"If you stop worrying about 'getting', and start building your capacity, you will be more likely to end up where you want to be." - Sam Obitz I was recently looking at the stock market. Most people were panicking because the numbers were red, but I found myself getting [...]
"Goals and standards help; expectations hurt." - Sam Obitz The World Series always exposes more than talent… it reveals mindset. And right now, the Dodgers are showing us how even the most skilled teams can get trapped by their own expectations. On paper, they’re built for dominance: a roster [...]
If most people were as careful with their time as they are with their money, procrastination would cease to exist. - Sam Obitz Procrastinating is so common in society that you have likely heard people joking about it. I often (jokingly) tell my clients who have a problem with [...]
It's not the daily increase but daily decrease. Hack away at the unessential. - Bruce Lee In my previous blog on this subject, I focused on how athletes benefit from automating their thinking to prevent their thinking/decision-making from inhibiting their performance. In this entry, I will focus on decisions made [...]
This year I am sharing the most simplified and effective way that I know, to achieve a goal or stick to a resolution. 1) Pick just ONE goal or resolution to achieve. 2) Make a step by step plan, so that you know what is necessary to achieve your goal. [...]
How you start your day sets the tone for the rest of it. A morning routine can help you stay organized, increase productivity, and reduce stress. I always say that a bad day usually starts with a bad morning. There is no one way to build an effective morning routine. [...]
There is nothing RESOLUTE about a New Year's Resolution. - Sam Obitz The problem with New Year’s resolutions is that there is not much resolve in the people who make them. As Oscar Wilde famously said, “Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank where they [...]
In our current fast-paced society we seemingly think that we can accomplish big things without ever attending to the small things. What gets lost in all of our big plans is that, if you want the big things to last, you have to start small and build a foundation first. [...]
This year I am sharing the most simplified and effective way that I know, to achieve a goal or stick to a resolution. 1) Pick just ONE goal or resolution to achieve. 2) Make a step by step plan, so that you know what is necessary to achieve your goal. [...]
Admittedly, there are a multitude of factors that go into a team’s chances of repeating as champions in their sport. These include things like the team’s health, the percentage of the team that returns, the strength of opposing team’s, etc. While all of these factors are key ingredients to a [...]