Choose possibility every time because no single choice will change your life forever. It is the cumulative choices that will lead to the success you are dreaming about. “Look closely, however, and you’ll find that hero’s journey doesn’t amount to just one big risk. In fact, according to Campbell, heroes take any number of risks…
Recovered Enough For Next Session?
You are the only person who can determine how well you have recovered, but how do you know if you recovered enough for the next session? How did athletes know if they recovered enough when technology devices weren’t an option? Are self-assessments accurate? And how much can we actually trust what our watches and phones…
Take Calculated Risks For Yourself
According to research, every human makes approximately two big mistakes every year. This is why you should be the one who regularly takes calculated risks for yourself. Accordingly, the biggest risk you can take is not taking a risk. What do I mean by that? You’re automatically failing because you are settling for less for your potential….
My favorite Quotes from “Chop Wood Carry Water” – J. Medcalf
Some books are worth reading again, again, and again as you progress through the different stages of life. Chop Wood Carry Water is one of those books that you can keep reading multiple times, thus a blog post with my favorite quotes on this inspirational piece on learning to master your craft. Without further ado, let’s…
“Chop Wood Carry Water” – Joshua Medcalf
Chop wood and carry water – what does that even mean? It means persistence, hard work, faith, discipline, value, principles, and positive self-talk. I was a junior in college when my Coach gave me and my team this book on the bus when we were going for an away game. He said we had a…
7 Moves For More Impact
Seven moves that will lead you to have more impact and separate yourself from others in the room. In the latest book I read, Choose Possibility by Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, we discover the value of having an impact and thus separating yourself from the rest. Hence, why making moves all the time ultimately will lead you to…
A Wake-up Call: Stop Letting The Subconscious Take Over
There is more to life than simply playing the sport that we love. With playing comes immense pressure from the outside world hence a wake-up call to us all: stop letting the subconscious take over our minds. It is often merely a fact of learning how to deal with mental obstacles through coping mechanisms. It could…
What is A Winning Personality?
Is a winning personality to be obsessed and put everything on hold until you read your goal? No, it’s not. A winning personality builds on five characters, which I will discuss in this blog post. A winning personality is more than being obsessed for a period of your life, more than putting your mental health…
Worry Mindfully Instead
Excessive worrying puts the body under unnecessary stress and imbalance, but there is a way to worry mindfully. In this week’s blog post, I will discuss how we can learn to worry mindfully, but first, we have to know the building blocks for a balanced body. By finding your ideal solution, your yin-yang approach, you…
Are Infrared Saunas the New Thing?
We’ve all heard about the new thing, infrared saunas, their incredible benefits, healing therapy, and much more, but how often should we use them? After reading about the benefits and trying it out myself, I decided it was worth sharing on the blog. Besides the hype on social media, there are some remarkable benefits of…
How To Read A Book
No matter what kind of book you are reading, there are three absolute musts when reading a book. In an earlier blog post I wrote about how I was going to try Ryan Holdings strategy for reading books. So, if you want to try to remember more than one thing from every book you read,…
What Coaches Look for in Athletes
Character comes highest on the “personality-trait” list for the majority of coaches. Let’s go through the top five traits coaches look for in players before we jump into why an athletes character takes the first place. To no one’s surprise, athletic ability isn’t the only thing that coaches look for, mainly because players must be…
“Moneyball” – Michael Lewis
“Give the game a chance to come to you and often enough it will.” The #1 National Bestseller is what it says on the first page, followed by three pages of praises for this novel, Moneyball. I wasn’t sold on this book until I read the very last pages. That is when I understood why…
“You Were Always the Wolf” – Abby Wambach
You’ve probably heard “The strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack” before. Did she… yes, Abby was the one who said it. She became the New York Times Bestselling Author and Olympic Gold Medalist because she had a different mindset. Fitting in wasn’t something on her…
15 Major Causes for Failure in Life
When I say failure, I mean failure in everyday life. What makes others like us, and what kind of people do we like around us? I have taken most of the points from one of Napoleon Hills’ books but also added a little from my own research from when I started to write this blog….
Why Are We Questioning the One Thing We Are Pros at?
Stop doubting yourself and be a professional. Just do it. To all my fellow athletes, sport (besides school) is probably the only thing we have consistently been doing for years and where we should feel confident. Yet we doubt ourselves and question our abilities. I firmly believe that our doubts come from our minds and…
13 Steps for Rebuilding Your Character
Become the person you want to be with these 13 steps. I got the idea to write this post when reading Napoleon Hill’s podcast-book. You can read more about it here. What struck me was that I did have a clear purpose in life, but my character needed modification. So, I wanted to share the…
“I Serve to Win” – Novak Djokovic
“I eat for my brain as well as my body” This week I read a book written with an incredibly open mind, grounded on Chinese medicine and youth no one should ever have to experience. Without giving away too much, because I believe you do have to read it yourself to understand Djokovic’s stand of…
My Favorite Quotes from “Success Habits” – Napoleon Hill (pt.2)
I quickly noticed that one blog post wouldn’t be enough for Hill’s podcast book as I like to call it, so I decided to make another post where I share my favorite takeaways from each chapter. Chapter 1 – Definite of Purpose Chapter 2 – Mastering Your Definite of Purpose “Our greatest demonstration of the…
“Success Habits” – Napoleon Hill
“It changed my life” This book is a transcribed version from a series of podcasts Hill did in 1952 in Missouri. Going through each chapter nearly provides the feeling of being in the same room with Hill and looking at how he talks into a microphone when he shares life lessons for success. Hill’s Background…
Sport Psychology for Everyone 