This Will Save Your Neck
Story Time:
A doctor, a lawyer and an engineer were sentenced to be
be-headed by a guillotine.
The doctor was first. "Do you want to face the blade or
face away from the blade?" the guard asked him.
"I'll face the blade!" the doctor said defiantly and the
crowd roared with approval.
He put his head in the notch and stared up at the blade
glimmering in the morning sunlight.
The King nodded his head to the guard who cut the rope,
sending the blade at break neck speed (pun intended) toward
the doctor.
Miraculously, the blade stopped just before the doctor's
neck. The crowd was shocked into silence.
"This is truly a sign from God," said the King, "you may go
free Mr. Doctor." The doctor skipped off happily.
The lawyer was next. "Do you want to face the blade or face
away from the blade?" the guard asked him.
"I'll face the blade!" the lawyer said defiantly and the
crowd roared with approval.
He put his head in the notch and stared up at the blade
glimmering in the morning sunlight.
The King nodded his head to the guard who cut the rope,
sending the blade really fast toward the doctor.
Miraculously, the blade stopped just before the lawyer's
neck. The crowd was again shocked into silence.
"This too is a sign from God," said the King, "you may go
free Mr. Lawyer." The lawyer left immediately to enjoy his
good fortune.
The engineer also chose to face the blade, and now the
crowd was going crazy -- surely God was in their midst
today.
The engineer put his head in the notch stared up at the
blade glimmering in the morning sunlight.
The King raised his chin to begin his now familiar signal
to his guard when the engineer yelled "WAIT! I think I see
the problem."
I find players and coaches (and parents, and corporate
executives) often are so focused on what's wrong - be it
with their swings, their coach, their field, their
teammates, their players, their staff, etc. -- that they
are essentially unwilling to accept good things in their
lives.
Whatever you focus on you attract, so if you want to focus
on what's wrong, you'll get more "wrong."
If you focus on what's right, you'll get more "right."
We all get to choose, regardless of our circumstances.
Are you like the doctor and lawyer who rejoice in their
good fortune, who are able to enjoy their successes?
Or are you like the engineer who will make the worst of a
good situation?
Sincerely,
Tom
Dr. Tom Hanson
p.s. Nothing is more important in your life than the
perspective you take. It's easy to say "focus on the
positive," but it isn't the easiest thing in the world to
do. It does get easier, however, with training. I'll train
you to take charge of your mind in my Confidence
Conditioning program, which you get free just for taking
the Baseball Confidence Gym for a test drive. Go now to
www.BaseballConfidence.com
p.p.s. Note to current Gym members: I broke my record on
this month's exercise, I did 50 in one minute.
A doctor, a lawyer and an engineer were sentenced to be
be-headed by a guillotine.
The doctor was first. "Do you want to face the blade or
face away from the blade?" the guard asked him.
"I'll face the blade!" the doctor said defiantly and the
crowd roared with approval.
He put his head in the notch and stared up at the blade
glimmering in the morning sunlight.
The King nodded his head to the guard who cut the rope,
sending the blade at break neck speed (pun intended) toward
the doctor.
Miraculously, the blade stopped just before the doctor's
neck. The crowd was shocked into silence.
"This is truly a sign from God," said the King, "you may go
free Mr. Doctor." The doctor skipped off happily.
The lawyer was next. "Do you want to face the blade or face
away from the blade?" the guard asked him.
"I'll face the blade!" the lawyer said defiantly and the
crowd roared with approval.
He put his head in the notch and stared up at the blade
glimmering in the morning sunlight.
The King nodded his head to the guard who cut the rope,
sending the blade really fast toward the doctor.
Miraculously, the blade stopped just before the lawyer's
neck. The crowd was again shocked into silence.
"This too is a sign from God," said the King, "you may go
free Mr. Lawyer." The lawyer left immediately to enjoy his
good fortune.
The engineer also chose to face the blade, and now the
crowd was going crazy -- surely God was in their midst
today.
The engineer put his head in the notch stared up at the
blade glimmering in the morning sunlight.
The King raised his chin to begin his now familiar signal
to his guard when the engineer yelled "WAIT! I think I see
the problem."
I find players and coaches (and parents, and corporate
executives) often are so focused on what's wrong - be it
with their swings, their coach, their field, their
teammates, their players, their staff, etc. -- that they
are essentially unwilling to accept good things in their
lives.
Whatever you focus on you attract, so if you want to focus
on what's wrong, you'll get more "wrong."
If you focus on what's right, you'll get more "right."
We all get to choose, regardless of our circumstances.
Are you like the doctor and lawyer who rejoice in their
good fortune, who are able to enjoy their successes?
Or are you like the engineer who will make the worst of a
good situation?
Sincerely,
Tom
Dr. Tom Hanson
p.s. Nothing is more important in your life than the
perspective you take. It's easy to say "focus on the
positive," but it isn't the easiest thing in the world to
do. It does get easier, however, with training. I'll train
you to take charge of your mind in my Confidence
Conditioning program, which you get free just for taking
the Baseball Confidence Gym for a test drive. Go now to
www.BaseballConfidence.com
p.p.s. Note to current Gym members: I broke my record on
this month's exercise, I did 50 in one minute.
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