Don't quit the moment before your miracle... your breakthrough... your SUCCESS!
If you keep believing your breakthrough will come. Your success will come.
One way to keep your dream alive is to constantly visualize your success. Role play it in your mind. Then step out of your mind and role play your future success by acting it out.
Really act it out. As a young wrestler I used to make an award stand in my bed room and role play getting up on the #1 spot after hearing the my name announced as the champion. Sounds corny but this stuff works.
Another way is to make a feature film of your success in your mind and create a "highlight" trailer and play it constantly in your mind.
www.LeeKemp.com
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Message #93 - Are You Holding Back?
The next question is WHAT are you holding back? For example; energy, effort and love, ect. We all hold something back. Holding back is the key reason we have Mediocre performances and experiences.
Giving all you've got is the Key to Exceptional performance and experiences. Do you want to be EXCEPTIONAL ... or ... average?
Just by waking up in the morning...You've Made it to the "Average" Club. What you do after that makes all the difference.
Holding back is why people sometimes fail. When you hold back you never fully know what may have happened if you went "all out". Have you ever seen a person Passionate about something 'holding back"?
Great Desire and Intentions are wonderful things to have... but ... Great Effort is more important. This is the classic "thinking about doing something versus actually doing it".
"Remember Doing Something and Thinking about Doing Something Yields Entirely Different Results."
The reason why some people don't "go all out" and give (what ever it is) all they've got is because they have a belief that what ever it is they are giving; energy, effort, love etc., is LIMITED and needs to be conserved and rationed, for fear it is going to run out (kind of like time in a day). By having this belief we gauge, on a case by case basis, how much we're going to give to something.
Another reason for not going "all out" is Fear of Faliure. I'll address that in a later blog entry.
IF WE GUESS WRONG BY GIVING "TOO LITTLE" .... often times WE FAIL at what ever it is we're doing! This scenario is especially bad because if fosters failure and mediocrity, and if we succeed it's just as bad because if fosters an attitude of low output EXPECTING good results.
Strangely enough... WHAT DRAINS US OF OUR; ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever) is the act of holding it back... not giving it 100%.
WATCH THIS.... The more you hold back, or conserve something i.e., your ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever), the more NARROW the channels through which "it" can flow WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT or WANT IT!
If you give it all at 100% the channel opens and flows freely. Example; if you hold back physical effort in athletic practices... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need it - to have the desired performance outcome. Another EXAMPLE; the more you hold back love... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need to.
This applies to everything. Think about it... People that freely and fully give 100% of their Effort towards something seem to have an unending supply of it... and are usually successful at what ever they're doing.
YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT...EVERY DAY!
www.LeeKemp.com
Giving all you've got is the Key to Exceptional performance and experiences. Do you want to be EXCEPTIONAL ... or ... average?
Just by waking up in the morning...You've Made it to the "Average" Club. What you do after that makes all the difference.
Holding back is why people sometimes fail. When you hold back you never fully know what may have happened if you went "all out". Have you ever seen a person Passionate about something 'holding back"?
Great Desire and Intentions are wonderful things to have... but ... Great Effort is more important. This is the classic "thinking about doing something versus actually doing it".
"Remember Doing Something and Thinking about Doing Something Yields Entirely Different Results."
The reason why some people don't "go all out" and give (what ever it is) all they've got is because they have a belief that what ever it is they are giving; energy, effort, love etc., is LIMITED and needs to be conserved and rationed, for fear it is going to run out (kind of like time in a day). By having this belief we gauge, on a case by case basis, how much we're going to give to something.
Another reason for not going "all out" is Fear of Faliure. I'll address that in a later blog entry.
IF WE GUESS WRONG BY GIVING "TOO LITTLE" .... often times WE FAIL at what ever it is we're doing! This scenario is especially bad because if fosters failure and mediocrity, and if we succeed it's just as bad because if fosters an attitude of low output EXPECTING good results.
Strangely enough... WHAT DRAINS US OF OUR; ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever) is the act of holding it back... not giving it 100%.
WATCH THIS.... The more you hold back, or conserve something i.e., your ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever), the more NARROW the channels through which "it" can flow WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT or WANT IT!
If you give it all at 100% the channel opens and flows freely. Example; if you hold back physical effort in athletic practices... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need it - to have the desired performance outcome. Another EXAMPLE; the more you hold back love... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need to.
This applies to everything. Think about it... People that freely and fully give 100% of their Effort towards something seem to have an unending supply of it... and are usually successful at what ever they're doing.
YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT...EVERY DAY!
www.LeeKemp.com
Sunday, September 20, 2009
Message #92 - Deal With It!!!!
Excuses...Excuses...Excuses! I hear a lot of conversations about why things don't get done. Please... STOP the conversations. Stop the EXCUSES. stop the EXPLANATIONS. Stop the JUSTIFICATIONS.
All that stuff is really the outgrowth of our FEARS (I do it too sometimes). Fear causes us to make excuses (i.e., explaining and justifying why somethiong did or did not happen).
NO EXPLANATIONS OR JUSTIFICATIONS! PLEASE... JUST ACTION. You've heard of "Show me the money"... well... SHOW ME THE ACTION with no conversations!
In life for every decision we make we are either GETTING something for it... or AVOIDING something for it. The latter is living by default. The former is ACTION oriented living with purpose.
DEAL WITH YOUR FEARS AND TAKE ACTION TOWARDS YOUR FUTURE.
www.LeeKemp.com
All that stuff is really the outgrowth of our FEARS (I do it too sometimes). Fear causes us to make excuses (i.e., explaining and justifying why somethiong did or did not happen).
NO EXPLANATIONS OR JUSTIFICATIONS! PLEASE... JUST ACTION. You've heard of "Show me the money"... well... SHOW ME THE ACTION with no conversations!
In life for every decision we make we are either GETTING something for it... or AVOIDING something for it. The latter is living by default. The former is ACTION oriented living with purpose.
DEAL WITH YOUR FEARS AND TAKE ACTION TOWARDS YOUR FUTURE.
www.LeeKemp.com
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Message #91 - Winning Takes on Many Forms - Bob Wieland is a Winner!
Wake up every day with a Purpose, Goal or Objective for the Day. Then Go After It!
People Magazine called Bob Wieland "one of the six most amazing Americans of the past 20 years."
How many people have biked or walked across America? Bob has done both ... with no legs. Through seemingly insurmountable adversity,
Bob has persevered. From his miraculous recovery in the hospital, to his three-year, eight-month and six-day walk across America on his hands,
Bob has proved his message that "Through faith in God, determination, and dedication, a person can achieve anything."
He has always said, "The joy is in the journey." He completed the grueling Iron Man Triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26-mile marathon) on his arms. He has no peers in human achievement.
Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam 34 years ago, finished the Los Angeles marathon Saturday, March, 8, 2003, after 173 hours and 45 minutes. It took 57-year-old Wieland of Arcadia, Calif., more than one week to cover the more than 26 miles. He used only his hands and torso.
THIS IS TRULY AMAZING!!!
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR, EVER AGAIN, SOMEONE TELL ME HOW HARD OR HOW DIFFICULT SOMETHING IS.
MY MINDSET IS CHANGED FOREVER!!!
WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE FOR THE DAY!
www.leekemp.com/
People Magazine called Bob Wieland "one of the six most amazing Americans of the past 20 years."How many people have biked or walked across America? Bob has done both ... with no legs. Through seemingly insurmountable adversity,
Bob has persevered. From his miraculous recovery in the hospital, to his three-year, eight-month and six-day walk across America on his hands,
Bob has proved his message that "Through faith in God, determination, and dedication, a person can achieve anything."
He has always said, "The joy is in the journey." He completed the grueling Iron Man Triathlon (2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26-mile marathon) on his arms. He has no peers in human achievement.
Bob Wieland, who lost his legs in Vietnam 34 years ago, finished the Los Angeles marathon Saturday, March, 8, 2003, after 173 hours and 45 minutes. It took 57-year-old Wieland of Arcadia, Calif., more than one week to cover the more than 26 miles. He used only his hands and torso.
THIS IS TRULY AMAZING!!!
I DON'T WANT TO HEAR, EVER AGAIN, SOMEONE TELL ME HOW HARD OR HOW DIFFICULT SOMETHING IS.
MY MINDSET IS CHANGED FOREVER!!!
WHAT'S YOUR PURPOSE FOR THE DAY!
www.leekemp.com/
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Message #90 - Winning Doesn't Need to be Pretty. Just WIN!
Keep the goal simple. Example; My goal is to win this match vs. My goal is to be the OW.
Nothing wrong with being the OW. In fact in my entire career I've only won that 3 times. Once was in high school. Once in college. Once in Freestyle.
My goal was always to win. Getting my hand raised was my single concern, consequently my matches were not that exciting, but there wasn't much doubt as to who was going to win.
Remember K.I.S.S Principle!
This applies to anything you want to accomplish in LIFE.
www.leekemp.com
Nothing wrong with being the OW. In fact in my entire career I've only won that 3 times. Once was in high school. Once in college. Once in Freestyle.
My goal was always to win. Getting my hand raised was my single concern, consequently my matches were not that exciting, but there wasn't much doubt as to who was going to win.
Remember K.I.S.S Principle!
This applies to anything you want to accomplish in LIFE.
www.leekemp.com
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Message #89 - Live Life Today as if Today was all you Had...
Because all we really have is NOW. That's all we really can Control. Tomorrow is not promised.
I had the good fortune to meet a great man recently. A wise man full of years with a lot of life experiences...but unfortunately he was dying. In fact when I met him he would only be alive for 14 more days. After spending some time with this man I learned very quickly that he really loved life and lived life to the fullest!
After spending some time with him and learning all that he had accomplished... I came to this startling revelation...
That revelation is: "All we have control of is this very moment in time; and we have to get the most out of this moment. This moment in time is NOW!"
When time runs out.. that's it... there's nothing more we can do in this earthly realm...I noticed this man had no regrets... He was at peace with his life.
All that we accomplish life no matter how long we live; no matter how much success we have; no matter how much we love and are loved; no matter what plans we have and had; no matter how full our life is or was... At the end we all will ponder did we accomplish what we set out to do in our lives! Did we take full advantage of all the "NOWS" we had.
No matter what....It all comes to an END!
TIME TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY! All of us will one day run out of time.
I got to thinking...what is it that I still want to do with my life.....As I thought about this it became apparent to me that we really don't have any control of our plans...We only have control of NOW.
Remember the saying "the best laid plans of mice and men....." you know the rest.
Take advantage of this very moment. Make something really special of this moment. That's what I was able to do in my wrestling career...I took advantage of every moment and lived each moment in wrestling (as it related to competition, training & learning) as if it were my last and as a result I was successful at it.
This philosophy will work at anything we want to accomplish in life.
www.LeeKemp.com
I had the good fortune to meet a great man recently. A wise man full of years with a lot of life experiences...but unfortunately he was dying. In fact when I met him he would only be alive for 14 more days. After spending some time with this man I learned very quickly that he really loved life and lived life to the fullest!
After spending some time with him and learning all that he had accomplished... I came to this startling revelation...
That revelation is: "All we have control of is this very moment in time; and we have to get the most out of this moment. This moment in time is NOW!"
When time runs out.. that's it... there's nothing more we can do in this earthly realm...I noticed this man had no regrets... He was at peace with his life.
All that we accomplish life no matter how long we live; no matter how much success we have; no matter how much we love and are loved; no matter what plans we have and had; no matter how full our life is or was... At the end we all will ponder did we accomplish what we set out to do in our lives! Did we take full advantage of all the "NOWS" we had.
No matter what....It all comes to an END!
TIME TAKES CARE OF EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY! All of us will one day run out of time.
I got to thinking...what is it that I still want to do with my life.....As I thought about this it became apparent to me that we really don't have any control of our plans...We only have control of NOW.
Remember the saying "the best laid plans of mice and men....." you know the rest.
Take advantage of this very moment. Make something really special of this moment. That's what I was able to do in my wrestling career...I took advantage of every moment and lived each moment in wrestling (as it related to competition, training & learning) as if it were my last and as a result I was successful at it.
This philosophy will work at anything we want to accomplish in life.
www.LeeKemp.com
Monday, July 13, 2009
Message #88 - Are You Putting It All On The Line...?
There's no Limit to What You Can Do...But to Find Out What You Can Do...You Must First Put It All On The Line...
The reason most people don't put it all on the line is because the very act of putting it on the line exposes any weaknesses and, of course, any strengths.
Putting it on the line means going all out...holding nothing back.
HOW ELSE WILL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY CAN DO?
HOW ELSE WILL YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES BASED ON EXPOSED WEAKNESSES?
You need to know what your strengths are just as you must know what your weakness are.
To win at the highest levels you must know what your strengths and weakness are and you must practice this every day.
Put it all on the line every day.
http://www.leekemp.com/
The reason most people don't put it all on the line is because the very act of putting it on the line exposes any weaknesses and, of course, any strengths.
Putting it on the line means going all out...holding nothing back.
HOW ELSE WILL YOU KNOW WHAT YOU REALLY CAN DO?
HOW ELSE WILL YOU BE ABLE TO MAKE ANY CHANGES BASED ON EXPOSED WEAKNESSES?
You need to know what your strengths are just as you must know what your weakness are.
To win at the highest levels you must know what your strengths and weakness are and you must practice this every day.
Put it all on the line every day.
http://www.leekemp.com/
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