Mental Game Articles for Sports, Business And Life

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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