MESSAGE #893 ON-COURT SNACKS…
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Ed Tseng shares what he brings to the court for snacks and energy. https://www.edtseng.com
MESSAGE #892 MY TENNIS GAME…
“Set your goals high, and don’t stop til you get there.”
-BO JACKSON
When I started playing tennis I didn’t have any goals. I didn’t take any lessons.
I slowly improved.
I kept switching from a one-handed backhand to a two-handed backhand, and neither of them got better.
But then I took some lessons, set some goals and practiced with a purpose.
That is when my game got to another level.
Can you think of an area of life where you want to get to the next level but don’t have an action plan?
Write down three specific goals that you want to accomplish and three ways in which you can get there.
Just get a little better every day.
I take that back, I don’t want you to improve, I want you to have a breakthrough.
GO ALL OUT!
Don’t stop til you get there.
Some people dream and others stay awake and create the life they want.
Get started today.
MESSAGE #891 PERSPECTIVES IN CAPE MAY…
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Ed Tseng rings in the New Year in Cape May, New Jersey on the beach and talks about perspectives in sports and life. https://www.edtseng.com
MESSAGE #890
“Change is a door that can only be opened from the inside.”
-French proverb
MESSAGE #889 NEW YEAR, NEW YOU?
Well, my friends, another decade has gone by.
The end of this year, and the end of this decade is not an end and it is not a beginning.
It is an on-going process, a process of never-ending improvement, gratitude, love and making the most out of, as Dale Carnegie says, “this fantastic adventure called life.”
Don’t make a New Year’s resolution, make a new YOU resolution.
Don’t try to have 365 great days…
Have one great day, 365 times!
HAPPY AND SAFE NEW YEAR EVERYBODY…
MESSAGE #888 WHAT THEY DON’T TEACH YOU AT HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL
ELEPHANTINE DECISION MAKING
(From What They Don’t Teach You at Harvard Business School by Mark H. McCormack)
A circus keeps a baby elephant from running away by chaining it to a stake. When the animal pulls at the chain the cuff chafes its leg, and the baby elephant concludes that to avoid pain it’s best to stay put.
But when the elephant grows up, the circus still chains it to the same small stake. The mature elephant could now pull the stake out of the ground like a toothpick, but the elephant remembers the pain and is too dumb to use the new set of facts-how circumstances have changed. The tiny stake keeps a two-ton elephant at bay just as effectively as it did the baby.
Many executives are too dependent on old facts, on outmoded conventions, or are still basing decisions on what worked twenty years ago. This is elephantine decision making.
What old ways are you still using?
What old beliefs are you still holding on to?
How are these things holding you back?
MESSAGE #887 THE WIMBLEDON EFFECT…
Every year during The Championships at Wimbledon, tennis is practically on television 24/7.
They love their tennis there. Even people that don’t play tennis follow it.
During those two weeks, something amazing happens.
It’s called the Wimbledon Effect.
By watching the pros daily, beginners become intermediates, intermediates become advanced and advanced players up their game, as well.
Watching something over and over again is almost as good as DOING something over and over again.
Have you ever gotten a song stuck in your head?
The problem is, most people have negative thoughts or beliefs stuck in their head, “I can’t do that” or “Don’t double fault.”
Instead, use affirmations.
Copy the best in your industry.
Listen to books on tape until you have it burned on your brain.
How can you use The Wimbledon Effect today?
MESSAGE #886 DON’T LAUGH AT ME…
Some of the most successful people in history were laughed at.
People laughed at the Wright Brothers.
People laughed at Einstein.
People laughed at Columbus.
Turns out, they weren’t crazy. They were leaders.
Fred Smith, the founder of FedEx wrote a paper in college about starting an overnight delivery service.
He got a C on that paper.
His professor gave him a chance to re-write it. Smith handed in the same exact paper. The professor was confused.
Smith simply said, “You can keep the C, and I’ll keep my dream.”
So don’t worry if others think your idea or passion is something to laugh about. Love what you do and put in the work, then they won’t be laughing for long.
As for me, I plan on changing the world through sports, leaving a legacy…and getting on Oprah before she goes off the air.
What are you laughing at?
MESSAGE #885 WHAT ARE YOU THINKING?
Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Sarah McLoughlin in Cranbury, NJ. Happy Birthday to a true peak performer!
Much of what happens in your life, comes from your thoughts. Sports and life are self-fulfilling prophecies. You cannot become greater than your self-image.
Say, for example, you are a tennis player and whenever you are not playing, you keep thinking that you have a terrible serve; your serve will not get better.
You know the saying, if you can’t say anything nice, don’t say anything at all? Well, here’s another one…
If you can’t think anything positive about your tennis (golf, violin, academic, sales) game, don’t think about it at all.
MESSAGE #884 A QUOTE…
“People by and large become what they think about themselves.”
-WILLIAM JAMES, the father of American psychology