Monday, June 22, 2009
On Goals
Get Your Goals - Guaranteed!
“Goals” is a topic that many people talk about, both in a positive as well as a negative sense. Some people are goal maniacs and others think they are a waste of time. Me? I am somewhat different. I just care about one thing - results. Goals: write ‘em down; don’t write ‘em down, I don’t care. Just get them! Achieve them! Live them! That is the only thing that should matter about goals, right?
If the only thing that matters is that we achieve our goals, then let’s talk about ways that will guarantee that we get our goals! There is such a way… and here it is:
First, be realistic. Too many people get hyped up by people promising them the world and they set goals that simply aren’t realistic. Then they are disappointed and then decide that “goals” are bad. But wait a minute. Don’t I teach that anybody can achieve anything? Sort of. We have to be realistic. The best example is that a seven-foot center who plays basketball will never be a world champion jockey. A person who is five feet, two inches could be, given time. This is the difference between a realistic goal and one that isn ’t. Take some time and set a realistic goal or goals. This will make your goals guaranteed from the get go!
Second, memorize your goals. Set them in stone in your mind. Know what they are. Prioritize them in order of importance and memorize them so that if anyone asked you, “What are you top seven goals?” you could answer immediately. This will embed the goals and the desired outcomes into your mind, which is the seed of action.
Third, visualize your goals. Some people are really into this. Some people think it is total hooey. I am in the middle. I do not think that there is anything “magical” about the visualization process, but I do think that taking some time to regularly envision your dream and goals is a great thing. It deepens your desire to get your goals. It puts you into a frame of mind where you operate in a peak state. So, don’t overdo it, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater either. Put your goals deep into your mind by visualizing them periodically.
Fourth, set time frames. Don’t let your goal be, “I want to lose twenty pounds.” Instead, let it be, “I want to lose twenty pounds in four months.” Again, a reminder to be realistic. But you can do wonders for your goal setting if you break your goals and put time frames on them. This gives it a sense of urgency. It makes it some thing you are working “toward” rather than working “on.” In fact, I would suggest setting long-range time frames, mid-range time frames, and short-range time frames.
Fifth, spend time and money on your goals. Realize that any goal worth achieving is worth spending your resources, specifically time and money, on. Buy books, go to seminars, join associations, hire a coach, etc. Whatever you need to do to get your goals! Spending time and money will seed your dreams and you will reap the end result far beyond what you put into it. Big dreams have big costs, but even little dreams have a cost associated with them so count the cost.
Sixth, surround yourself with people who can propel you to your goals. Never underestimate the power of the people around you to either drag you down or lift you up. Poisonous people can destroy your goal by systematically draining you of your passion and desire and replacing it with total pessimism! Passionate and positive people can invigorate you with renewed energy and a mind set on the dream. Get around people who will energize you!
Seventh, act on your goals each and every day. Even if it is just a small step, it will leave you closer to your goal each and every day. If you have a savings goal, set aside even one dollar a day. Take a jar and empty your change into it at the end of each day. If you want to write a book, write each day, if even just two paragraphs! Small, step-by-step actions will produce the goal - guaranteed!
Eighth, be persistent! I have long said that if the three most important words in real estate are “location,” “location,” “location,” then the three most important words in getting what you desire are “persistence,” “persistence,” “persistence.” In fact, be tenaciously persistent. Be ruthlessly persistent. Look, there will be all sorts of barriers and obstacles you will have to overcome if you want to achieve your dream. Dreams don’t just roll over and die. You have to attack them! Go for it and don’t give up! They can, and will, be yours!
Can you get your goals - guaranteed? You bet you can. And you will, if you put into practice the above principles.
If you…
Be realistic.
Memorize your goals. Visualize your goals.
Set time frames.
Spend time and money on your goals.
Surround yourself with positive people.
Act on your goals every day and…
Be persistent.
You can get your goals - GUARANTEED!
“Goals” is a topic that many people talk about, both in a positive as well as a negative sense. Some people are goal maniacs and others think they are a waste of time. Me? I am somewhat different. I just care about one thing - results. Goals: write ‘em down; don’t write ‘em down, I don’t care. Just get them! Achieve them! Live them! That is the only thing that should matter about goals, right?
If the only thing that matters is that we achieve our goals, then let’s talk about ways that will guarantee that we get our goals! There is such a way… and here it is:
First, be realistic. Too many people get hyped up by people promising them the world and they set goals that simply aren’t realistic. Then they are disappointed and then decide that “goals” are bad. But wait a minute. Don’t I teach that anybody can achieve anything? Sort of. We have to be realistic. The best example is that a seven-foot center who plays basketball will never be a world champion jockey. A person who is five feet, two inches could be, given time. This is the difference between a realistic goal and one that isn ’t. Take some time and set a realistic goal or goals. This will make your goals guaranteed from the get go!
Second, memorize your goals. Set them in stone in your mind. Know what they are. Prioritize them in order of importance and memorize them so that if anyone asked you, “What are you top seven goals?” you could answer immediately. This will embed the goals and the desired outcomes into your mind, which is the seed of action.
Third, visualize your goals. Some people are really into this. Some people think it is total hooey. I am in the middle. I do not think that there is anything “magical” about the visualization process, but I do think that taking some time to regularly envision your dream and goals is a great thing. It deepens your desire to get your goals. It puts you into a frame of mind where you operate in a peak state. So, don’t overdo it, but don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater either. Put your goals deep into your mind by visualizing them periodically.
Fourth, set time frames. Don’t let your goal be, “I want to lose twenty pounds.” Instead, let it be, “I want to lose twenty pounds in four months.” Again, a reminder to be realistic. But you can do wonders for your goal setting if you break your goals and put time frames on them. This gives it a sense of urgency. It makes it some thing you are working “toward” rather than working “on.” In fact, I would suggest setting long-range time frames, mid-range time frames, and short-range time frames.
Fifth, spend time and money on your goals. Realize that any goal worth achieving is worth spending your resources, specifically time and money, on. Buy books, go to seminars, join associations, hire a coach, etc. Whatever you need to do to get your goals! Spending time and money will seed your dreams and you will reap the end result far beyond what you put into it. Big dreams have big costs, but even little dreams have a cost associated with them so count the cost.
Sixth, surround yourself with people who can propel you to your goals. Never underestimate the power of the people around you to either drag you down or lift you up. Poisonous people can destroy your goal by systematically draining you of your passion and desire and replacing it with total pessimism! Passionate and positive people can invigorate you with renewed energy and a mind set on the dream. Get around people who will energize you!
Seventh, act on your goals each and every day. Even if it is just a small step, it will leave you closer to your goal each and every day. If you have a savings goal, set aside even one dollar a day. Take a jar and empty your change into it at the end of each day. If you want to write a book, write each day, if even just two paragraphs! Small, step-by-step actions will produce the goal - guaranteed!
Eighth, be persistent! I have long said that if the three most important words in real estate are “location,” “location,” “location,” then the three most important words in getting what you desire are “persistence,” “persistence,” “persistence.” In fact, be tenaciously persistent. Be ruthlessly persistent. Look, there will be all sorts of barriers and obstacles you will have to overcome if you want to achieve your dream. Dreams don’t just roll over and die. You have to attack them! Go for it and don’t give up! They can, and will, be yours!
Can you get your goals - guaranteed? You bet you can. And you will, if you put into practice the above principles.
If you…
Be realistic.
Memorize your goals. Visualize your goals.
Set time frames.
Spend time and money on your goals.
Surround yourself with positive people.
Act on your goals every day and…
Be persistent.
You can get your goals - GUARANTEED!
Sunday, June 14, 2009
On Winning
Received an email from a coach asking me to evaluate his kids.
Interesting.
He was from a small school, less than a hundred kids a class. I love small schools and said so recently to an administrator who immediately shot back, “Why.” Having 75 kids in a class is a school that most would say is small, certainly smaller than more in one class than that whole school. Small is a relative term. My answer to him was, “School’s your size are large enough to offer programs but small enough where everyone knows everybody.”
When you are in a small school, there are only so many kids that come out for the team. My evaluation of his kids was not going to change his performance, especially form afar. The starters on his team are not going to change, not much depth on a squad of 30 kids.
So I started to think what would be the best advice I could give and came up with these thoughts:
Do Be An 11 things with your kids everyday. That works on their attitude, and their attitudes are the single most important thing they will take into the game. “Won’t be beat – Can’t be beat!”
The second best thing your can do with them, you are doing: working with them on a daily basis in the weightroom. BFS works. Not only do they realize athletic potentials sooner, they build self esteem daily and bond together. The most important thing you have to give kids today is T I M E. You will spend more “awake time” with them than any other significant adult in their life. You are their #1 positive role model. If you skimp on the time you share with them, you will get skimpy results. You have to be in the weightroom with them everyday, year round. You cannot tell them to go to the weightroom; you have to be their waiting for them. It is a duty you cannot hand off to another.
Work your butt off to raise money to significantly upgrade your weigthroom which will accommodate more kids and accelerate their development – raise it with the administration, boosters, superboosters, parents: it’s their kids that will benefit. And don’t give me reasons why it can’t be done. It can. No matter what the economy is, no matter that it’s a “Blue Collar town,” or any other excuse for not figuring out a way to get it done. All those people have cell phones and probably more than one car. The money is there, if the program you are building is worthy.
And put the kids into a position where they can be successful out their on the field. As the spread offense becomes more popular in universities across the land, there are more and more schools trying to execute it in high school. The spread is seductive for coaches, players, and communities. The big difference, college coaches can comb the nation locating Tim Tebow, recruit him and teach him what to do. High school coaches do not get to recruit players to fit their system, they have to develop a system that suits the kids he has that year. Woody was right when he said there were three things that can happen when the ball is in the air and two of them are bad. It’s a lot easier to hand the ball off to a FB that can bench 350, squat 450, and power clean 300 pounds and run behind a line that can do the same or more. BFS allows you to do that. We can show you how. Do it all the time. But you are not going to do it tomorrow; I T T A K E S T I M E. And the time you invest with them will be paid off with large dividends, now and in the future as they contribute to society because you taught them the value of work ethics coupled with teamwork in achieving a goal.
That’s our job – to build quality programs that allow kids to showcase their talents. Everyone wants to be somebody special. Some sing in the choir, play in the band, go to DECCA or FBLA nationals, math bowl, whatever. We get to work with the athletes. If we have built a quality program, the kids will choose it. If not, there are many other things kids can choose these days. And they will do it faster than ever because there are more distractions and demands on their T I M E than ever.
That’s was my advice to him. To me, those would be some of the best practices he could employ with his kids. Oh, and I would probably evaluate his coaching much more than his kids.
Interesting.
He was from a small school, less than a hundred kids a class. I love small schools and said so recently to an administrator who immediately shot back, “Why.” Having 75 kids in a class is a school that most would say is small, certainly smaller than more in one class than that whole school. Small is a relative term. My answer to him was, “School’s your size are large enough to offer programs but small enough where everyone knows everybody.”
When you are in a small school, there are only so many kids that come out for the team. My evaluation of his kids was not going to change his performance, especially form afar. The starters on his team are not going to change, not much depth on a squad of 30 kids.
So I started to think what would be the best advice I could give and came up with these thoughts:
Do Be An 11 things with your kids everyday. That works on their attitude, and their attitudes are the single most important thing they will take into the game. “Won’t be beat – Can’t be beat!”
The second best thing your can do with them, you are doing: working with them on a daily basis in the weightroom. BFS works. Not only do they realize athletic potentials sooner, they build self esteem daily and bond together. The most important thing you have to give kids today is T I M E. You will spend more “awake time” with them than any other significant adult in their life. You are their #1 positive role model. If you skimp on the time you share with them, you will get skimpy results. You have to be in the weightroom with them everyday, year round. You cannot tell them to go to the weightroom; you have to be their waiting for them. It is a duty you cannot hand off to another.
Work your butt off to raise money to significantly upgrade your weigthroom which will accommodate more kids and accelerate their development – raise it with the administration, boosters, superboosters, parents: it’s their kids that will benefit. And don’t give me reasons why it can’t be done. It can. No matter what the economy is, no matter that it’s a “Blue Collar town,” or any other excuse for not figuring out a way to get it done. All those people have cell phones and probably more than one car. The money is there, if the program you are building is worthy.
And put the kids into a position where they can be successful out their on the field. As the spread offense becomes more popular in universities across the land, there are more and more schools trying to execute it in high school. The spread is seductive for coaches, players, and communities. The big difference, college coaches can comb the nation locating Tim Tebow, recruit him and teach him what to do. High school coaches do not get to recruit players to fit their system, they have to develop a system that suits the kids he has that year. Woody was right when he said there were three things that can happen when the ball is in the air and two of them are bad. It’s a lot easier to hand the ball off to a FB that can bench 350, squat 450, and power clean 300 pounds and run behind a line that can do the same or more. BFS allows you to do that. We can show you how. Do it all the time. But you are not going to do it tomorrow; I T T A K E S T I M E. And the time you invest with them will be paid off with large dividends, now and in the future as they contribute to society because you taught them the value of work ethics coupled with teamwork in achieving a goal.
That’s our job – to build quality programs that allow kids to showcase their talents. Everyone wants to be somebody special. Some sing in the choir, play in the band, go to DECCA or FBLA nationals, math bowl, whatever. We get to work with the athletes. If we have built a quality program, the kids will choose it. If not, there are many other things kids can choose these days. And they will do it faster than ever because there are more distractions and demands on their T I M E than ever.
That’s was my advice to him. To me, those would be some of the best practices he could employ with his kids. Oh, and I would probably evaluate his coaching much more than his kids.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
On Winning
Ever wonder why some schools win and win and win again? There are thousands of reasons why, but I am convinced this is one of them.
This past week on CoachFree’s BFS Clinics across America I presented at a school that had 38 State Championship banners on the gym wall. Outstanding! School was out, but close to half the student body was there including the volleyball team. Last year, they won 38 games in a row, 38-0, very impressive. Then they lost in the state tourney.
There were a number of coaches there, but I saw only one tablet in hand, taking notes: The VB Coach. There she was trying to pick up something that might propel them to that 39th win and another state championship.
After the presentation, I got back in the van and headed off to Denver, driving by dozens and dozens of other schools along the way. For this trip, I contacted every school along I-70 from Kansas City to Salt Lake City. Only one school along that route took me up on the offer.
Here was a chance for athlete programs along a 6,000 mile route to experience Be An 11 at a 75% reduction in cost. Furthermore, if they liked the program and invited us to return for a regular program clinic or seminar, we would deduct the amount they paid for this presentation. Virtually no risk.
To date, there have been but 7 schools that took me up on the offer. Some schools win and will win again. Other schools will win once in a while. There are literally thousands of athletes along the route who would have benefited from hearing the message. But their coach or athletic director deemed it perhaps too much of a hassle to bring in the teams to hear the message.
One school in MN that did, the next week had more kids in their weightroom than ever before. Those kids are fired up. Lined up at the door ready to go to work to get better.
What coach wouldn’t want help with that?
In the presentation, we have the following slide - we share things that I have learned since starting school in 1949, yes, 1949! We used to sit around the campfire or the table and pass along the wisdom, now we bring in a motivational speaker who has a van, down by the river. Anyway, Be An 11 reinforces what every coach wants for and from his kids.
Meyer said that when he took over at Utah, and Florida. From my experience which spread over a 5 decade time period, Less than 10% of the high schools in the state are committed to doing things the right way. Most everyone else will fall short because they do not have the perseverance, dedication or commitment to doing it the right way.
I was also asked to stop at a school that said they used BFS in the weightroom. After talking with coaches for a time, it became clear that they did 'some' BFS things. But they were not running the program as it's intended. Experience tells us that when you modify the program, you get modified results and fall short of achieving your goals.
Life is a game of choices, and you get to choose your destiny. Choose wisely.
This past week on CoachFree’s BFS Clinics across America I presented at a school that had 38 State Championship banners on the gym wall. Outstanding! School was out, but close to half the student body was there including the volleyball team. Last year, they won 38 games in a row, 38-0, very impressive. Then they lost in the state tourney.
There were a number of coaches there, but I saw only one tablet in hand, taking notes: The VB Coach. There she was trying to pick up something that might propel them to that 39th win and another state championship.
After the presentation, I got back in the van and headed off to Denver, driving by dozens and dozens of other schools along the way. For this trip, I contacted every school along I-70 from Kansas City to Salt Lake City. Only one school along that route took me up on the offer.
Here was a chance for athlete programs along a 6,000 mile route to experience Be An 11 at a 75% reduction in cost. Furthermore, if they liked the program and invited us to return for a regular program clinic or seminar, we would deduct the amount they paid for this presentation. Virtually no risk.
To date, there have been but 7 schools that took me up on the offer. Some schools win and will win again. Other schools will win once in a while. There are literally thousands of athletes along the route who would have benefited from hearing the message. But their coach or athletic director deemed it perhaps too much of a hassle to bring in the teams to hear the message.
One school in MN that did, the next week had more kids in their weightroom than ever before. Those kids are fired up. Lined up at the door ready to go to work to get better.
What coach wouldn’t want help with that?
In the presentation, we have the following slide - we share things that I have learned since starting school in 1949, yes, 1949! We used to sit around the campfire or the table and pass along the wisdom, now we bring in a motivational speaker who has a van, down by the river. Anyway, Be An 11 reinforces what every coach wants for and from his kids.
Meyer said that when he took over at Utah, and Florida. From my experience which spread over a 5 decade time period, Less than 10% of the high schools in the state are committed to doing things the right way. Most everyone else will fall short because they do not have the perseverance, dedication or commitment to doing it the right way.I was also asked to stop at a school that said they used BFS in the weightroom. After talking with coaches for a time, it became clear that they did 'some' BFS things. But they were not running the program as it's intended. Experience tells us that when you modify the program, you get modified results and fall short of achieving your goals.
Life is a game of choices, and you get to choose your destiny. Choose wisely.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
4.4 40s
4.4 40s
Got an email from a coach who was concerned about the fact that his backfield being timed here in June at 4.8. He coaches at a small school, less than 100 kids a class.
A number of years ago, we did a formal study that came up with the results that for every 50 kids you have in a class, there’s on the average, one athlete of exceptional ability. Then you have to identify this athlete and get them out for the team and in the right position.
The odds of that happening at a school of less than 400 people is not the greatest.
Less than 1% of the athletes in America can run a 4.4 – 40. Here’s an interesting stat:
Darrell Green, who ran one of the fastest 40-yard dashes ever at 4.09 seconds (unofficially timed and not verified)[1], had a collegiate best of 10.08 s in the 100 meters.[2] Justin Gatlin, who ran 9.85 s for a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic 100 meters, has a verified 40-yard dash best of 4.42 s.[3] This reflects the difference that timing methods can cause to a runner's time.
So . . . here is what I answered:
There is no measurement on ‘heart.’ I once had a receive who ran a 4.4 – in the 80s/very fast. He couldn’t catch a thing, whole year, one reception. But he had a great heart – took great pride in his blocking. We ran the ball far more than pass – he was valuable.
A better stat for me would be, how many yards after contact does the guy make? Does he finish off every run? Does he block for his teammate. Coached with a guy who never, NEVER, timed the kids. It was of no use. We were at a school smaller than yours. We had no one to replace them. They were it. If they played we had a chance – without them we would wait till next year. For some reason, one year we timed them. NO ONE ON THE TEAM RAN BETTER THAN 5.0 – NO ONE! Very depressing for the staff. But I knew that they had another gear available only when the lights went on. When they hit the field with their game uniforms on – they were unstoppable.
If we/you are running sweep, and everyone on the edge is blocked, how fast do you have to be to gain yards? I can show you how to get everyone blocked easily. You probably can as well. How many yards will be gained? Our Tailbacks (which were really T-halfbacks in disguise; a good tailback comes along once every 7 years or so) averaged 9+ yards a carry. Would that be enough? You can do it next fall.
Get those 4.8 guys to squat to parallel, full parallel all summer long. Power clean with good technique, all summer long. Teach them the 8 points of sprinting and drill, drill, drill all summer long on it. By SEPT they will be running 4.59 or better. Form and technique. Form, technique, and reps. All summer long.
4.4’s in high school are like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny: Everyone talks about them; nobody see them. If we could take our 5+ guys to state, so can you.
Keep on working. No substitute for hard work – Hard work makes dreams come true.
Be11!
RF
Got an email from a coach who was concerned about the fact that his backfield being timed here in June at 4.8. He coaches at a small school, less than 100 kids a class.
A number of years ago, we did a formal study that came up with the results that for every 50 kids you have in a class, there’s on the average, one athlete of exceptional ability. Then you have to identify this athlete and get them out for the team and in the right position.
The odds of that happening at a school of less than 400 people is not the greatest.
Less than 1% of the athletes in America can run a 4.4 – 40. Here’s an interesting stat:
Darrell Green, who ran one of the fastest 40-yard dashes ever at 4.09 seconds (unofficially timed and not verified)[1], had a collegiate best of 10.08 s in the 100 meters.[2] Justin Gatlin, who ran 9.85 s for a gold medal at the 2004 Olympic 100 meters, has a verified 40-yard dash best of 4.42 s.[3] This reflects the difference that timing methods can cause to a runner's time.
So . . . here is what I answered:
There is no measurement on ‘heart.’ I once had a receive who ran a 4.4 – in the 80s/very fast. He couldn’t catch a thing, whole year, one reception. But he had a great heart – took great pride in his blocking. We ran the ball far more than pass – he was valuable.
A better stat for me would be, how many yards after contact does the guy make? Does he finish off every run? Does he block for his teammate. Coached with a guy who never, NEVER, timed the kids. It was of no use. We were at a school smaller than yours. We had no one to replace them. They were it. If they played we had a chance – without them we would wait till next year. For some reason, one year we timed them. NO ONE ON THE TEAM RAN BETTER THAN 5.0 – NO ONE! Very depressing for the staff. But I knew that they had another gear available only when the lights went on. When they hit the field with their game uniforms on – they were unstoppable.
If we/you are running sweep, and everyone on the edge is blocked, how fast do you have to be to gain yards? I can show you how to get everyone blocked easily. You probably can as well. How many yards will be gained? Our Tailbacks (which were really T-halfbacks in disguise; a good tailback comes along once every 7 years or so) averaged 9+ yards a carry. Would that be enough? You can do it next fall.
Get those 4.8 guys to squat to parallel, full parallel all summer long. Power clean with good technique, all summer long. Teach them the 8 points of sprinting and drill, drill, drill all summer long on it. By SEPT they will be running 4.59 or better. Form and technique. Form, technique, and reps. All summer long.
4.4’s in high school are like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny: Everyone talks about them; nobody see them. If we could take our 5+ guys to state, so can you.
Keep on working. No substitute for hard work – Hard work makes dreams come true.
Be11!
RF
Sunday, June 7, 2009
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