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    “Landing on your butt twenty thousand times is where great performance comes from.” ~ Geoff Colvin

      “Progress is built, in effect, upon the foundations of necessary failure.  That is the essential paradox of expert performance.” ~ Matthew Syed

        “World-class performance comes by striving for a target just out of reach, but with a vivid awareness of how the gap might be breached.  Over time, through constant repetition and deep concentration, the gap will disappear, only for a new target to be created, just out of reach once again.” ~ Matthew Syed

          “The practice sessions of aspiring champions have a specific and never-changing purpose: Progress.  Every second of every minute of every hour, the goal is to extend one’s mind and body, to push oneself beyond the outer limits of one’s capacities, to engage so deeply in the task that one leaves the training session, literally, a changed person.” ~ Matthew Syed

            “When most people practice, they focus on the things they can do effortlessly.  Expert practice is different.  It entails considerable, specific, and sustained efforts to do something you can’t do well – or even at all.  Research across domains shows that it is only by working at what you can’t do that you turn into the expert you want to become.” ~ Ericsson

              “Mere experience, if it is not matched by deep concentration, does not translate into excellence.” ~ Matthew Syed

                “Learn from the past.  Prepare for the future.  Perform in the present.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                  “Worrying about a mistake will usually get you another one just like it.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                    “When you are playing your game right on time, in the present, you perform at your best.  Why?  Because in the present, there is no pressure.  Pressure is created by anxieties about the future and remembered failures from the past.” ~ Gary Mack, Mind Gym

                      “I have always believed that if you want to achieve anything special in life you have to work, work, and then work some more.” ~ David Beckham

                        “Early practice is vital so that performances became totally ingrained and flow from the subconscious.” ~ Earl Woods

                          “We seldom enjoy leisure we haven’t earned.” ~ H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

                            “Training in weapons gives a perfect judgment, it expels melancholy, choleric and evil conceits, it keeps a man in breath, perfect health, and long life… it makes him bold, hardy and valiant.” ~ George Silver

                              “…The differences between expert performers and normal adults reflect a life-long persistence of deliberate effort to improve performance.” ~ Ericsson

                                “Nobody – but nobody – has ever become really proficient at golf without practice, without doing a lot of thinking and then hitting a lot of shots.  It isn’t so much a lack of talent; it’s a lack of being able to repeat good shots consistently that frustrates most players.  And the only answer to that is practice.” ~ Jack Nicklaus

                                A Precious Human Life

                                  Every day, think as you wake up,

                                  Today I am fortunate to have woken up

                                  I am alive, I have a precious human life,

                                  I am not going to waste it,

                                  I am going to use

                                  All my energies to develop myself,

                                  To expand my heart out to others,

                                  To achieve enlighenment for

                                  The benefit of all beings,

                                  I am going to have kind

                                  Thoughts twords others,

                                  I am not going to get angry,

                                  Or think badly about others,

                                  I am going to benefit Others

                                  As much as I can.

                                   

                                  ~ H.H. The XIV Dalai Lama

                                    “I listen with attention to the judgement of all men; but so far as I can remember, I have followed none but my own.” ~ Michel Eyquem de Montaigne

                                      “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world. The unreasonable man adapts the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ~ George Bernard Shaw (via Rufus Muturi 9/6/11)

                                        “To be able to give away riches is mandatory if you wish to possess them. This is the only way that you will be truly rich.” ~ Muhammad Ali

                                          “The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses – behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road, long before I dance under those lights.” ~ Muhammad Ali