Ed Tseng
MESSAGE #922 SINGULAR FOCUS
In this video blog, Ed Tseng talks about singular focus and how it can help you reach peak performance in sports, sales and school. http://www.edtseng.com
MESSAGE #921 PRACTICE DOES NOT MAKE PERFECT
In this video blog, Ed Tseng talks about how to practice perfect, and shares tips for athletes who are trying out for their school teams in a few weeks. http://www.edtseng.com
MESSAGE #920 FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY II…
PART II
The other scene I really liked in “Fetch Clay, Make Man” was when Stepin Fetchit was teaching Muhammad Ali the secret anchor punch of the great Jack Johnson.
Fetchit said it started from the stomach and goes through your whole body. You reach back and use all the years of slavery and hardship and you put it all into that punch.
Don’t get me wrong, by no means am I promoting violence. It doesn’t matter if you’re boxing, playing tennis, making sales calls or taking a test.
You have to go all out. You have to make it important.
I remember a story about a grandmother that picked up a car by herself when her grandson was stuck under it. She had never lifted a weight in her life.
That’s desire. And desire wins.
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records.”
-WILLIAM ARTHUR WARD
We are like ten-speed bikes…we have gears we have never even used.
MESSAGE #919 FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY, PART I
“I am the greatest, I said that even before I knew I was.“
-MUHAMMAD ALI
Last night I saw an amazing performance at Princeton’s McCarter Theatre. It was “Fetch Clay, Make Man” by Will Power, featuring Ben Vereen.
Two scenes stuck in my mind.
The first one was when Muhammad Ali, played by Evan Parke, was visualizing his upcoming boxing match with Sonny Liston. Stepin Fetchit, played by Ben Vereen, watched as Ali visualized the win, and then said, “Very good, now let’s see how it will look when you lose.”
“I’m not going to lose,” Ali snapped.
“Are you sure about that? Jack Johnson used to visualize his losses, so that he saw all possible outcomes.”
I really like that.
Not enough athletes visualize, and the ones that do, only visualize the positive scenarios. When you visualize potential problems, many times you will overcome them when they arise.
Stay tuned for Part II tomorrow…
MESSAGE #918 SW 9
For those of you in sales…
SW 9
Some Will.
Some Won’t.
So What?
Stop Whining.
Start Working.
Stick With it.
Someone’s Waiting.
Start Winning.
then you can Stop Working (because you love what you do).
BTW, this isn’t just for sales.
MESSAGE #917 IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED…
If at first you don’t succeed, try a different strategy.
I just gave a lesson to a group of doubles players. The theme today was “how to play well when you’re not playing well.”
One of the worst things you can do as a tennis player is to be at 0-6, 0-5 and say, “Maybe I should try something different.”
If you’re playing doubles and the score is 0-3 or 0-4, try giving the opp0sing team a different look. Serve and stay back. Have both server and server’s partner stay back, use the “I” formation or the Australian formation.
It doesn’t matter what you try, but you need to try something different. When you use a different strategy, many times you will make your opponents change their winning game. Isn’t that a good thing?
The whole point is this: if you do what you normally do, you’re going to get what you normally get.
“Every game plan works against somebody. No game plan works against everybody.”
Try different options and see what works best for you…on and off the court.
MESSAGE #916 WHAT ARE YOU DOING BEFORE BED??
“Fear less, hope more; Eat less, chew more; Whine less, breathe more; Talk less, say more; Love more, and all good things will be yours.”
-Swedish proverb
I normally sleep pretty well. My routine is to meditate and visualize as soon as I get into bed at night. I take some deep breaths, cultivate gratitude and reflect on my day. I then visualize the things that didn’t go so well and imagine that they went perfectly. I also create positive images for the next day’s events. As a result, I wake up ready to go.
Recently, I made the mistake of watching the news right before bed. They were showing footage in Haiti, and talking about violent crimes in the tri-state area.
Well guess what?
I actually had some bad dreams that night. Coincidence?
I think not.
I once taught a little girl about nine years old and during her first lesson, she kept saying, “I can’t.”
Well, she didn’t.
I pretty quickly said, the rule on my court is that you are not allowed to use the word “can’t.”
She had to stop herself a couple times, but then she started saying, “I can!” with a smile.
She ended up playing exponentially better. She even started walking more confidently.
We, as coaches, players, students, parents, teachers and friends, need to be our own inner coaches, not our own inner critics.
Homework: Tonight, before bed, instead of just crashing or watching the evening news, read a motivational book, do a little meditation, or just visualize that you are already the person you want to be.
Your mind is a powerful thing – feed it properly.
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