…have mastered their 3Rs. When First Responders arrive on the scene, they Recognize/React/Re-set whatever trauma they encounter.
This concept came to me in last Friday’s October 10 band practice. Toto (aka Chet) led off by telling us a story about his practices that week with golfers, Lax dudes, and grapplers — the melody line being the BTL difference between normal athletes and Champions:
“Too many athletes, artists, and entrepreneurs make suggestions to their mind. This does not change the mind. Fact. Champions command the mind. Champions stop the negative inner chatter and command the mind to do what they know it can, even before they have behaved accordingly. Champions have a simple formula...Belief > behavior…Champions command the mind to override the governor and unleash their potential. They command the mind. Normal dudes? Behavior > Belief. Don’t be normal, friend.“
Champions, no matter how moody they are feeling, command their own moods, not with suggestive statements, but with imperative commands. If you google “grammatical moods”, AI will bring back English class memories (which probably left you in a bad mood :)):
“The main grammatical moods in English are indicative (for statements), imperative (for commands), interrogative (for questions), subjunctive (for wishes or hypothetical situations), and conditional (for hypothetical conditions)…”
Your mood MATTERS, so mind your MOOD. Marilee Adams wrote a game-changer book “Change Your Questions, Change Your Life.” Our BTL sequel from today’s practice is “Change Your MOOD, Change your Mood.”
Champions have mastered becoming their own First Responders. They Recognize their mood, then Re-act decisively and Re-set it through imperative commands. The best ones are pre-loaded, primed and ready for whatever mood they encounter.
Champions on teams are also each others’ Second Responders. When they observe a teammate getting moody, they don’t wait, they initiate. They Recognize, React & Re-set.
Because it’s imperative. En Brera.
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