The Only Time a Good Plan is Better Than a Great Plan

Today I watched the interview Flowrestling recently did with Tom Ryan, the head wrestling coach at Ohio State. Ryan made a statement that immediately caught my ear as a quote to commit to the memory banks. The quote comes right before the 9 minute mark in the interview after Flowrestling’s Christian Pyles asked coach Ryan […]

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Adversity Vs. Tragedy and Perseverance vs. Resilience

Today I was talking with my son about the difference between adversity vs. tragedy and perseverance vs. resilience. The conversation was in the context of the results of his wrestling matches this morning. This weekend he is competing at the National Middle School Duals in Toledo, OH. To sum up our conversation, I was explaining […]

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A Wrestling Goal For Each of the 9 Categories of Motivation

If you can use a wrestler’s innate motivation to turn something that feels like a grind into something they enjoy doing, it’s like magically creating fun out of pain. That is why self-motivation is so important. However, people are not born with motivation and motivation does not come out of thin air. Everyone needs a […]

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