“The right attitude rarely produces the wrong action.” Put this thought about attitude to an internal assessment. Think about the last time you completed a “wrong” action. How would you describe your attitude? – Bored? – Complacent? – Fearful? – Unfocused? Lackadaisical? Lazy? – Distracted? – Mad? Bitter? Vengeful? – Greedy? Selfish? – Grieving? Sad? […]

Our maintenance manager in Butner, North Carolina shared a poem his basketball coach would recite to the team back in the day. It’s called “Thinking” by Walter Wintle:   If you think you are beaten, you are If you think you dare not, you don’t, If you like to win, but you think you can’t, […]

We talk to ourselves and listen to ourselves more than we talk to anyone else. I was at a spiritual retreat recently that reminded me of that dynamic.  The speaker described it.  He used an old Native American story where a chieftain reminds one of his young warriors of the internal dialogue we maintain: “A […]

I caught a video of Coach Arvin Mosley Jr. speaking to young athletes.  He said coaches want players who control their EARTH. It was on point.  Effort – control your effort. At the end of the day, you are the only one who knows if you could have tried harder or done better. It’s a choice you […]