Assets

These few assets are, in my opinion, what everyone needs in basketball and in life.

1. Can't be one dimiensional

Basketball: You have to be able to drive both ways with the same confidence.

Life: When an obstacle hits, you have to be able to go in any direction to get around them.

2. Gotta be a student of the game

Basketball: You have to constantly be searching for new things to learn about basketball.

Life: You have to be open to new experiences in order to be successful.

3. Get Comfortable with being uncomfortable

Basketball: In order to get better you have to constantly uncomfortable when you are practicing

Life: life is never gonna be comfortable. You are going to have to get around obstacles that come your way.

Insanity

Websters dictionary defines insanity as "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. This is a great teaching point because a lot of us do this without knowing. In basketball, if you practice doing lay-ups for hours a day, your only going to get better at lay-ups. No matter how much you think that your going to be improving your three point shooting while shooting lay-ups, it won't happen. The same thing goes for life. If you are constantly staying in your confort zone and only doing things that are comfortable with you, you can't expect to be doing gigantic things for the word. If you do, then you are insane! Don't stay in the same place. If something isn't working, then you have to make a change. It sounds simple but so many people don't do it.

Don't believe in Failure

The only way you can fail at something is if you stop moving towards it. Micah lancaster says it great... "Failure is choosing to stop. That's why I keep moving." This is so true because so many people in this age quit at something if they don't get it right away. Never stop moving towards your destination or else you will fail. That is the only way you can fail.

Excuses

I just read a quote a few minutes ago and thought that it was great and that I had to blog about it.
The best excuse is the one that is never made
That is such a great quote because so many of us do it. We all make excuses to not do what we need to do to get better. Some excuses even seem good. A few weeks ago, my family came up from Pennsylvania for a visit. They only visit us about 2 times a year. I was about to go train when a little thought came in my head. "You don't have to train. Your family is here and you can hang out with them." Regrettingly I stayed and hung out. Now at the moment I was thinking that this was a very good excuse and I didn't really care about the consequences. Now, as I think back, I want to kick myself in the butt because it was an excuse. Excuses, even if they seem like a good one, are always just going to hinder you. I have decided to make a commitment to try to stay away from excuses. I may slip a few times but i'm going to push myself to train instead of relaxing.