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                     What would you like to Accomplish? 

 

 

 

1.  Have a dream

¨ Use it as motivation

¨ What you spend your time thinking about usually happens

¨ Dream it often

 

2.  Make your goals specific and measurable

¨ A goal motivates you to play at a higher level

¨ Specific goals create clearer images of what you want to accomplish

¨ When you set a goal, ask yourself how you know when you have reached it

 

3.  Make your goals difficult but attainable

¨ Make them realistic, push yourself, but avoid unrealistic goals which don’t motivate and dampen enthusiasm

 

4.  State your goals in a positive way

¨ Goals should reflect what you want to achieve rather than what you’re trying to avoid.

 

5.  Adjust your goals when necessary

¨ Change a goal if you achieve it or it becomes clear you can’t reach it.  For example, if your goal is to hit 15 home runs and you miss 1 month of the season, re-adjust your goal to keep motivated and pushing forward.

 

 

Exercise

 

1.  What is/are your dreams and goals for your career?

 

2.  What is/are more realistic goals for your career?

 

3.  What are your off-season goals?

 

4.  What are your goals for this week?

 

5.  If you don’t accomplish the goals, would you still be a confident person?  Why?

 

 

To Accomplish your Goals:  Be Present

 

To achieve quality at bats in which you feel confident, are in control of yourself, see the ball and take good swings on good pitches you need to be totally focused on one pitch at a time.

 

Staying one pitch at a time and in the present is the only place where you can maintain control.  What you want to accomplish for the season is the sum of all your present moments, strive to get 1% better every day you practice and play the game.

 

Your Career= 1%+1%+1%+1%+1%+1%+1%+1%+1%+1%+1%

 

Each day is a choice to:   Get better

                                        Stay the same

                                        Or take a step back

 

You can’t retire having got the most out of your ability if you don’t get the most out of it today.

 

A clear mission gives you perspective, direction, intensity and meaning and opens the door to you learning as much as possible.

 

In essence, your mission becomes your attitude, it’s a decision you make on a daily basis.

 

Putting your mission into action on a daily basis

1.  Ask yourself before each practice or game: What is today’s mission?

2.  Keep it in mind as you work through the practice or game

3.  Ask at the end of the day, “How did I do on today’s mission? 

 

Accomplishing a mission builds confidence.  It’s like making a bank deposit you can withdraw on anytime.

 

In time you build within yourself a reputation that says, “I’m a guy who does what he sets out to do”.

 

Confidence and mental toughness are built one day at a time