The $1,000 Challenge

If nothing changes, then nothing changes. This goes for your sport, your studies, or your business. If things keep turning out short of what you want, then you must change something.
It happened to me recently. A doctor told me, basically, to change my diet or die. Those were the only two choices. But how [...]

Right Place, Right Time

“Don’t wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great.” ~ Orison Sweet Marden

You’ve probably heard the expression, “I was in the right place at the right time.”
People talk about being in the right place at the right time as if it’s a happy accident, but that’s hardly the case. In fact, you can increase [...]

Life is a Skill Game

“Even in such technical lines as engineering, about 15% of one’s financial success is due one’s technical knowledge and about 85% is due to skill in human engineering, to personality and the ability to lead people.” — Dale Carnegie 
How much of life is skill and how much is something else?
It’s an important question for everyone, [...]

Will You?

 
“Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.” – Peter Marshall
 
So many people say they can’t.
The truth is that they just won’t.
The following is a true story.
Ed Agresta is a motivational speaker in New Jersey, and one day he was invited to speak to a sports psychology class at Montclair State University. During his talk, [...]

Running Stop Signs

“Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass…
it’s about learning how to dance in the rain!” — quoted by Ed Smith
Renowned sports psychologist Dr. Rob Gilbert hosted a remarkable speaker in his class yesterday at Montclair State University in northern New Jersey.
Paul Reddick told the story of his rise from a washed-out baseball [...]

Sports Parents

If you’ve been around high school or college sports for even a little while, chances are that you know one of those “sports parents.”
Dr. Rob Gilbert, professor of sports psychology at Montclair State University in Montclair, N.J., offers the following list of ways to see if a parent is going too far. Is the list [...]