IT AINT OVER UNTIL YOU SAY IT'S OVER?

MARCH FREAKIN MADNESS!!!!

I love this time of year.  You have have 68 teams playing for an opportunity to win it all.

You get to witness the best college basketball players and coaches in the country.

You also get to take witness of amazing comebacks and last second shots.

Last night I got to witness an awesome game between SFA and VCU.  These two teams went at it and at the beginning of the 2nd half it seemed that VCU was just going to run away with it.

Stephen F. Austin(pictured above), eventually was able to close the gap in the final minutes but found themselves down by four points with 10 seconds to go.  Not impossible, but the odds were definitely against them.

Stephen F. Austin ended up hitting a three plus a free throw to force overtime, and they ended up winning in overtime.

I love it when teams refuse to give up until it's over.

That is the exact same attitude that we have to take day in and day out.  If you have a goal that you are chasing guess what?  It is never over until YOU DECIDE IT'S OVER.

Things will not go as planned and you probably won't get there as quick as you want to, but if you think like Stephen F. Austin thinks and keep going until you win, then it's not over.

In the Marines they taught us that no battle plan ever survives first contact with the enemy, so quit beating yourself up and get back to taking action towards the better you.

Gotta Run...............

MVP Mental Exercise
1.  Think back to a time when you were going after a goal or a deadline that you knew you had to complete
2.  What was your mindset like back then?
3.  How can you apply that mindset to the goals that you want right now?

WHO WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE?

When you are facing a goal that will make you better do you go at it alone?

How about the days when you just don't feel like doing anything, if you don't take any action, you are the only one that will really know if you don't do anything, so what is the harm?

In order to get closer to what we want, we have to action on days even when we don't feel like it.  If you are one of those people that find it hard to stay
on track, have you considered having an accountability partner?

What is an accountability partner?

It is someone that you can share what your goals are and they can share theirs with you.  Once you know each other's goals, you need to set up a plan where you check in with each other to stay on track and call you out when you aren't on track.

This adjustment is simple to make and is related to social facilitation theory.  This theory is that we work harder when there is an audience.

Think back to a time when you were playing a sport, and someone that you wanted to impress was in the audience.  What did you do?

You probably played your ass off because you wanted to impress them.  It is the same idea here.

Quit relying solely on your own motivation and partner up with someone who will help you see your goals through to completion.

I want to hear what your goals are and be your accountability partner, FREE OF CHARGE, email me today @ tmaynard@mvpmindset.com and let's team up to help get you to your final destination.

MVP Mindset Mental Exercise
1.  Email me to be your accountability partner or choose someone who you know will keep you on track
2.  Make contact with them today and explain that you want to set up an accountability system with them
3.  Decide if you want to start meeting with them on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis

STAY DOWN OR GET UP?

It happens to all of us.

You are going along at a good speed and feel good about yourself.

You are finally seeing some progress and it feels like things are going your way.

Then it happens.........................BAM

You take a wrong turn, you are off the path, and now you have fallen down.

DO YOU STAY DOWN OR DO YOU GET UP?

This is going to sound crazy but you need to get excited when you get knocked down.  I know you are thinking, hey Tim, I think its time to check into the funny farm.  Here me out though.

This period of falling down is where you finally get to grow and where you determine what you true value, character, and grit is.

Remember this:

FALLING DOWN IS INEVITABLE, GETTING BACK UP IS OPTIONAL.

The next time that you are off track or things aren't going the way you thought it would go, think of it as a test to see if you are really committed towards your goal.

MVP Mindset Mental Exercise:

The next time that you are faced with a challenge where you fall down use these steps
1.  Say to yourself : "Falling is inevitable, getting back up is an option, and I choose to get back up."
2.  Look back how far you have come and pick out two things that you have already accomplished
3.  Pick one action step to take today to get you back on the right track

JUST PUT ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

I remember it like it was yesterday.  The culminating event of Marine Corps Boot Camp Training.

Months of constant training and the last 50 hours running on little to no sleep matched with little no food.

All you had to do was finish this last hump called the Grim Reaper and you would be crowned a United States Marine.



There was just one problem, they don't call this the Grim Reaper because anybody can just skip their way up it.  Nope, if you want it you gotta go take it and the only way to get there is taking one step at a time.

I remember being completely exhausted covered in sweat and just looking down at my feet making sure that my left foot went in front of my right foot and vice versa.

That is the same formula that you have to take to reach your goals.  Quit looking up at that hill, it's freakin intimidating and causes you to lose hope and progress.

What you have to do, is do what I did on that hill on that warm August morning on the Grim Reaper.....

FOCUS ON PUTTING ONE STEP IN FRONT OF THE OTHER

I know you have a goal that you have been focusing on that you haven't obtained the progress that you want.Quit dwelling on the size of the hill and tell me what you are going to do next to get closer to it.

Today is the day to get back into the game and start attacking your own Grim Reaper.

FOCUS ON THE NEXT STEP.   Gotta run.

MVP Mindset Mental Exercise
1.  For the next 7 days, write down two action steps that you can take that will get you closer to your goals
2.  Repeat this process 3 times
3.  After 21 successful days, put together a plan for the next 21 days

BELIEF DETERMINES ACTIONS AND ACTIONS DETERMINE RESULTS

Have you ever heard this line from Jack Canfield before?  The full quote is:

Your belief determines you actions, your actions determine your results, but first you have to believe.

So how about the goal that you are going after right now, do you believe that you can actually obtain it? Have you taken the time to ask yourself that question?  

If you haven't, today is the day that you need to ask yourself that question.  What I have my athletes and clients do, is once we have determined a goal that that they want, the next part of the equation is to scale that goal.  

What I mean by scaling the goal, is to have that goal be as big and challenging as it can be so that it excites you, but still falls within the range so it doesn't scare you to the point to where you would take no action.

Your progression is going to fall in line with where your belief is, so it is vital that you figure this out before you start going to work "blindly" on your goal.  Go through today's exercise to determine your belief.

MVP Mental Exercise

1.  Write down your goal with a deadline date for it's achievement

2.  Now rate your belief on you being able to complete that goal by that date, you will rate the goal on a scale of 1-10.  1 being that you don't feel that you can accomplish it at all, and 10 being 100% confident that you can complete

3.  You want to make sure that your goal falls in the 7-9 range.  When it falls in this range, you know that you have chosen a goal that will stretch you and force you to grow, but you are still confident that you can do it.