Some of the most successful people in history were laughed at.

People laughed at the Wright Brothers.

People laughed at Einstein.

People laughed at Columbus.

Turns out, they weren’t crazy. They were leaders.

Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx wrote a paper in college about starting an overnight delivery service.

He got a C on that paper.

His professor gave him a chance to re-write it. Smith handed in the same exact paper. The professor was confused.

Smith simply said, “You can keep the C, and I’ll keep my dream.”

So don’t worry if others think your idea or passion is something to laugh about. Love what you do and put in the work, then they won’t be laughing for long.

As for me, I plan on changing the world through sports, leaving a legacy…and getting on Oprah before she goes off the air.

What are you laughing at?

Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Sarah McLoughlin in Cranbury, NJ. Happy Birthday to a true peak performer!

Much of what happens in your life, comes from your thoughts. Sports and life are self-fulfilling prophecies. You cannot become greater than your self-image.

Say, for example, you are a tennis player and whenever you are not playing, you keep thinking that you have a terrible serve; your serve will not get better.

You know the saying, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all? Well, here’s another one…

If you can’t think anything positive about your tennis (golf, violin, academic, sales) game, don’t think about it at all.

“People by and large become what they think about themselves.”
-WILLIAM JAMES, the father of American psychology

Ed Tseng talks about controllables and uncontrollables in sports and life. http://www.edtseng.com

HAPPY HOLIDAYS from Game. Set. Life. to you and your family.

Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Sue Elkind and Naime Jezzeny.

In 1920, Babe Ruth hit 54 home runs in his first year with the Yankees.

But that’s not the amazing part.

In that era, players weren’t hitting home runs, in fact, Ruth’s 54 homers were more than the TOTAL number of home runs hit by the rest of the TEAMS in baseball, except for the Philadelphia Phillies.

He wasn’t just the best, he was in a whole different league!

Babe did something that had never been done. He acted like the person he wanted to become. He didn’t do what everyone else was doing.

Most people wait until they become successful to act successful, but the great ones in history acted great before they became great.

You don’t have to be confident to act confident.

You can be confident now.

You don’t have to wait until you open your gifts to be happy.

You can be happy now.

You don’t have to wait until January 1st to make a resolution in your life.

You can make that resolution now.

K + A = R

Knowledge plus Action equals Results.

Stop being comfortable and start being great.

Thanks for reading and Happy Holidays to all.

Ed Tseng demonstrates his favorite FOCUS drill with basketball coach, Geneva Livingston. Don’t miss the bloopers at the end where Geneva is SUPPOSED to miss, but can’t…. http://www.edtseng.com

In Message #880, Ed Tseng talks about why Muhammad Ali was so great. http://www.edtseng.com