MESSAGE #416
SUCCESS SEEMS TO BE
LARGELY A MATTER OF
HANGING ON AFTER
OTHERS HAVE LET GO.
-William Feather
MESSAGE #415 OPPORTUNITY IS KNOCKING…
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Avesh Jain.
From Napoleon Hill’s book, Positive Action Plan: 365 Meditations for Making Each Day a Success…
ARE YOU WAITING FOR SUCCESS TO ARRIVE, OR ARE YOU GOING OUT TO FIND WHERE IT IS HIDING?
If you are waiting for success to seek you out, you are headed for a big disappointment. Success is rarely forced upon anyone, and it will never overtake you unexpectedly. You must prepare for it and actively seek it out if you ever plan to achieve any measure of success in your life. Constantly be alert to changes in your business or profession. Subscribe to trade magazines and professional journals, join industry associations or professional societies, and get to know the experts in the field in order to keep abreast of new developments.
Thanks for reading.
MESSAGE #414 TIP FROM THE SOPRANOS
Congratulations to Will Moulthrop in Kansas City, MO for winning a free signed copy of Game. Set. Life. – Peak Performance for Sports and Life.
Anybody watch the Sopranos? Remember the last episode and the “Mystery Man” at the counter that supposedly killed Tony Soprano? His name in real life is Paolo Colandrea.
Last night I spent some time with Paolo.
Paolo knows success. Perhaps because he was on the Sopranos.
But I think that Paolo is successful because he came to America from Naples, Italy with $70 in his pocket.
And now, he just came back from two months in Italy on his new boat.
Paolo told me that every day in Italy he went on his boat and all he brought with him was olive oil, garlic, pasta and his snorkel mask and fins. He would jump off his boat and dive down and catch some clams, mussels and sea urchin and add it to the pasta. That was dinner every night. That is the life.
Yes, I WAS salivating when he told me this.
But all of this is a by-product of hard work. I asked Paolo what he thought the keys to success were…
1. Desire
2. Patience
3. Determination
It worked for him, and it can work for you…
Thanks for reading.
MESSAGE #413 WISDOM
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Ann LoPrinzi.
Are you wise? Are you intelligent?
What is wisdom and intelligence?
I’ll tell you what I think they are…
Wisdom is knowing what to do with what you know.
See, EVERYONE knows what to do but NOBODY does what they know.
Thanks for reading.
MESSAGE #412 FOCUS
People lose focus every day on the court, in the classroom and in the boardroom. Don’t let this happen to you.
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MESSAGE #411
Vince Lombardi said that the quality of someone’s life is directly related to that person’s commitment to excellence and victory.
I agree.
Do you want to be excellent and victorious at tennis, painting or sales? How about relationships?
Skills are important, but your attitude is the key.
Do you have the ability inside you to become great?
Of course you do. You just have to start taking action. Start acting how you want to become and you will start to become the way you act.
You can only become as great as your self image, so start being your own fan – your own inner coach instead of inner critic.
Start today!
Thanks for reading.
MESSAGE #410 BEST SELLER???
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great James Tillinghast in Delaware.
Well, it’s official – my new book, Game. Set. Life. is currently ranked higher than Roger Federer’s book, Billie Jean King’s, Gone with the Wind, Oprah’s, and Tennis For Dummies on Amazon.com.
I extend much gratitude to everyone that purchased my book on Amazon yesterday. It really helped bump me up from #386,000 to #4,988. Not a bad start.
Let’s have a contest…
Whoever can tell me (in as many words as you like) why you need a copy of Game. Set. Life., you win a free copy signed by myself and one of my friends, students and heroes, who wrote the forward to my book…Brad Abouchedid, Special Olympics, Gold Medalist in Tennis.
Let’s give it until Monday, September 15th at noon. Email me at and good luck!
Thanks for reading.
MESSAGE # 409 DON’T QUIT!
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Andy Joseph.
I have a feeling that someone reading this blog today has thought about quitting.
Quitting your job.
Quitting your sports team.
Quitting your relationship.
Quitting your instrument.
Well, let me tell you something…
Don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit, don’t quit.
Quitters never win and winners never quit.
Here is an email that I received yesterday…
“This morning, I got up and went for a run. It was a good run, and part of what got me up was something you had said in one of your blogs…’Do the right thing…whether you feel like it or not.’ So hopefully I’ll be a little faster or feel a little better on the run portion of my triathlon on Saturday! =) Thanks!”
Winners never quit.
Did Michael Jordan quit? No.
Did Thomas Edison quit? No.
Did Elmer McAllister quit?
You don’t know who Elmer McAllister is?
Of course not…he QUIT!!!!
Thanks for reading.
Don’t forget to order your copy of Game. Set. Life. tonight at 8:08pm on amazon.com! Part of the proceeds go to children who lost a parent in 9/11 (Tuesday’s Children).
MESSAGE #408 US OPEN WINNERS
Congratulations to Serena Williams and Roger Federer for winning this year’s US Open tennis championship.
I have to admit, I’m quite impressed with both Serena and Roger. There is no doubt that they are elite athletes, but I know their secret.
Two words…
HARD WORK
Everyone sees their results on TV, but nobody sees how hard they work. Serena even talked about how hard she has been working in her interview after the match. Roger Federer trains in extreme conditions so that everything else will be easy. When you look at Serena, do you think, “Wow, she was blessed with a great body,” or do you think, “She must work out.” Of course she works out.
Nothing beats hard work.
“Diligence beats intelligence.”
Thanks for reading.