Ron White's Ezine
September 30, 2009
Issue 104
Welcome!
I am seven weeks out from competing in the World Memory Championship in London. While I am excited about the tournament, the end result of competing is not the most important part of the experience for me. The most important part of the experience for me is the training leading up to the tournament with my mental mindset coach and former U.S. Navy SEAL, TC Cummings.
I worked with TC in the eight weeks before my win at the USA Memory Championship just a few months ago, and the way he elevated my belief in myself was truly amazing. Without his coaching, I am not sure I would have become the national champion. As we train for the World Championship, at the core of TC’s coaching is the concept of believing that you are “worthy” of achieving a goal. So many (including myself) will give up a mere three feet from a goal or sabotage themselves because they don't feel worthy of the goal they have set.
As I train for the next tournament, TC is coaching me to list every accomplishment and journal my history of winning. We have listed awards I have won, extra effort I have put in training, and examples of going above and beyond what would normally be expected in every area. It is a good self-confidence booster as I read the list we have compiled. Sometimes, I read it and think, “Wow! This sounds like a cool guy! I want to meet him!” Then I realize it’s me...just things I have pushed out of the forefront of my mind because it is much easier to doubt.
Everyone reading this right now is in the same boat as me. If you think back to when you were 13 years old and write down every award, goal, and accomplishment you’ve made since, I think you would read it and say, “WOW! This sounds like a cool person! I want to meet them!” So why not do this exercise? Thanks for the coaching TC! You rock and have changed my outlook on so many things.
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Ron White
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In This Issue......
1. Three Ounces by Ron White
I love baseball.
I love going to a game alone, with friends or watching it on TV. I can talk baseball for hours, and even reading about it is interesting for me. Therefore, it should be no surprise that I’ve played on a softball team. I am a decent fielder; however, I take tremendous pride in my hitting. One season, there was only one at-bat that I did not get on base. In other words, I either received a walk or made a hit 29 out of 30 at-bats. At the risk of sounding boastful, that is an extremely impressive statistic!
However, as sometimes occurs in every aspect of life, I went into a slump the very next season. During this season, I went six consecutive at-bats without a hit or a walk. I even struck out once swinging! It was very frustrating for me. I quickly became the worst hitter on the team. I was embarrassed and didn’t know what to do, and then I remembered Ernie Banks....
Ernie played baseball in the 1950s, and he lightened his bat by 3 ounces. He went from hitting 19 home runs to 45 home runs—all because of 3 ounces! So I took a cue from Ernie Banks and I lightened my bat by 3 ounces. It was amazing! I began clobbering the ball all over the field. I finished the season on a hitting tear.
How much is 3 ounces? Very little—but also a lot. Is your life in a slump? If it is, my guess is that you don’t need a major overhaul. Ninety-five percent of the time, dramatic changes can be seen with just minor tweaking. The difference between $50,000 and $500,000 a year may be the result of minor improvements. If you are not getting your desired result, ask yourself, “Is there
anything that I can change just a little in my daily routine to see dramatic results?” Perhaps, a 20-minute daily workout, better time management, reading a book a week or some other idea.
Sometimes a small change is all that it takes. You may be surprised how much 3 ounces is!
—Ron White
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2. Quotes of The Week
Mentoring
“If you want to be successful, find someone who has achieved the results you want and copy what they do, and you’ll achieve the same results.” —Anthony Robbins
“Example has more followers than reason. We unconsciously imitate what pleases us, and approximate to the characters we most admire.” —Christian Nevell Bovee
“Leadership is practiced not so much in words as in attitude and in actions.” —Harold S. Geneen
“The world needs role models, instead of critics.” —Denis Waitley
3. Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist? by Chris Widener
I have been giving some thought lately to optimism and pessimism. Basically, these are attitudes—attitudes that shape and formulate our entire existence. I mean, have you ever met a happy pessimist? Of course not.
In short, our optimism or pessimism is this:
The way we interpret the past
The way we experience and view the present
The way we imagine the future
Have you given much thought about how your attitude, whether you are an optimist or a pessimist, affects you business, organization or school? Have you thought about how it affects you personally? And what about the team you are a part of?
What is optimism? It is the belief that things in our past were good for us, even if that means they were hard and taught us lessons. It is also the belief that things will be better in the future.
Here are some contrasts between optimism and pessimism and how they affect us:
Optimism breathes life into you each day.
Pessimism drains you.
Optimism helps you to take needed risks.
Pessimism plays it safe and never accomplishes much.
Optimism improves those around you.
Pessimism drags them down.
Optimism inspires people to great heights.
Pessimism deflates people to new lows.
There is only one way that optimism and pessimism are the same, and that is that they are both self-fulfilling. If you are an optimist, you will generally find that good things happen to you. And if you are a pessimist, you will find yourself in the not-so-good situations more often than not.
So can a person just become an optimist? Yes! We can choose to look at the world any way we want to. We can choose to look at the world and think the worst, or we can tell ourselves the good things about each situation. As you find yourself looking at your enterprise, begin to view it through the eyes of an optimist, and you will reap the rewards listed above, and so will the people around you.
There are tremendous benefits to being an optimist, as stated above. But there are some pessimists out there who will say, “But that isn’t realistic.” I say, “Who cares?” If things go awry, at least I have spent my time beforehand enjoying life and not worrying about it. And, being an optimist, I would view the “negative” situation as an opportunity to grow and learn. So I can even look forward to my failures because they will be steppingstones and learning tools to be applied to my future success.
Have you ever met a successful pessimist? Become an optimist, and see your world change before your eyes!
—Chris Widener
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