1% Understand This ...

It's This Simple ...

In a world of complicated and confusing ... let's keep this simple: Achieving your goals is never about whether you can or can't. It's always about whether you will or won't!

Having desire and creating a plan is important, but mean nothing if you don't make a committed decision that it WILL manifest, no matter the obstacles.

Will you or won't you?

What Is Perfect

I strive for perfection every day, knowing I may never attain it! Fear of failure isn't part of my vocabulary...

Who Do You Believe?

Becoming the 1% isn't a technique. It isn't a magic pill. It isn't about taking a weekend motivational seminar. The 1% is a way of being; a mindset that believes possibility is everywhere ... no matter what anyone says or tries to prove.

One of the most difficult parts of this journey is the naysayers' opinions of "why you can't, why you won't, and why you shouldn't even try." As humans, we naturally want to be liked and want others to agree with what we believe, but this instinct must be extinguished in order to separate from the pack.

As you move closer and closer to your goals, you'll notice how many people think it's o.k. to share their negative opinions about your personal expectations. Today, I had to remind a student to focus on the reasons behind his naysayers' opinions. The harder he works, the more pronounced their weaknesses become, as if he's holding a mirror to their faces. His passion and discipline reminds them of their lack of self belief and willingness to step out of their comfort zone. Their lack of strength is magnified by the intensity of his daily action and risk-taking. Instead of taking these insults personally, take them as compliments - their attacks mean you're doing something right.

Every time someone tells me I can't or won't, I smile, knowing I'm getting close. We all have the choice to feel sorry for ourselves, take the insults personally, or instead, flip the meaning 180 degrees. When 99 people tell you it'll never happen, do you believe them ... or do you go inside, trusting the 1 and only person that matters?!

There's No Other Choice

Explaining why he's working so hard to reach a new level, a student said to me, "There's no other choice... period!" 


This player isn't focused on what-if he doesn't make it. He's absolutely convinced there's no other option. He doesn't have a backup plan, "just in case..." He has 100% belief that success will be a real part of his future. In his mind, his goals have already been reached. All that's left is to see how they're going to unfold.

The details of his work ethic scream at him every morning when his alarm sounds before 6:00. There's no other choice! He must wake up that early and get his workout in, because he can't afford to allow his opponents to jump out of bed earlier. The other day, he was practicing at 6:30 am with only one other player in the entire practice facility. This "other player" just happened to be a Top 10 player in the world in that specific sport. I'd say he gets it. To be the best, he knows he must do what the rest aren't.

He completely changed his diet, as he attempts to reshape his body from the inside-out. There's no other choice! We communicate every day, focusing on his mental improvements and the soon-to-be improvements. He doesn't stop asking questions about how to reach the 1%. He won't quit stepping towards that next level. He has no other choice! To be the best, he knows he must risk what no one else is willing to risk. He understands his comfort zones need to be destroyed.

This student sends me a text each morning at 6, reminding me that he's working ... challenging me to get my butt out of bed. "Rise and shine, Bigg Dogg" is his good morning to me. As I'm wiping the sleep out of my eyes, he's already been up for an hour ... there's no other choice, period!

Separation From The Pack

It starts with hundreds. Ends with just a few racing towards the finishing line. In the beginning, it was physical. At the end, it was all mental. How, after hours of pain and exhaustion, can they find the strength to sprint as if it was the beginning?! 

Become the 1%...

Instant Perspective

Check out this video. The next time you feel as if life's unfair ... watch it again!

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6340181

Never Can't, Daddy... Only Can

Worry, fear, doubt, and what-ifs are normal defensive thoughts ... trying to protect us from "failure." The ability to hear those scared thoughts but not listen to them takes a ton of passion, faith, and a willingness to believe in the unbelievable.

It's difficult to do this because everyone tells us to be "realistic," and not risk. We've heard it from our parents and family since birth. "Be careful, sweetheart. Don't jump off the couch... you may hurt yourself." And as we leave the house, "Be safe today."

Sure, it's instinct for parents to want to protect their babies (and believe me, being a new daddy, I understand this instinct), but what if we programmed our kids to risk failure every day?! I'm not talking about running in the middle of the street into traffic. I mean programming those little minds to look at failure as a key to success. Help them when they fall, but rarely tell them NOT to fall. Will accidents happen? Yep! Will they become fearless at a very early age? Yep!

Fearlessness has a negative tone when we're young. It's only after we become adults are we expected not to be afraid of failure. How is this possible after years and years of fearful linking?

Instead of waiting until adulthood to create new habits, let's create an environment for our youngsters where habitual, scared thinking can't even begin. It IS possible ... but we must begin teaching this from day one. In our house, my 3 year old daughter already repeats daily, "Never can't, daddy ... only CAN!"

Three Words...

Why? When? How?

Three powerful questions which allow you to create a path for yourself you never knew existed. Write your short and long term goals down, with "Why? When? How?" next to each ... watch what happens to your focus towards those goals!

You'll immediately go from wanting to needing to achieve them. There's huge difference between desire and absolute knowing it WILL happen.

Dare to see possibility where, in the past, impossibility was your reality!

He Has Separated...

Feel his emotion when he talks about making a choice ... deciding!