Volume 1 Part 7

themilliondollarathlete
"Bring Out The Greatness Within You"



Have you ever wanted to play like you were worth a million dollars? I’ll show you the secrets on how to succeed in sports making you the athlete you often dream about.

Playing To Your Strengths

You don’t need weight training to become stronger—at least in the mind. Improving how you think and act is what success is all about. Years ago coach “Bear” Bryant of the University of Alabama beat teams twice their size and he did it with speed. Each game was like watching David vs. Goliath, and each time Alabama would prevail.

Why did coach Bryant always win? Because he took the strength of the team and made it better. He concentrated on using speed to defeat strength and size which was a different approach at the time.

When you talk to most people, they will tell you that you need to improve your weaknesses to become successful. Well, that’s just plain wrong! If you want to succeed, you need to concentrate on sharpening your strengths. Take what you do well and become even better at it. That’s what successful people do.

For instance, if you know you like being around people (Influencing), like authority (Dominant), are a real team player (Steadiness), or analytical (conscientiousness) in nature, these are the traits you need to make even better. Always make your strengths work for you. Most student/athletes will never understand this key point and fail on and off the playing field without ever knowing why.

So, use and not abuse your strengths to get what you want. Do you know what your strong points are?

Perceptions

Ask yourself what frustrates you the most at school? What frustrates you the most as an athlete? Now I want you to ask the same questions to your teammates. I will be willing to bet that you will get different answers regarding their frustrations.

The point I am making is that we all perceive things differently. Just because you are on the same team and are friends doesn’t mean that you have the same concerns. Remember, this is what makes us DIFFERENT and NOT wrong in our beliefs.

All successful people know how their behavior affects other people, and maximize on what they do well. These are extremely important points you need to understand before we move on to the next bog.

Next Blog

How can chicken soup help you play better? Also, how YOU can take the DiSC assessment to gain greater insight into your own strengths and weaknesses.

Tony Falco
“The Coach”
www.milliondollarathlete.blogspot.com