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Because I am extraordinarily prone to distraction and time wasting, I am going to be deactivating all of my social media accounts for a few weeks while I am busy preparing my new book, "The Right Kind of Boy", for publication.

If you need to contact me for any reason, feel free to do so at [email protected].

See you all soon.

When Tyler Summitt got cut from his basketball team, he came home expecting some sympathy from his mom, Pat Summitt. But instead, she looked at him and said, "Son, you didn't work hard enough. I promise you, if you wear out both of those basketballs, you'll make the team." Pat knew that to succeed, Tyler had to find his own drive. "I'll help you," she said, "but I will not start your engine. You must start your engine every day.” With her words pushing him, Tyler hit the court with his basketballs, taking responsibility for the outcome. He learned that real progress comes from showing up, putting in the work, and staying hungry. #PatSummitt #DefiniteDozen #PSLG

It’s ironic that we ask teachers to differentiate for their students but then we don’t differentiate for them. #teachers #teachersofinstagram #principalsofinstagram #school

“We don’t have time!” “We’re too busy!” Nah fam, Elon Musk doesn’t have time. He’s too busy. Choosing to misuse your time by buying into ideologies shoved upon you by greedy charlatans chasing short cash, who don’t know the first thing about long term athletic development isn’t “being too busy.” Busy is just the blanket you use to justify the allocation of time towards what you think is a valuable use of time. The problem is, if you don’t know how to best allocate time into athlete development and rely on perceptions, your perceptions will lie to you, leading you to misuse the precious, non-renewable asset that is time. Andddd that’s how we got here, lol. That’s why competing in sport 13 months a year (and spending tens of thousands of dollars to do so) is the norm and spending adequate time preparing muscles, tissues, and ligaments for the (currently egregious) demands of sport is viewed as an afterthought. There is an entire population of adults with fully developed frontal lobes, mortgages, & 401k’s who believe playing in 22 tournaments a year is “bEsT” for kids and that squats are unimportant because squats don’t look like lacrosse or baseball. “Oh come on, they don’t really think that, this is just the way things are these days!” How are they voting? It doesn’t matter what you believe behind closed doors. It matters what you vote for in public. And if you’re subjecting your kids to all but inevitable overuse injuries from too much volume at the expense of preparing their bodies for the demands of the game, “what you know to be true” is insignificant. As somebody who sells common sense fundamentals for a living to enhance the quality of life and sport for young people, I understand better than anybody that simple and common sense don’t sell well. I am very fortunate to blessed with a significant base of families who “get it”, but they are outliers in a youth sporting world stealing dollars off the backs of our kids. We have to much access to information to continue playing make believe that “the way things are is best”. The entire system needs an overhaul, and it starts with responsible adults prioritizing (actual) athletic development.

4 more years is the only goal…

The first step is often the hardest. But if we can overcome that initial hurdle, momentum takes over. Just get out the door. Lowering the bar often makes it where you can get started. And once you're started, your motivation to complete the task actually goes up. If the big workout or major project seems daunting. Lower the bar so you can just get going. When we start moving, that inertia often changes our whole disposition. As Rich Roll often says, "Mood follows action" You don't need to get motivated to get going. You often have to get going to drag your motivation along with it. -Steve

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Discipline is the blueprint to the life you truly want. . . . follow for more daily vids✅ #growth #growthmindset #success #successful #fyp #fypシ #fypage #vision #mind #mindset #selflove #self #selfcare #selfimprovement #tips #jesus #jesús #faith #explore #explorepage #reels #real #discipline #work #2024 #blessed #progress #youvsyou #habits #gratitude

Essential habits, practices, and mindsets for sustaining your own version of greatness. All are based on decades of research, experience, and writing. Nobody is perfect—as you’ll read, it’s a trap. But if you can shoot just 60 percent on these, you’re already well on your way. I hope they help. —Brad If you found this valuable please share it so others can read too.