The Value of Risk

Posted: July 18th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Be Legendary | Tags: , , , | 4 Comments »

William WallaceWhen everything is taken from you, those things that are most important become a bit clearer.

“To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.”

We risk everyday. Like the quote before says, “to try is to risk failure.” And we try new things everyday. Some of us try more new things than the rest of us. While others, the bold amongst us, try big things. They risk more than the average person, and what’s interesting is, they also achieve more than the average person.

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The #1 Tip to Being Successful at Anything

Posted: November 4th, 2010 | Author: | Filed under: Athleticism | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Michael Jordan knew how to be successful; to shut out the noise and be in the moment.

Be in the moment.

Call it focus, or just shutting out the noise that surrounds us, but being in the moment is one of the most important skills to have if you want true success in life.

Being fully committed to the single thing you’re doing in a given moment gives you the opportunity to do that task to the very best of your ability.

A great example that I’ve used before is one I come across a lot: using a cell phone on the golf course. I just played golf couple weeks ago, and one of the guys I was playing with kept on answering his phone. Each time he’d get distracted, then end up hitting shitty shots off the tee. His mind was in far too many places at once – and by that I mean it was in more than one place at once.

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The KEY to Success

Posted: November 25th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Athleticism | Tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »

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Conquer a man who never gives by gifts; Subdue the untruthful men by truthfulness; Vancquish an angry man by gentleness; And overcome evil men by goodness.

~ Indian proverb

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The Balanced Life: Success

Posted: November 17th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Athleticism | Tags: , , , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

The greatest barrier to success is the fear of failure. - Sven Goran Eriksson

Everyone is tested in life, everyone has something that they want but the fear of failing is greater than the need to succeed.

I’ve done it before and I’m sure that at some point in you’re life you have as well.success_baby1

You have a goal, but then you realize just how much hard work it will take to succeed in making this dream a reality and you begin to cheat, or skip out on some of the work, or procrastinate and find something else to occupy your time.

  • Here’s an example of what I’m talking about: Your goal is to get ripped for the summer and you go 2 straight weeks without missing a workout. Then one morning you wake up feeling a little flat and you decide it won’t do much harm to skip out on just one. A week later you miss your second, a few days after that your third, you continue repeating this patter until you’re only making it to the gym a couple times a week, if that. Needless to say your goal of getting ripped by summer has taken a back seat to sleeping in every morning. Read the rest of this entry »