“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 […]
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.
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 […]
“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 […]
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Nikki White in Oklahoma City. “The reason sport is attractive to many of the general public is that it’s filled with reversals. What you think may happen doesn’t happen. A champion is beaten, an unknown becomes a champion.”-ROGER BANNISTER The year after Roger Bannister broke the previously […]
Ed Tseng and high school tennis player, Kevin Roveda demonstrate a laughing meditation. At first they were faking their laughter, but then they started actually laughing. Even the camera woman was crying from laughter. If you want to feel a certain way, start faking it and you will soon start feeling it. Video blog: https://www.edtseng.com
“It’s better to do a little a lot than a lot a little.”-ROB GILBERT, Ph.D., and author of “Good to Great Golf” and “How to Have Fun Without Failing Out.” What’s better… Practicing 6 hours 1 day or 1 hour for 6 days? Studying 6 hours on Sunday night or 1 hour every night? Making […]
From “Game. Set. Life.” page 52… “It is in our times of decision that our destiny is shaped.”-ANTHONY ROBBINS Remember this formula: E+R=O Event + Response = Outcome You create your destiny. You cannot control the events in your life, but you can control your reaction to them. And that will determine your future. Homework: […]
“The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear.”-BRIAN TRACY I recently worked with a high level athlete who used to get negative when competing. He used to yell and throw his racquet. This did not enable him to perform at a high level. So I […]
“We are all capable of infinitely more than we believe.”-DAVID BLAINE, magician The great David Blaine once stood atop an 80 foot pole for over 30 hours and then proceeded to jump off into a pile of cardboard boxes.How did he do it?He practiced at twenty feet. Then at forty feet. And finally at eighty.When […]