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Mental Toughness Secret #30 "Great coaching is helping people discover what they already know." - Bill Gove Action Step For Today: Invest 15 minutes to consider hiring a coach to help you get better results. Be coachable and open-minded. You may be surprised at what you will learn. World-Class Resource: For private, semiprivate and small group coaching, visit www.mentaltoughnesscollege.com https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #29 "Recovery is an important word and a vital concept. It means renewal of life and energy. Knowing how and when to recover may prove to be the most important skill in your life." - James E Loehr Action Step For Today: Give yourself a life balance checkup. Are you investing the necessary time and energy in the important areas of your life? What areas are you over-stressing? What areas are you under-stressing? Think about your current stress and recovery cycles and make any adjustments you think are necessary for peak performance and maximum happiness. World Class Resource: Read Stress for Success, by Dr. James Loehr https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #28 "I'm going to the top of the mountain. You're either going to see me waving from the top or dead on the side. But you know what? I'm not coming down." - Eric Worre Action Step For Today: Identify a goal or dream in your life that you have given up on, and ask this critical thinking question: "Is it possible to make a comeback in this area, and breathe new life into this old dream?" You're a tougher, more competent performer than you were back when you abandoned this dream. Are you good enough to make a comeback now? (HINT: YES!) https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #27 "A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict, he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think you're wrong -- that's healthy." - Robert Townsend Action Step For Today: ASk this critical thinking question: "Am I emotionally addicted to the approval of others?" If your answer is yes, make a commitment to break this addiction immediately. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #26 "Did you think you could have the good without the evil? Did you think you could have the joy without the sorrow?" - David Grayson Action Step For Today: Ask this critical thinking question: "Am I more interested in pleasure, or gratification?" Amateurs focus on pleasure-based activities that deliver short and sweet payoffs. Professionals focus on gratification-based activities that take longer to achieve but deliver long and deep payoffs. Into which category do you fall? https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #25 "Of course we become what we think about. The real question is, "Do we know what we are thinking about?" - Steve Siebold Action Step For Today: Take your emotional temperature today and assess your mood. Ask this critical thinking question: "How did I end up in this mood?" What thoughts did you process that but you in this mood? https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #24 "Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way." - Viktor Frankel Action Step For Today: Make a list of the things you feel you have no choice about doing, and revisit each one. Do you really have to do them, or are you choosing to do them? Could some of the less desirable things be omitted simply by making a choice? Delusion says you must do things. Objective reality says you always have a choice because you are always in control. World-Class Resource: Read "Choice Theory" by Dr. William Glasser https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #23 "You can't let praise or criticism get to you. It's a weakness to get caught up in either one." - John Wooden Mental toughness, broken down to its root, is really about becoming a master of your emotions in performance situations, especially under pressure. Action Step For Today: Decide to separate your emotions from other people's criticism of you. Refuse to talk about other people or gossip about their behavior. Focus only on ideas that can help you fulfill your vision. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #22 "We usually think of advice as something that someone tells us, but I learned my most valuable lessons in life by example, by watching people around me both when I was growing up and when I was trying to stay true, in my business career, to the values they taught me. Yet, if there is one piece of advice that has been important to me, it is "Always remember where you came from." - John J. Mack Professional performers start out as amateurs, just like everyone else, and they never forget it. Action Step For Today: Invest ten minutes today remembering your roots and what it took to get you where you are now. Write a note or place a call to someone who helped you along the way and thank him or her for what they did for you. Pay special attention to how taking these actions makes you feel. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #21 "Creative people rarely need to be motivated--they have their own inner drive that refuses to be bored. They refuse to be complacent. They live on the edge, which is precisely what is needed to be successful and remain successful." - Donald Trump Average people live their lives in first gear, resisting change and avoiding risk. Action Step For Today: Examine the 5 Levels of Mental Toughness and identify the level you inhabit most often in performance situations. Make a commitment to spend as much time at the Playing To Win level as possible. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #20 "I felt like I could score at will." - Jack Maitland Action Step For Today: Ask your three closest friends this question: On a scale of 1 to 7, 7 being most confident, how much confidence do I project? This will give you an idea of how the world is responding to you. World-Class Resource: "What to Say When You Talk To Yourself" by Shad Helmstetter https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #19 "Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect." - Samuel Johnson The great ones are always curious because they are always looking for an edge. Action Step For Today: The next time you are socializing with your friends or associates, see how many questions you can ask each about what they do and why they do it. Get as many details as possible. Most people are full of great suggestions for solving problems, yet no one asks for their opinion. Your curiosity, combined with a beginner's mindset, may yield unexpected solutions you can implement immediately. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #18 "You can employ men and hire hands to work for you, but you must win their hearts to have them work with you." - William Boecker Professional performers are the most cooperative people in the world because they know it takes a team to achieve anything worthwhile. Action Step For Today: Rate yourself on your level of cooperation. In your opinion, you are: Very cooperative with others Somewhat cooperative  Not very cooperative Not cooperative at all If you rate a 2, 3, or 4, ask yourself if you are allowing your ego to get in the way. If the answer is yes, check your ego at the door and become a team player. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #17 "When presented with a new idea, check your ego at the door and suspend your disbelief. Your ability to open your mind and consider new ideas without fear will propel you to the top faster than anything else." - Bill Gove Network Marketing has single-handedly changed the face of distribution for the better, yet has still not been fully embraced by amateur thinkers who insist on clinging to the past. Action Step For Today: Think back to the last time someone approached you with a new idea that you were quick to dismiss, and give it a second chance. Suspend your disbelief, open your mind and give it careful consideration. What have you got to lose? https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #16 "The arena was so loud, the emotion so great. Everybody was going crazy. I remember thinking, 'Stay with it. Don't get swept up.' The hotter it gets, the cooler you have to get. I remember thinking of one word in my mind-'miraculous.'" - Al Michaels Action Step For Today: Watch the movie Miracle. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #15 "Plenty of men can do good work for a spurt with immediate promotion in mind, but for promotion, you want a man in whom good work has become a habit." - Henry Doherty Action Step For Today: To gain mental clarity and focus, create a written version for your life. Imagine your life five to ten years in the future and list all you have done, accumulated and become during this time. Use the letter to a friend format that we use in our corporate Mental Toughness University program. Write a letter to a friend - real or imaginary- and date it from five to ten years in the future. Let your creative mind freewheel, without any thought of how you will achieve any of these things. Be sure to include as many details and as much emotion as possible. When you have a world-class vision for your life, you've taken the first step to world-class performance. World-Class Resource: Sign up for the Mental Toughness University one-day seminar and 12-month follow-up process. Learn more by visiting www.m

Mental Toughness Secret #14 "You cannot keep a committed person from success. Place stumbling blocks in his way, and he takes them for stepping stones, and on them, he will climb to greatness. Take away his money, and he makes spurs of his poverty to urge him on. The person who succeeds has a program; he fixes his course and adheres to it; he lays his plans and executes them; he goes straight to his goal. He is not pushed this side and that every time a difficulty is thrust in his way. If he can't get over it, he goes through it." - George Gilder Action Step For Today: Makes a list of the five most important things you are committed to in your life, and ask this critical thinking question: "Are my habits, actions, and behaviors congruent with my commitments?" https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #13 "There is no mat space for malcontents or dissenters. One must neither celebrate too insanely when he wins nor sulk when he loses. He accepts victory professionally and humbly. He hates defeat, he makes no poor display of it." - Dan Gable Champions have class and conduct themselves in a way that is congruent with their self-image. Action Step For Today: Make a list of the five things you would like the following groups of people to say about your conduct: Your family Your friends Your customers Now go to work and become this person. World-Class Resource: To further polish your personal and professional behavior, attend a seminar from Jacqueline Whitmore, director of the Protocol School of Palm Beach. Sign up for their free news letter by going to www.etiqetteexpert.com https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #12 "If it weren't for the dark days, we wouldn't know what it is to walk in the light." - Earl Campbell Champions believe if you remove the adversity, you remove the victory. Action Step For Today: List the three most difficult adversities you have faced and five good things that happened to you as a result of each one. Train yourself to see the good in adversity, and your fear of future challenges will dissipate. World-Class Resource "Man's Search for Meaning," by Viktor Frankel https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy

Mental Toughness Secret #11 "Gratitude is the aristocrat of all of the emotions." - Bill Gove The world-class don't think in a linear fashion like the masses. They use non-linear thinking as a way of heightening thier creativity. Action Step For Today: Make a list of the ten things you are most grateful for in your life, and review them every morning for the next seven days. Monitor how this activity impacts your emotions. https://linktr.ee/LemieuxLegacy