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MESSAGE #1083 ARE YOU JUST HOPING?

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What do you aspire to be?

What level is your effort?

If your effort is less than your aspirations, the space in between is just HOPE.

Recently, I had a female student who has been progressing nicely. Unfortunately, she goes to a school that has a strong tennis team, so she did not make the team last year.

But she’s not giving up. In fact, she’s working harder.

I recommended that she play some tournaments to get match-tough and experience some pressure situations.

She did. And played well. She lost, but she learned a lot and gained much confidence by just putting herself out there.

I have another student who, when he started playing tournaments, lost in the first two rounds for the first year. But he persisted, and then started winning. He now consistently gets to the finals of tournaments.

Most people don’t like to lose, so they don’t compete. But those are the people who don’t grow.

My students’ efforts are high.

I like that. And I’m proud of them. With a mindset like that, you can’t lose. The results come as a by-product.

Effort = Aspirations = Success

MESSAGE #1071 I’D LIKE TO GIVE YOU SOMETHING

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I write this blog for several reasons…

I want to motivate you.

I want to inspire you.

I want to give you tips on how to reach peak performance.

I want to help you become more mentally tough.

BUT…

The thing that I want to give you most is HOPE.

If you don’t have HOPE, you don’t have anything.

HOPE stands for Hold On Possibilities Exist.

If what you are doing isn’t getting you the results you want, try a different approach. There isn’t one way, but many.

I always tell my students, every strategy works against someone. No strategy works against everyone.

Stay optimistic.

Stick with it.

Do whatever it takes.

MESSAGE #780 THERE’S NOTHING YOU CANNOT DO…

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There’s nothing to fear –
you’re as good as the best,
As strong as the mightiest, too.
You can win in every battle or test;
For there’s no one just like you.
There’s only one you in the world today;
So nobody else, you see,
Can do your work in as fine a way:
You’re the only you there’ll be!
So face the world, and all life is yours
To conquer and love and live:
And you’ll find the happiness that endures
In just the measure you give;
There’s nothing too good for you to possess,
Nor heights where you cannot go:
Your power is more than belief or guess –
It is something you have to know.
There is nothing to fear –
you can and you will.
For you are the invincible you.
Set your foot on the highest hill –
There’s nothing you cannot do.

-Author Unknown

MESSAGE #407 HOPE

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At the age of five, Glenn Cunninghan (1909-1988) suffered serious burns to the legs, and the doctors had no hopes for his recovery. They all felt that he was condemned to spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair.

Glenn Cunningham paid no attention to the doctors and got out of bed the following week.

“The doctors saw my legs but they did not see my heart. Now I’m going to run faster than anyone.”

In 1934 he beat the 1500-meter world record with the time of 4 minutes and 6.20 seconds. He was paid homage in Madison Square Garden as Athlete of the Century.

-From Warrier of the Light newsletter by Paulo Coelho

If you have hope, you have everything. Remember what HOPE stands for…

Hold On Possibilities Exist


Well, it’s official – my new book, Game. Set. Life. – Peak Performance for Sports and Life is now available on amazon.com. Search in books under “Game Set Life” or “Edward Tseng.”

But wait!!! Don’t buy it yet. Do me a favor and wait until this Thursday, September 11th and go online to purchase it at 8:08pm. This way I have a chance to be one of the top sellers. Tell all your friends! Part of the proceeds will go towards Tuesday’s Children, helping children who lost a parent in 9/11. I’m a mentor for a great young man named Amish.


Thanks for reading.

MESSAGE #396 DO THIS AND YOU’LL BE BETTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE…

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Today’s message is especially dedicated to the great Amy Pertetua.

How are you doing?

Wait, let me explain – I don’t want to know how you’re feeling…

I want to know how you are doing…

in your sport

in your job

in your musical instrument

in your relationships.

You see, if you don’t know where you are, you can’t get to where you want to be. Most people in the world just go through the motions and see what life brings them. The successful people in the world create the life they want.

So how are you doing? Let me explain what I mean by way of a story.

There was once a little boy in a small town. One day the boy walked into the local grocery store and asked to use the phone. The manager let him, so he dialed a number and then spoke into the phone, “Hello, may I speak to Dr. Smith?”

“This is Dr. Smith,” the person on the other line responded.

“Dr. Smith, do you have someone to cut your lawn and tend to your flower bed?”

“Oh, yes, I already have someone doing those things for me.”

The boy said, “May I ask what kind of job that person is doing?”

“An excellent job, thank you,” was the reply.

“Okay, thank you for your time.”

So the little boy hung up the phone and began walking out the door when the manager of the store approached him.

“Young man, I like how you presented yourself on the phone and am impressed by your attitude. Let me offer you a job.”

“Thank you so very much, but I already have a job. I’m Dr. Smith’s boy – I was just checking in to see how I was doing.”

When was the last time you asked how you were doing?

Ask your coach.

Ask your boss.

Ask your romantic partner.

Don’t refrain from asking just because you might get an undesirable response. That’s the whole point! Getting feedback so you can get to the next level.

“If you don’t know where you’re going, you could wind up someplace else.”
-Yogi Berra

Thanks for reading.