Are You Cheering For "Team You"?

It's March Madness, and the NCAA men's and women's basketball tournaments are dominating ratings. Fans around the country, like me, are glued to the television, clapping, screaming, and jumping up and down supporting their favorite team.

Are you cheering for yourself?  Or, are you waiting for something big to happen in order for you to get behind the home team, You? 

Have you lost hope that you will win at something?  

Cheering yourself on, is giving yourself energy to complete whatever goals you have set yourself.  You have to be your own coach and cheering section.  No one is going to believe in your dream like you, because the dream wasn't given to them.  It was given to you.

Like in any game, life is filled with disappointments and set-backs, but at the last minute, you can still make the winning score.  There is a saying, "Don't give up five minutes before the miracle happens."

Turn away from the past mistakes, and failures.  Live in the present, and go after whatever you have been putting off and doubting.  Lift up "Team You" by telling yourself over and over and over,  "I am a winner," until you no longer doubt yourself.   For too long you probably have been saying the opposite.

It's never too late,  You were born to win!

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Never Say Never

I was in my teens when I was in a car accident that left me near paralyzed.   I had to learn to walk again.  So when I saw the story of  16-year-old Lenny Martelli of Pennsylvania walking after being paralyzed in a snow board accident, it struck a chord.

I was moved because Phil Martelli (not related) of Saint Joseph University's basketball team inspired him to walk, using the same motivational talks he uses for his players.

Lenny and I both defied the doctors' prognosis when they said we would never walk again.  But, it was through sports motivation that our healings came.

In my workshops, I constantly tell parents that one of the best things they can do for their children is to put them in sports.  It gives you determination, motivation, and the confidence to succeed against all odds.

Never say never.

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Do What Is Right For You: A LeBron James Lesson

LeBron James continuous to take a tremendous amount of heat for leaving the Cleveland Cavaliers to play for Miami. After he left the Cavaliers, they too have taken tremendous beatings as well, from opposing teams.  And James has nearly single-handedly turned the Heat into a serious title contender.  Before he joined the team, the players badly needed help to get back to the championship level.

Still James has been called by sportscasters and writers "the most hated athlete in American sports."  Why?  When he left the Cavaliers many felt he betrayed the team for spoils, and that he is a "sell-out."
“Fans are passionate,” James said. “They believe that you should live your life and your career through them, and when you don’t do that, they automatically turn. I know that personally.”

I am not going to pass judgement on whether LeBron should have stayed with the Cavaliers.  However, I do want to say this.  You cannot make life decisions based on what others want you to do.  Could you honestly say you would stay on a job and pass up a more lucrative career because others felt you should? 

Life is too short to live for others, even fans.  And, if you are a basketball player, you know that life on the court is one of the shortest careers you could possibly have.

So whether you believe that James should have stayed, or gone on to Miami like he did, remember in your own life, live for what you feel is best for you, not others.