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Director of Motivation
Turnkey Mental Toughness
You must develop the turnkey mentality. It requires mental discipline and mental toughness, but once you have it, you will have the ability to run a “calm empire.”
The legends of the future must learn from the legends of the past.
If you want to master the art of hitting a baseball, duplicate the fundamentals of Hank Aaron, Ted Williams or Stan Musial. If you want to improve your golf swing, read a book or watch a video by Jack Nicklaus. If you want to be a great coach, study Vince Lombardi, John Wooden or Bear Bryant.
If you want to be a member of the Hegemon Group International Success Society you must repeat the system over and over and over again. But developing a turnkey mental toughness is just as important as the fundamentals covered in great detail in the Leadership Format System.
To win, you should have:
• The Tools — the Hegemon Group InternationalSM contact brochures and videos
• The Techniques — the Leadership Format System Fast Track
• The Mentality — Turnkey Mental Toughness
You can learn a lot about Turnkey Mental Toughness by studying some of the all-time great coaches. Proven winners may execute different strategies, but they all share common traits, especially in the way they think.
Staying Power
The legendary John Wooden, who never had a losing season in 27 years as head basketball coach at UCLA, holds the record for the longest winning streak in any major sport — 88 games spanning four seasons. In his last 12 years, he won an unprecedented 10 national championships, including an astounding seven in a row. Yet, his approach to winning might shock you.
“Like most coaches, my program revolved around fundamentals, conditioning and teamwork,” Wooden said. “But I differed radically in several respects. I never tried to get my team ‘up’ for a game emotionally, I never worried about how our opponents would play us, and I never talked about winning.
“I believe that for every artificial peak you create, you also create valleys. When you get too high for anything, emotion takes over and consistency of performance is lost and you will be unduly affected when adversity comes. I emphasized constant improvement and steady performance.
“I have often said, ‘The mark of a true champion is to always perform near your own level of competency.’ We were able to do that by never being satisfied with the past and always planning for what was to come. I believe that failure to prepare is preparing to fail. This constant focus on the future is one reason we continued staying near the top once we got there.
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