Mickey Kane...

Made everything look so easy!

At work he seemed to flow with the flow and even bring it up a notch,
at a whim.

His personal life was the same too...everyone liked him and he was
quite a leader.

When someone finally asked him what his secret was, he revealed it was
no secret at all.

He explained, "I just flow with the flow, and when I meet resistance, I
simply flow with it or put my turbo pack on, and bust through it,
depending on if I feel the effort is worth the results...and by saving
a little extra for my turbo booster, I can navigate smoothly, through
any situation - making it look easy.

Are you flowing and saving a little extra?

Yours in a "Nice Game Plan" - Coach

In any game...

Whether it be the game of life, work or play...on paper, there can be
favorites, and also a projected "Winner".

But we don't play on paper.

This is pretty cool, because when we play our game, we often times
receive doubt, opposition or resistance from others - which sometimes
gets in our heads.

But last time I checked - once the game starts, all the bets are off -
maybe that's why there no such thing as a "sure bet".

And this is because when the game begins, it's the focus, desire and
determination of the players that produces the outcome...and not what
they have done in past.

Yours in "We don't play on Paper" - Coach

Impossible?

Some don't listen.

In 1954, doctors and scientist said no one can run a mile under 4
minutes. Our bone structure was wrong, wind resistance was too great,
our hearts could not take the strain and our lungs were inadequate.

Roger Bannister wasn't listening. He trained his 25 year old body and
mind with thousands of laps of training.

On May 6th, 1954, he reached the finish line and the stop watch told a
different story - 3 minutes 59.4 seconds.

46 days later, his record was broken by another runner - by the end of
1957, 16 runners ran the mile in under 4 minutes, and 4700 times since.

In the few short years when the record was repeatedly broken, the
runners didn't suddenly "get better" - they simply began to believe.

Yours in "Believe" - Coach

Tough times never last...

But tough people do.

Looking back on our tough times from the past, we can see that the
tough times made us stronger and in most cases, the really tough
situations, have allowed us to change course and ultimately, were
really blessings in disguise.

If everything were easy, there would be no resistance and with out
resistance, we would get lazy, as our effort would not be needed, and
our "game" would become weak.

Therefore we must stay strong, and view any situation which comes our
way, as an opportunity for us to open up new doors of the future, and
let the past be the past.

So in our future, it's not the tough times we focus upon, it's the
opportunities that will come to be, that needs to be within our vision.

Yours in "Tough times never last" - Coach

Pressure is a Privilege.

Anyone can look good when things are clicking, in abundance or with a tail wind.

The time we meet a little resistance, is when the bright lights shine, and the game begins.

Many great Leaders get a little nervous when things are going smoothly,
as they understand that it is difficult to succeed success, and relish
the times when the waters get a bit choppy, to demonstrate their
ability to navigate around life, that inevitably gets in the way.

So understanding that pressure is a privilege - will help us out, when
things get to be a little bit more than we have bargained for.

And when we meet a little pressure or resistance - It's time to show what we're made of.

Yours in "Embracing Pressure" - Coach