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MESSAGE #1192 I’M A THIEF!

Someone once said, (and that someone may have been me), that good teachers borrow and GREAT teachers steal.

Well, today’s message was stolen.

My good friend and mentor, the great Rob Gilbert, Ph.D, one of the top sports psychologists in the world shared something with me recently.

He said that Lou Holtz, the former head coach of the Notre Dame football team once said that there are four types of people in the world…

The cop-outs.

The hold-outs.

The drop-outs.

And the all-outs.

The cop-outs make excuses.

The hold-outs hold back.

The drop-outs give up.

And the all-outs go all-out all the time.

Which category do you fall into?

How you respond to the challenge in the second half will determine what you become after the game, whether you are a winner or a loser.
-LOU HOLTZ

Do you play to get a lot of trophies?

Do you work to make a lot of money?

Do you study to get a lot of A’s?

Don’t get me wrong, trophies, money and A’s are desirable things to have, but they should not be the ultimate goal.

I think that what really matters is what kind of person you become.

Trophies, money and A’s will not last forever. But your character will.

Training yourself to go all-out, striving for constant improvement and enjoying the process is success to me.

What do you think?