So in this new year as T gets himself focused to do what he needs to do in sparring and school he will be reading books that will help him on his journey and help improve his reading skills as well. This is what we are starting to read together now:
We read the introduction. Here are some of the highlights from the introduction:
“Positive thinking leads to positive outcomes.”
“Researchers have found that optimistic people live longer, have more success careers, make better decisions, are more productive, are less stressed, have healthier relationships, and (not surprisingly) are much happier than pessimists.”
“If you want to change your life, you have to first change your thinking.”
“Positive thinking is about responding to life’s obstacles with a positive never-back-down attitude.”
Here are some quotes from people you may know:
“Self-confidence is the first step towards success. If you believe it, you can achieve it.” ~Tommy Lasorda
“So many players enter the game with the same approximate skills. The difference is not aptitude but attitude.” ~Dave Winfield
“Things have a way of working themselves out if we remain positive.” ~Lou Holtz
“Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man. But sooner or later, the man who wins is the man who thinks he can.” ~Vince Lombardi
Besides his bible studies T will be reading things that will keep his mind where it needs to be. Some we will read more than once because repetition is a good teacher.
Everyday we will read a couple of chapters and that will be the routine every day as part of his schooling on top of all his other schooling. We are going to pour the positives into him and pour some more and then pour some more until it comes oozing out of him and his entire demeanor changes for the better and the way he approaches training and his ring time changes for the better.
These are the things that athletes do over and over again in order to achieve their goals in any sport. The greats would have never been great without it!
