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MESSAGE #531 DON’T WAIT!

Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Jim Mulligan in Orlando, Florida.“Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of.”-BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

MESSAGE #530 THE ONLY FORMULA YOU NEED TO KNOW…

Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Grant Williams in Cape Town, South Africa. Do you have a voice inside your head? Of course you do-we all do. It is your choice, though, whether you use it in a positive or negative way. Let me explain… If you’re in a match situation and you […]

MESSAGE #529 READ TODAY…WIN TOMORROW…

So yesterday I played at the brand new USTA Indoor Training Center at the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center (US Open). The facility is about 80 percent complete and is already amazing. As you walk up to the building, you see the beautiful glass front and as you step inside, all the past champions […]

MESSAGE #528 I’M PLAYING IN THE US OPEN TODAY!

It is many a child’s dream to play in the US Open.Today, I will be playing at the US Open, Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in their brand new indoor facility. Am I playing for money?No.Is it a tournament?No.I am hitting with sports agent, Ian Rubel. I work hard, but I play hard. See, […]

MESSAGE #527 HAVE A GREAT DAY…

Today’s message is especially dedicated to Bernie in the UK…safe trip to Zimbabwe.A young woman successfully achieved a considerable weight loss-here is what she did: She pictured explicitly the weight she wanted to reach by a certain age. Each time she was tempted, she estimated how long it would take her to eat the gooey […]

MESSAGE #526

I had a bad day yesterday. Let me rephrase that…Nothing went my way yesterday.Hmmm…How about this?I learned a lot yesterday. YES!I could sit here feeling sorry for myself, or I could change my perception of the situation. What do you think I’m going to choose?LET’S GO!!A setback is a setup for a comeback. Thanks for […]

MESSAGE #525 YOU GET WHAT YOU FOCUS ON…

Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Nick Scozzari.Perhaps the most impressive and memorable quality of leaders is the way they responded to failure. Like Karl Wallenda, the great tightrope aerialist-whose life was at stake each time he walked the tightrope…Shortly after Wallenda fell to his death in 1978 (traversing a 75-foot-high wire in […]

MESSAGE #524 HOW TO USE SELF-TALK…

Today’s message is especially dedicated to my sister, the great Lucy Perrine…Happy Birthday!I know you talk to yourself. It’s okay, don’t worry. That is normal. But my question to you is how do you talk to yourself when things aren’t going your way?There are two ways to talk to yourself. Permanently or temporarily.Permanent self-talk:I always […]

MESSAGE #523

Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Melissa Thurston in Boston.“Success is not due to some genius or some magic. It is generally due to holding on, failing to let go. You decide to learn a language, to become a pianist, to reach a goal in business, to become a better human being.Will you […]

MESSAGE #522

“The purpose of life is not to be happy-but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have it make some difference that you lived at all.” -LEO ROSTEN