Game on, very cool.

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From: list-manager@stagen.simplelists.com [mailto:list-manager@stagen.simplelists.com] On Behalf Of Rebecca
Sent: Thursday, May 07, 2015 8:11 AM
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Subject: Share if some réading This mornîng

I have been doing my 15 minutes if médiation And thén some réading daily Today I thought to share the below :
Enjoy

Darren Hardy, Publisher of SUCCESS Magazine The Secret to Winning

Let me tell you How to Win Anything, before you even begin.

I’ve learned in studying great performers—athletes, entertainers, artists, business leaders—that the difference between good performance and spectacular performance is in their preparation.

In fact, extraordinary performance is possible only through extraordinary preparation.
Most often the performance outcome has been decided before the performance even begins. This is also true for you—before a big meeting or presentation and before you clock in at the office.

Extraordinary performance is possible only through extraordinary preparation.

The greatest-ever Olympian, with 22 medals, including 18 gold, now-retired Michael Phelps, was known for his rigorous training and consistent pre-race routine. Phelps can teach us a lot when it comes to preparing for our gold-medal races in the marketplace...

Let me tell you how to win anything, even before you begin.

I’ve learned in studying great performers—athletes, entertainers, artists, business leaders—that the difference between good performance and spectacular performance is in their preparation.

In fact, extraordinary performance is possible only through extraordinary preparation.

Most often the performance outcome has been decided before the performance even begins. This is also true for you—before a big meeting or presentation and before you clock in at the office.

Extraordinary performance is possible only through extraordinary preparation.

The greatest-ever Olympian, with 22 medals, including 18 gold, now-retired Michael Phelps, was known for his rigorous training and consistent pre-race routine. Phelps can teach us a lot when it comes to preparing for our gold-medal races in the marketplace.

On race day, Phelps ate a specific and simple breakfast made up of foods such as fruit, oatmeal and a bagel with cream cheese. His goal was to eat light. He avoided protein and loaded up on carbohydrates, “because it’s easier for me to use that as energy,” he said.

Are you eating according to the performance required for your day ahead?

Also, Phelps won every race before it started—in his mind. In the competitors’ ready rooms before races, Phelps performed a meditative relaxation exercise. He would visualize himself swimming perfectly as well as imagining possible difficulties “so I’m ready for anything,” he said.

Are you visualizing the performance and victorious outcome of every important phone call, meeting or presentation in advance?

Phelps always arrived at the pool two hours before each event. He began a 30-minute stretching routine that started with his arms and then worked his way down his body until he reached his ankles. Next he did a 45-minute warm-up that included swims of 800, 600, 400 and 200 meters; a swim-kick-pull drill; and a few 25-meter sprints. He then changed from his warm-up outfit to his skintight racing swimsuit, which took another 20 minutes.

Then he’d get his head cranked up by listening to 20 minutes of his favorite hip-hop, rap or techno music, which he said helped him get focused for the race.

Do you get your mind cranked up and focused before an important performance?

On the starting blocks, Phelps performed the same routine just before his races.
The ritual informed every system in his body that it was “go time.”
He no longer needed to think; everything had been decided already.
Now his body would just perform what it was meticulously trained to do.

His ready, aim ritual went like this:
He would stand behind his assigned starting block for four minutes.
When his name was announced, he’d step onto his block then immediately off.
He’d swing his arms three times before stepping back onto the block to assume his starting position. Then BANG! He was lightning in water. The next thing he knew someone was placing a chunk of gold around his neck.

Do you have a pre-performance ritual that harkens the thousands of training hours you’ve spent in preparation and informs your mind, body, intuition and spirit that it’s “game on”?

Thank you Rebecca