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The Courage to Win: A Coach Humble Enough to Succeed
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Monday, July 17, 2006. A Coach Humble Enough to Succeed. In self-help, there is no substitute for the power of humility. Years ago I worked with a Finnish coach named Junnu whose ringette team was struggling. They'd play well in the first period, lose the second, and try to battle back in the third. He was pretty discouraged and asked me, 'What can I do to motivate them? I watched his team, and he was right. One thing I do that motivates my team is- '. This realization startled him. He was surprised to f...
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The Courage to Win: How to Say No to Your Boss Without Arousing Hostility
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Wednesday, July 12, 2006. How to Say No to Your Boss Without Arousing Hostility. It's a common problem in self-help: you have several bosses and they all want you to finish their priorities first (Or one boss who acts like all your projects are equally urgent). You want to excel, but short of cloning yourself, you cannot finish every task immediately. How do you say no without arousing hostility in your boss? Self-Help: The Commit-to-Commit strategy. Here's the 3 step Commit-to-Commit strategy:. Now you ...
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The Courage to Win: Why People Fail (part 2)
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Thursday, July 06, 2006. Why People Fail (part 2). Mental Toughness Exercise for Self-Help. Take out a blank sheet of paper and write down your #1 goal in life. Now, walk yourself through every factor I've listed in Why People Fail, giving yourself a ranking from 1 to 10 on each of them with reference to your goal. 1 is the lowest score; 10 is the highest score. For example, you might give yourself an 8 on time management because you work on high priority items most of the time. In this time, I've learne...
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The Courage to Win: July 2006
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Monday, July 17, 2006. A Coach Humble Enough to Succeed. In self-help, there is no substitute for the power of humility. Years ago I worked with a Finnish coach named Junnu whose ringette team was struggling. They'd play well in the first period, lose the second, and try to battle back in the third. He was pretty discouraged and asked me, 'What can I do to motivate them? I watched his team, and he was right. One thing I do that motivates my team is- '. This realization startled him. He was surprised to f...
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The Courage to Win: How to Conquer Fear (part 1)
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Thursday, July 13, 2006. How to Conquer Fear (part 1). In self-help, most people do not conquer fear because they are ignorant about it. The first thing to understand is that all fears are not created equal. There are different types of fears. Another example: there is a special type of fear called phobias, in which you suffer from an intense anxiety when confronted by a stimulus such as snakes, spiders, dogs, heights, elevators, flying, crowds, or public speaking. I'll talk to you again soon. Pps If you...
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The Courage to Win: Develop Inner Resilience
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Tuesday, July 11, 2006. When traumatic events occur, the right self-help approach can be your savior. Midnight, in the middle of winter, ski instructor Stu Diver had to listen - helpless - as his wife Sally drowned by his side. Stu and Sally were engulfed in a landslide while sleeping in their ski lodge in Thredbo, Australia. They were trapped beneath several metres of rubble and mud. Freeing him took another 12 hours. How did Stu manage such resilience in the face of this trauma? The best therapist I ev...
