Performance Coaching Systems
“It’s better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours, and you’ll drift in that direction.” - Warren Buffett
Commitment is a word that many people shy away from in today’s microwave society. However in seeking to make improvements in your life it is certainly a requirement. Here’s the next video in the Five Commitments to Personal Excellence:
Show Up, Suit Up & Step Up!
The best is yet to come,
David Martin
“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true.” - Leon Suenens
I’m trying something a bit different in an effort to bring you some key points of success coaching via the technnology available. Video has taken the internet by storm. I have added YouTube to the arsenel of coaching tools so here we go:
And remember, the best is yet to come!
David Martin
“When a man feels throbbing within him the power to do what he undertakes as well as it can possibly be done, this is happiness, this is success.” - Orison Swett Marden
I am LOVING the new technology. I haven’t quite figured out how to load the video here yet, hoewver it’s only a matter of time. If you want to see what I’m up to with the video camera, click on the link below:
David Martin’s first online videos can be seen here
Meanwhile, put everything you have into everything you do!
The best is yet to come,
David Martin
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“We derive more benefit from the actions we take than the results we seek.” - David Martin
Chances are you have been in “the Zone.” You know, that place where you played your absolute best, everything just flowed, you felt confident, you were focused, and everything around you was easy.
Chances are you felt calm and quiet inside, you had no worries, and you felt no pressure.
In “the Zone” you were focused, confident, calm, and in control. You moved easily and effortlessly. You were totally tuned into what you were doing, you were unaware of external distractions, you experienced a sensation of elation, joy and fluidity that was unexplainable.
It is that place where your mind, your emotions, and your body were totally connected. Would you like to get there more often?
What is “the Zone”?
The Zone is a state of consciousness where all of the body’s senses and functions (sight, hearing, taste, smell, emotions, thoughts, and muscular reaction) act in harmony with each other to achieve some specific task.
When you reach this state of consciousness, you experience a sense of “Flow.”
You lose conscious control of your senses and functions and perform from a deeper more subconscious level of control. This is the ultimate place; it’s where you want to be to achieve peak performance on a consistent basis.
“Why can’t I get there?”
Most people are not able to get into the zone because of mental, emotional or physical distractions.
Mental distractions occur when you’re unable to block out external distractions like noise, weather conditions, crowd behavior, over-analysis, or just plain thinking too much.
Emotional distractions are feelings like doubt, fear, anger, frustration, lack of confidence or over confidence. Physical distractions include fatigue, lack of conditioning, injury, or soreness.
Many of these distractions can lead to unforced errors which contributes to pressure and can rob you of your confidence. Playing under these conditions will keep the door to “the Zone” shut tightly.
However, the biggest reason people fail to get into the zone is because they refuse to let go of conscious control of their performance. Conscious control is how they learn and it is the only way they know how to perform.
The only way to get into “the Zone” is to let go of conscious control and let the instincts take over. Essentially, you’ll be getting out of your own way!
It’s time to get ready for the next level!
David Martin
“Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement.” - Henry Ford
There are many people that subscribe to the old adage, “Knowledge is Power.” Too bad. They’re missing the boat on this one.
At times, I receive emails that make “suggestions” about my grammar or phrase-ology, spelling and otherwise freewheeling use of the English language. They should see what I do to Spanish!
Filled with academic prowess and perceiving themselves as intellectually superior, they feel compelled to inform me of any one of my numerous gaffs. As if to save me from being seen by people as less than perfect.
So what? I ain’t perfect and I don’t do well with rules. As Thomas Edison once said, “There ain’t no rules around here. We’re trying to accomplish something.”
Here’s my point. Knowledge must be applied to have any value.
Now, I am not stating that formal education is to be discounted. The point I want to illustrate to you is that there is knowledge that will better serve each of us as we strive to reach higher levels in our lives.
Take a look at what you know. Ask yourself, “Is this serving me to my greater good?” If the answer is “Yes”, keep it. If the answer is “No”, drop it and move on.
To establish what knowledge is beneficial and what knowledge will assist us in pursuit of our goals, we must first determine what those goals are. In relation to the definition of “direct and clear awareness”, by determining clearly what you want, you can now begin to discover the knowledge that will guide you toward success.
Education comes from the Latin educare – to draw from. There is much to draw from in our life and when you continue to draw from life you continue to grow. Stop the education, you stop the growth, stop the growth and you stop the progress.
The knowledge you require for success in your chosen endeavor is out there. It’s in books, CD’s, seminars, coaching, web sites, as well as in other programs and opportunities.
The “21 Steps to Peak Performance” Audio series as well as the Wednesday Performance Zone Training call, one on one coaching, the Performance Education™ TeleSeries, are extraordinary tools to assist you in pursuit of your dreams and goals.
Until then, shape it in your mind and find it in your life.
The best is yet to come!
David Martin
