It’s often the case that the best answer is the simplest answer. When it comes to extraordinary people, the answer to how they became extraordinary follows this pattern, it’s simple. The late, great sports psychologist and bestselling author of the classic book Mind Gym, Gary Mack says it best: Extraordinary people live their lives backward. They […]
To help athletes focus on the process, coaches must teach them that the path to success is to control the controllables and not to worry about things that are uncontrollable. Correspondingly, the process is controllable, and the outcome is uncontrollable. Underachievers are the ones who give control of their successes and failures to uncontrollable factors. […]
Consistency is the critical character trait we all need to achieve anything meaningful. Each time you start something, then stop, then start again weeks or months later, you reset the clock on your goals and push back the finish line indefinitely. Without consistency, goals become dreams, and dreams become nightmares. Unquestionably, being inconsistent is something you […]