they’d comment as he grumbled and stomped around and yelled at players.
Give me break. Anyone can be negative.
It’s not a badge of honor. It doesn’t mean you ‘want it’ more than others. All it means is that you don’t control your thoughts and you’ve learned to be driven by fear alone. Because under that negativity, under that anger is a feeling that you aren’t good enough.
Take the athlete that is overly hard on HERSELF. That’s easy. She beats herself up after every...
How to Become the Master of Your Free Time
Jun 26, 2019
Like many of you, I have a lot of balls in the air every day. I’m wearing one hat in the morning, then I switch to another, then I switch to yet another and around and around we go. And that is on a GOOD day.
Things get thrown off one way or another all the time; someone gets sick, emotions get the better of me, or the unexpected ‘to do’s’ take center stage.
It’s easy to be overwhelmed. AND it feels justified. But what if it isn’t?
I read a book a few years ago and it SO hit home because it challenged this cultural belief that we HAVE NO TIME.
The Truth About Time
Forgive me for paraphrasing a really good book, but this is what I took away from it (mind you, some of this is probably my own thoughts triggered by this book):
- We have something like 30 hours of leisure time a week.
- We CHOOSE to be busy.
- We are addicted to being busy.
- Prioritize your time and you’ll find you have more of it.
Honestly, I think about this book...
