The key to mental toughness is staying in the present moment. Whenever we are not performing well, we are usually focused on either the past or the future, but the power is in the present. Below is a great excerpt from a great book… The people who bother us most often reflect aspects of ourselves […]
There’s nothing you can do that can’t be done. Nothing you can sing that can’t be sung. Nothing you can say but you can learn how to play the game. It’s easy. Nothing you can make that can’t be made. No one you can save that can’t be saved. Nothing you can do but you […]
In this video blog, Ed Tseng, Pro of the Year USTA 2005 and author of “Game. Set. Life.” shares a great story about “acting as if” and peak performance in sports and life.
It’s easier to act yourself into a way of feeling than it is to feel yourself into a way of acting. Dr. Jim Loehr once watched hundreds of hours of videotape of professional tennis matches and noticed a difference between the champions and everybody else. The difference wasn’t talent or skills, but what they did […]
Ed Tseng interviews drummer, Scott Strunk, founder of Strunk Drum Studios, on peak performance in music and life. https://www.edtseng.com
If you would not be forgotten, as soon as you are dead and rotten, either write things worth reading, or do things worth writing. -BENJAMIN FRANKLIN My only question to you is… ARE YOU GOING ALL OUT? If you’re a writer, write things that are worth reading. But if you’re not a writer, do things […]
It’s not what’s happening around you. It’s not what’s happening to you. What matters most is what’s happening inside you. Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Steven Nakagama Magee in Millburn, NJ. EXERCISE: Think back to a “good day” in your sport. Visualize what went on before, during and after that peak performance. […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Lewis Howes. Does your day determine your attitude or does your attitude determine your day? -COACH DARREN VENTRE Does how you play determine your attitude or does your attitude determine how you play? -ED TSENG, author of “Game. Set. Life.” and Pro of the Year USTA 2005 […]
Well, I think Tiger Woods definitely said the right things in his recent public statement, but communication is only 7 percent the actual words. 38 percent is the tone, and 55 percent is body language. I respect Tiger for admitting the truth, unlike some celebrities, but I wanted to see some emotion. I wanted to […]
In 1938, Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was the top pistol shooter in the world. He was expected to win the gold in the 1940 Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo. Those expectations vanished one terrible day just months before the Olympics. While training with his army squad, a hand grenade exploded in Takacs’ right […]