My definition of Personal Development: Voluntary activities done and material consumed for the purpose of making oneself a better, smarter and more valuable individual.
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Discipline
- Book: The Mirror Of Motivation
- What Motivates Me In My Daily Life
- VIDEO: The Power Of Doing It NOW [Podcast episode]
- Write It In The Sand
- Would You Like Refreshments? How To Keep Asking
- What To Do When Success Is Late To The Party
- COURSE: 30 Days To Discipline
- VIDEO: The Importance Of Self-Discipline
- A Dozen Of My Personal Disciplines
- “You Really Should Be More Humble.”
- You Aren’t Even A Fan Of Yourself
- Unapologetic: You Meant To Do It, Don’t Be Sorry Now
- Life & Death: Urgency Is Your Best Friend
- An Axe To Grind (With): Your Work Goes Unnoticed, Until It Doesn’t
- Half The Battle: Showing Up Is The Hardest Part
- Hard Work Is Not A Marketing Scheme: You’re Supposed To Do That
- Your Choices Will Choose You: You’re Always Becoming What You Do
- How You Can Have A Lot Of Game And Still Fail [Daily Game]
- “We’d Better Run It In” [Daily Game]
- “As Many Championships As Possible” [Daily Game]
- A Dozen Of My Own Personal Disciplines
- The Focus I Put Into Basketball
Confidence
- Book: The Super You
- You Aren’t Even A Fan Of Yourself
- VIDEO: A Lack Of Confidence Is A *Learned* Behavior
- VIDEO: Are You Even A Fan Of Yourself? [Podcast Episode on Same Topic]
- It’s More Important To Be Important
- Confidence is a Habit
- Arrogance is Your New Friend
- How To Not Be Self-Conscious
- Heat Monster: You Want The Attention? Be Careful What You Ask For
- You Got It: You Are Fully Equipped To Handle Everything
- Mr. Big Stuff: Who DO You Think You Are?
- You’re Not?: How You’re Holding Yourself Back
- Self-Made Stop Signs: How You’re Getting In Your Own Way
- No Use Being Self-Conscious — No One Is Thinking About You Anyway
- Is You Enough? Who’s The Difference-Maker On Your Team?
- Through The Bones
- F*ck It: Your Last Thought Before Taking A Chance
- The Benefits Of Humility: You Must Be Your First Fan
- True Value: Stop Playing Defense Against Yourself
- Stop DeValuing Yourself: Keep Comparing, You’ll Always Eventually Lose
- The Group Of Girls Who Used To Laugh At Me Every Day [Daily Game]
- The Gay Guy In The Gym Story: Addressing Things Directly
- The Cigar Ashes Story: She Put 6 Dents In My Damn Front Door
- How To Feel Less Pressure Before A Performance
- Identifying Your Fear Of Success
Mental Toughness
- Book: The Mental Handbook
- Never Waste Your Pain
- What To Do When You’re Feeling Discouraged
- How To Handle Your Worst Setbacks: Digging for Diamonds
- VIDEO: How To Deal With Setbacks And Failure
- The Asshole Chronicles/”Do You Need it NOW?!” Story: Yes, I need it now
- What My 45-Year Old Self Would Tell Me, Today
- TMC: You Are In A Marathon. Play For The Future
- What They Want To Hear
- Silent Minority: When The Group Doesn’t Agree With You, You’re On To Something
- If They Don’t Fuck With You
- Distance: Considering How Far You’ve Come
- Happiness Is A Skill: Choose Your Feelings
- When It’s Time To Quit [Yes — There IS A Time]
- That’s Not “Hate” — That’s Your Weak-Ass Game [Daily Game]
- Kevin Durant, Blog Boys And Life: I Get It Now [Daily Game]
- We Need It Again Tomorrow [Daily Game]
- You Don’t Have To Prove Shit To Anyone
- Three Bullsh*t Excuses That Losers Use
- How To Defeat The “Unbeatable” Opponent
- “I Got This.”
- Unenforced Rights Aren’t Rights At All
- Slow Learners Get Left To Die
- Alexander the Great and The Trumpet Of Victory
Personal Initiative
- Book: 100 Mental Game Best Practices
- Life & Death: Urgency Is Your Best Friend
- How To Deal With Unmotivated People
- You’re Not Ready…So Do It
- You Can’t Build A House By Yourself
- Cut The Line: Go Straight To The Sources Of Problems
- Elbow Room: Go Where You Can Stand Out
- They Have To Know You’re There
- Energy Is A Skill [Daily Game]
- “Act Like You Want It!!!” [Daily Game]
- No One Came To Open The Gym [Daily Game]
- “I Didn’t’ Do Anything Wrong!” [Daily Game]
- Your Parents Aren’t The Ones With The Dream [Daily Game]
- Eliminate Excuse-Making Forever
Strategy
- Chess, Strategy, and Life: A Discussion
- Your Success Making Your Friends Uncomfortable?
- Should You Party MORE Often in College? Hell YES!! Here’s Why
- The 3 Lessons I Wish I’d Been Taught In School
- Don’t Build A Ladder To The Moon [Daily Game]
- Work —> Performance —> Results [Daily Game]
- Kicked Out Of The Gym: Seeing The End From The Beginning [Daily Game]
- The 3 Types Of People To Always Be Watching
- The 3 People You Should Always Be Watching
- The 3 Habits of The top 5%
- What To Do When It Rains
- The Easy Way To Stop Feeling Overwhelm
- Why You Turn Back To Old Ideas That Don’t Work
- When “Work Harder” Is Not The Best Answer
- Fatigue Is Forbidden
- New Levels: You Have It In You
Sales & Business, Exposure
- Congratulations, You Played Yourself [Daily Game]
- What To Do When Your Field is Full of Competition
- How To Put Yourself On
- Mindsets To Stop Underselling Yourself
- Why Don’t You Just Focus On One Thing?
- Action!: The #1 Habit Of Successful People
- Attention Is The Only Asset: When You Have It From People, Make It Count
- Impress On Day One — Or There Won’t Be A Day Two [Daily Game]
- “Y’all Got More Money Than Me?!?” [Daily Game]
- Learn From Jay-Z: You Don’t Become Next-Level By Accident [Daily Game]
- How To Get Known: All Outbound Until They’re Inbound
- How To Make Yourself Known: All Outbound Call Until They’re Coming Inbound
- The Quality of Quantity
- Put Some “Respek” On My Name
- Stop Wasting Time Doing Meaningless Work
- Two Ways To Have An Unfair Advantage (One Which You Can Control)
- Great At Something
- The 4 Intangible Assets
- Check Your Outbound Activity
- Better Upgrade Your Systems, ASAP
Relationships
- The 5 Best Places To Meet Single Women — Why and How
- Don’t Know How To Approach and Talk to Girls? This Should Help
- How To Identify Toxic, Energy-Draining People Immediately
- The Grandma Story: We Weren’t Allowed To Ask Questions
- Modeling After Others, The Right Way
- Why You Hesitate To Approach Problems (And Problem People)
- Uncompromising
Life Stuff
- The 3 Things I Wish I’d Known At Age 18
- N*ggas Want My Old Sh*t — Buy My Old Album [Daily Game]
- The Getting Money Story: Crime Paid Off For Me, And I Don’t Regret It
- Why Every Athlete Needs Non-Athlete Skills For The Rest of Life
- How To Get Maximum Value Out Of New Information
- Freedom Ain’t Free
- How I Knew What I Didn’t Want To Do
- The Long Run
- How To Develop Complete Disregard For What Others Think Of You
- Why My Message Has Extended Past Just Basketball
- The 3 Most Important Lists You Need In Life
Stories
- The Airport Conflict Story: Less Is More
- The Telemarketing Story: I just could not stop laughing
- The Body Fat Percentage Story [Dre Stories]
- The Graduation Gift From My Sister
- When My Cable Got Turned Off
- The No-Gym Experiment That Ended My Career
- “You Scored — But You Didn’t Make It Look Easy!”
- When My Life Changed In a Cafeteria
- From Shooter, to “Let Him Shoot!”, To Shooter Again (Part 1)
- From Shooter, to “Let Him Shoot!”, To Shooter Again (Part 2)
- From Shooter, to “Let Him Shoot!”, To Shooter Again (Part 3)
- The Worst Branding Idea I Ever Had
- Guns At The Basketball Court
- 45 Minutes North and 25 Minutes South
- Sharing A Basketball Court With Pros For The First Time
- The Corporate Assholes I Worked With For A Year
- The Boss Threatened Me For Laughing Too Much
- “He Went Down In The THIRD!!!”
- The Cold World Of Pro Basketball Tryouts And Camps
- The Much-Needed Team Meeting That Never Happened
- The Woman Who Said I Was Unqualified To Give Speeches
- The Guy Who Dragged Me Into The Weight Room
- When I Realized Just How Far I Truly Had To Go
- When I Almost Took A Job Selling Landline Phone Service
- I Had College Teammates Who Didn’t Respect Their Own Games
- “¡My 40 Pesos!” aka When The Mexican Cops Robbed Us
- The Only Chance I Had To Make Something Of My Basketball Career
- How I Learned To Give Hard Fouls
- My Partner In Crime Snitched And Got Me Suspended
- The Mexican Kitchen That I Never Should Have Walked Into
- The Basketball Failings That Made Me An Entrepreneur
- From Free, To Paid
- When I Most Felt Like A Loser
- Stuck In Traffic, Part 1
- Stuck In Traffic, Part 2
- My Introduction To The College Party Scene, Part 1
- The College Party Scene, Part 2: State College
- The College Party Scene, Part 3: Barely A Student
- The Public Relations Company Who Did Nothing For Me
- Maybe Basketball Wasn’t Everything
- The Email That Turned Me Into A Monster
- The Basketball Team Owner Who Tried (And Failed) To Ruin My Career
- The Hesitation Story: I Got Robbed for $5 — It Should’ve Been $20