MESSAGE #1550
One does not accumulate but eliminate. It is not daily increase but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.
-Bruce Lee
MESSAGE #1549 PEAK PERFORMANCE IN JUGGLING
In this vlog, Ed interviews professional juggler, Jen Slaw. For more on Jen, visit: http://www.jenniferslaw.com/
MESSAGE #1548 FEAR QUOTE
Many of our fears are tissue-paper-thin, and a single courageous step would carry us clear through them.
-Brendan Francis
MESSAGE #1546 WHO’S IN CONTROL, YOU OR YOUR DAY?
The other day, I overheard someone saying, “I wish I had more time in my day.”
Well, today, I’m going to show you how to do just that. It’s called time management, or being efficient. Instead of “seeing what today brings,” after today, you will be able to CREATE your day and get more done in the process. Not only will being efficient buy you more time in your day, you will be better at your job, your school work, your sport…everything. Ready? Here we go…
Ed’s Efficiency Exercise
1. Create a to-do list: Write down three to five things you want to accomplish today.
2. Prioritize your list: Rank your tasks in order of importance (A = most important, B = very important, C = Not very important).
3. Just do it: Begin with your most important task. Focus all your energy on it, and do it until completion, or until you choose to stop.
4. Repeat: Continue doing “A” tasks, then move to “B” and finally to “C.”
5. Break it up: Don’t forget to take breaks throughout your day so the quality of your work/practice/study time is not compromised.
6. Make it a game: At the end of the day, see how many tasks you checked off. Your goal should be to have all of them checked off. This is also a great way to build confidence. Don’t be afraid to reward yourself.
7. Remember: Spend more time on your important tasks and less time on unimportant ones. In other words…Make the important thing the important thing…that’s the important thing.
Ed Tseng
Director of Mental Conditioning
Monroe Sports Center
609.558.1077
MESSAGE #1544 CONFIDENCE
Confidence is not a feeling.
Confidence is an ACTION.
MESSAGE #1543 I HAD A NIGHTMARE
Last night I had a nightmare. I dreamt that I was at an event and my iPad, camera and laptop were missing. I was getting pretty stressed since they are not cheap items. I woke up and was relieved when I realized it was just a dream, but I wondered why I had such a stressful dream.
I now know why.
Last night, before going to bed, I was looking for a used book I recently purchased. But I couldn’t find it. I checked everywhere it could be including my car. No luck. I was disappointed and it obviously affected my sleep.
Now I know what you are thinking, what does this blog entry have to do with me?
A lot.
Research has shown that what you think about in the 30 minutes before bed gets replayed in your mind over a dozen times while you are sleeping.
Do you watch the news with crimes and world tragedies? Do you watch scary movies? Do you think about all the work you have to do when you get to work in the morning?
What I normally do before bed is read some inspirational books and/or meditate.
Oprah said, “Your focus is your future.”
Focus on positive things and you positive results.
Focus on negative things and you get negative results.
PS Happy Birthday to one of my she-roes, the great Rayna Dubose. Checkout my video with her here.
MESSAGE #1542 DON’T USE YOUR REARVIEW MIRROR
I have a question for you.
When you drive, do you ONLY use your rearview mirror?
Of course not; if you did, you would crash.
Well, as athletes and coaches we often focus on the past, or what’s behind us. Perhaps we’re focusing on the last shot we missed, or the fact that we haven’t won a game in a few days. Regardless of what we are thinking about, if it’s not the present moment, we’re not going to perform at our peak.
If you shouldn’t drive watching the rearview mirror, don’t compete dwelling on the past.
Focus on the present and watch your results change.
MESSAGE #1541 NEVER GIVE UP
At a certain point, if he’s going to get to the top of the boxing profession, a fighter has to learn the difference between the truth and a lie. The lie is thinking that submission is an acceptable option. The truth is that if you give up, afterward you’ll realize that any of those punches that you thought you couldn’t deal with, or those rough moments you didn’t think you could make it through, were just moments. Enduring them is not nearly as tough but having to deal with the next day and the next month and the next year, knowing that you quit, that you failed, that you submitted. It’s a trainer’s job to make a fighter understand about difference, that the parts of a fight that are urgent last only seconds; seconds during which you have to stave off the convenient excuse- “I’m too tired” or “I hurt too much” or “I can’t do this” or even simply “I’m not going to deal with this.” Sometimes it just comes down to not floating- just being there and understanding that if you give in, you’ll hurt more tomorrow. Maybe there is no more important lesson to learn from boxing than that.
From: Atlas: From the streets to the ring: A son’s Struggle to become a man.