Posted by: mindoversports on: December 19, 2011
Dr. Dean Ornish, one of the country’s leading authorities on the treatment of heart disease, wrote: “The mystics say what happens in your mind creates what happens around you. ‘As You Think, So You Become.’ What you think about intensely is what you begin to manifest in your life. What you meditate on or visualize [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: December 17, 2011
If your coach tells you you’re overweight and need to drop a few pounds, here’s an easy way to do it without really dieting. As almost all weight loss “experts” will tell you, the secret to losing weight is to reduce the number of calories you consume daily. And if you exercise, so much the [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: December 2, 2011
I was interested in comments made by Missouri basketball star Kim English in the Missouri Alumni magazine MIZZOU (Winter, 2012 issue) when he was quoted as saying: “’Before the game and at halftime, I look into all of my teammates’ eyes,’ English says. ‘I take a second and stare at every person so I can [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: November 14, 2011
A few years ago Oprah Winfrey visited Springfield, Missouri, where I live. Now, I am a big fan of hers and admire how she picked herself up by her bootstraps and was able to change her life. But while in Springfield, she told a crowd of mostly women who attended her public seminar they were [...]
Posted by: mindoversports on: October 19, 2011
Contrary to most beliefs, you really can’t motivate another person. Inspire, yes. But true motivation must come from within and over the past 25 years I’ve found that the higher a person’s feelings of self-worth (self-esteem) the more motivated they become. If I were speaking to a group of people in a room and my [...]