MESSAGE #1630 PERSISTENCE

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Recently, I was watching the press conference for Yankee catcher, Jorge Posada’s retirement from baseball. As Jorge spoke, reflected on his career and answered questions from the media, I couldn’t help but think about a story I once heard about the young Posada in Puerto Rico.

When Jorge was just starting out in baseball, Jorge Sr. insisted that Jorge become a switch-hitter, but Jorge hated batting left-handed.

“He cried and he cried, and he cried, because in the game he would strike out, and strike out, and strike out,” his father said.

In fact, in his first 17 left-handed at-bats, the young Jorge struck out each time.

Then, in his 18th at-bat Jorge hit a home run. After he rounded the bases, the proud young Jorge said, “Oh father, thank you. Thank you, father.”

The greatest athletes in the world know that persistence pays off.

Are you willing to put off what you want now for what you want most?

MESSAGE #1629 ALL YOU NEED…

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Poor people have a big TV. Rich people have a big library. Enlightened people know that all you need is already inside you.

MESSAGE #1628

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MESSAGE #1627

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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
-Martin Luther King, Jr

Negative thoughts cannot drive out negative thoughts; only positive thoughts can do that.

MESSAGE #1626 I’LL BE BACK!

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Thank you for all of your concern, but I am well and good! I have not posted lately because I am in the process of creating a new program and philosophy. Rest assured I will be back very soon and better than ever! Until then, enjoy the video below by the Beatles, but REALLY listen to the words. -E

MESSAGE #1625

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Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
-Arthur Ashe

MESSAGE #1624

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Sports is human life in microcosm.
-Howard Cosell

MESSAGE #1623

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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.
Love is all you need…
-The Beatles

MESSAGE #1622 HOW TO KEEP YOUR RESOLUTIONS

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Do you have goals (resolutions) for the new year? If you are like most people, you do.

But don’t be like most people because most people break their resolutions by January 31st. Here’s how you can keep your resolutions and make 2012 your best year yet!

1. MAKE YOUR GOALS PUBLIC. Tell everyone you know. Post it on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. It’s harder to give up when the whole world knows what your goals are.

2. MAKE A DEAL WITH SOMEONE. Most goals are attainable, if they are important enough. Write a check for $1,000 to a close friend or family member and tell them that if you don’t keep your resolution for at least 4 months, they can cash the check and go shopping. If you stick with your resolution, they give the check back to you (by then it will be a habit). If it’s important enough, you’ll stick with it.

3. DON’T TRY YOUR BEST. Most people “try” their best, but the truth is, there’s no such thing as your best. Instead, DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. Would you ever tell a baby to stop trying to walk? Of course not. Hang on until you catch on.

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Ed Tseng
Peak Performance Coach
Pro of the Year USTA 2005
Author, Speaker

609.558.1077

MESSAGE #1621 A NEW YEAR, A NEW YOU

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Have you ever watched kids
On a merry-go-round?

Or listened to the rain
Slapping on the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly’s
Erratic flight?
Or gazed at the sun into the fading
night?

You better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Do you run through each day
On the fly?

When you ask: How are you?
Do you hear the reply?

When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed

With the next hundred chores
Running through your head?

You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

Ever told your child,
We’ll do it tomorrow?

And in your haste,
Not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die

Cause you never had time
To call and say, “Hi”?

You’d better slow down.
Don’t dance so fast.

Time is short.
The music won’t last.

When you run so fast to get
somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting
there.

When you worry and hurry
through your day,
It is like an unopened gift thrown
away.

Life is not a race.
Do take it slower.

Hear the music
Before the song is over.

Slow Dance
By David L. Weatherford