With Winning in Mind
Lanny Bassham
Summary
A sports psychology book on how to reshape the way you see yourself from a multiple time Olympic champion
Rating: 4/5
Notes
Winners are convinced they’ll finish first, others hope to finish first
When the conscious mind is quiet is when the subconscious can do it’s best work
Be process oriented, not outcome oriented
All great performances are accomplished subconsciously, without much conscious thought
Your conscious mind can only concentrate on one thing at a time
‘What you say is not important. What you ask yourself or others to picture is crucial’
The subconscious is the source of all mental power
The self-image moves you to do whatever the conscious mind is picturing
Self-image and performance are always equal. To change your performance, you must change your self-image
Good performance is easy when the conscious, subconscious and self-image are all aligned
Process is what you can control and only what you control. This can be defined and duplicated
Goal setting system
- Determine a goal worth trading your life for
- Decide when you want it
- List the pay value
- Honestly evaluate obstacles in the way
- What is your plan to get to your goal
- Evaluate your plan before you proceed
- Schedule your plan
- Start now
- Prior to reaching your goal, always set a new one to take it’s place
- Hold on till the end or trade up
The more we think about, talk about and write about something happening, we improve the probability of that thing happening
Do not spend time listening to the problems of others
Praise good performances and good performances will repeat
The self image cannot tell the difference b/w what actually happens and what is vividly imagined
Sometimes when your best is not good enough, you have to do whatever is required to win
The mental program for any repetitive shot:
- The point of initiation
- The point of alignment
- The point of direction
- The point of focus
Pressure is not something to avoid. It is something to use
DO NOT THINK ABOUT THE OUTCOME. THINK ABOUT THE PROCESS
Training produces skill and skill is developed in the subconscious mind
Be all there, wherever you are
When you are playing well, play a lot
Plan your year
You MUST record your progress in a performance journal
Re read book for tips on performance journal
When you shift your self image, change can be permanent
Rehearse feeling what a good shot is like, not only seeing it
To change your self image, you must identify the traits and habits needed to change
Write a direct affirmation and repeat it to yourself every day
Repetitive change of your thinking habits is the best way to bring attitude change
View your first competitions as learning experiences
Reinforce what you are doing well
We must promote our coaches, teammates and associations
Praise in public, correct in private
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Make Something Wonderful
Steve Jobs
Summary
The life of Steve Jobs in his own words
Rating: 5/5
Notes
Make something wonderful and put it out there
‘You appear, have a chance to blaze in the sky, then you disappear’
When you’re a stranger in a place, you notice thing you don’t otherwise (Jobs after India trip)
Whenever you start with nothing, always shoot for the moon. You have nothing to lose.
You never achieve what you want without falling on your face a few times
Never be afraid to fail. You never achieve what you want without falling flat on your face a few times
We are never taught to listen to our intuitions, to develop and nurture them. But if you do pay attention to these subtle insights, you can make them come true
Creativity equals connecting previously unrelated experiences and insights others don’t see
Believe that some of what you follow with your heart will come back and make your life richer. And it will. And you will gain even firmer trust on your instincts and intuitions
Make your avocation your vocation. Make what you love your work.
The journey is the reward. The reward isn’t in the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, it’s in crossing the rainbow
To find A+ talent, if experienced, look at their track record and results
The world we know is a human creation and we can push it forward
The people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do (read whole ad ‘here’s to the crazy ones)
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act but a habit - Aristotle
Hire people better than you are
You can’t plan to meet the people who will change your life
It’s impossible to connect the dots looking forward, but they make sense looking backwards so you have to trust the dots will somehow connect in your future
Everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you
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