MESSAGE #1029 ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES…
“When you’re tired and frustrated is where it begins. Because that’s when others quit.” -ROB GILBERT, Ph.D., noted Sports Psychologist and founder of Success Hotline (973 743 4690)
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MESSAGE #1028 TALKING WITH A LIFE COACH
I recently spent some time with life coach, Dolores DeGiacomo. I asked Dolores what some common challenges were for her clients. She said that many times people have unrealistic expectations for themselves and others. They focus on external things that are out of their control and then get upset or angry. When we focus our […]
MESSAGE #1027 A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT OBAMA TO THE CLASS OF 2010
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the Class of 2010. One of the things I love doing is hearing commencement speeches. Here is President Barack Obama’s message for this year’s graduates… Congratulations. Since I couldn’t be at every high school and college commencement this year, I wanted to send a message to all of the […]
MESSAGE #1026 YESTERDAY I MET MY CHILDHOOD HERO
Today is Message #1026 (my birthday: October 26) and my lucky number. In fact, if you have spent some time with me, you know that I even have a #26 necklace that I always wear (it was my baseball number too), and all around my house I have different items with 26 on it from […]
MESSAGE #1025 BE A BLACK SWAN
A BLACK SWAN is “the existence and occurrence of high-impact, hard-to-predict, and rare events that are beyond the realm of normal expectations.” (Wikipedia) Roger Banister breaking the four-minute mile was a BLACK SWAN event. David beating Goliath was a BLACK SWAN event. Ed Tseng failing out of Rider College twice and then going back to […]
MESSAGE #1024 HOW TO WIN MORE PART II
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great tennis coach, Javier Perez Cigoj in Argentina. So yesterday I talked about negative reactions on the court and why they can hurt your performance and results. Soon after, I received a message from Javier, a tennis coach in Argentina and he said, “Great message, but how should […]
MESSAGE #1023 HOW TO WIN MORE
IMAGINE THIS… You are playing a match. The score is 30-30, 5-5 in the final set. Your return is nice and deep which forces your opponent to hit a weak shot. You hit a nice deep approach shot, follow it to net and get a high floating ball to your forehand side. You hit it, […]
MESSAGE #1022 INTERVIEW WITH NEHA UBEROI
In this video blog, Ed Tseng interviews former professional tennis player, Neha Uberoi, as they talk about her toughest opponent, mental toughness and Princeton University.
MESSAGE #1021 WHAT CHAMPIONS DO IN PRACTICE…
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Didi Fisher Weinreb. What determines if a player becomes a champion? Part of it is practice. A lot of practice. 10,000 hours in fact, according to most performance experts. But practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect. Some call it “deliberate practice” or “purposeful practice.” […]
MESSAGE #1020 A MOTHER’S DAY STORY
A man stopped at a flower shop to order some flowers to be wired to his mother who lived two hundred miles away. As he got out of his car he noticed a young girl sitting on the curb sobbing. He asked her what was wrong and she replied, “I wanted to buy a red […]