Quote of the Week: Persistence
If you're and athlete and you've never read the book In Pursuit of Excellence, it's definitely time to get your hands on it. It's a sports psych classic filled with useful advice. Here's a sample:
A big part of the challenge of pursuing excellence is to be persistent in pursuing your goals and to continue to accept yourself throughout the ongoing growth process. When you apply specific self-growth strategies to your personal situation, expect improvement, but don't expect instant miracles. ... Although I have witnessed dramatic -- literally overnight -- improvements, self-growth is more often a progression. Take it step by step, day by day, moment by moment, and be persistent. You will have ups and downs in mental training just as you do in physical training. Sometimes you will feel mentally strong and totally in control; other times you may temporally slide back into less constructive ways of thinking and thereby upset yourself or underestimate your potential. But you will roll back into control. With persistence you will become fully focusd and in control more and more of the time. -- Terry Orlick
Make it a great week.
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