Posted by Debbie Wood
Good team leaders pay attention to what's important, and they know what's not important or irrelevant to the big picture. They have an obsession for perfection, and yet they have patience. They know how to coach and manage those willing and wanting to buy into their visions. They retain their high performers, keep them motivated, and inspire them to want to change and be the very best at whatever position they hold on the team.
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Posted by Debbie Wood
Who are the experts in the arena who are putting up mental obstacles for you? Well, somebody who's been in the sport longer than you. Learn to overcome the "tigers" in the barrel racing arena. You alone decide your mood, beliefs and attitudes on what you want in the arena.
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Posted by Debbie Wood
When you're ready to grow in a particular area, realize that first you need to change your subconscious picture of yourself. It's actually much easier and more efficient to simply adjust your comfort zone rather than to try harder in order to change your behavior. You need to expand your comfort zone first, before you change your behavior and in order to expand your comfort zone in a particular area you must change your self-image in that area.
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Posted by Debbie Wood
When hundredths-of-a-second can make you or break you, every positive mental pick-me-up you can get from your coaches, sponsors, friends, family and fans can make a difference. It all starts with your own thinking, your own daydreaming, and your own self-talk.
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Posted by Debbie Wood
Our self-talk is the one thing we do have control over. By learning how to control your self-talk, a fascinating phenomenon called visualization begins to take place. And just as one rider told me on numerous occasions, no matter the location – an airplane, the alley way, a hotel room, at home with the family – she is constantly visualizing perfect runs, perfect turns, and incredibly strong resilient bounce backs from the inevitable defeats.
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