From this policy of never acknowledging scoreboard grew inside of me a complete lack of focus on it. I would go into matches with personal goals that had nothing to do with what was on scoreboard or how match turned out. What I began to figure out was that less energy I put into keeping score more I had to put into playing game. Which I guess made me a better player because better I got at controlling this focus more I played on Saturday and Sunday. (Which is a good thing.) Mentally letting go of scoreboard freed me up to just play, which I had no problem doing once I figured this out.

Here's meat.

When it comes to what you focus on, realize it's your decision. In life you can choose to focus on what everyone else thinks is important, or you could pick 2 or 3 things for yourself. Things that are important to you. You can be told what's important and accept what you've been told, or you could figure out for yourself where your focus should be based on what works for you.

Do not be afraid to be different. That's beauty of system were all in here together. We're all going to exact same place but we all have different road maps for getting there. Your journey shouldn't look exactly like mine, because my journey is not your journey. How you get to where we're going is between you and your internal guide.

In closing I want to encourage you to be you. Examine things that work for you and do more of them. The things that don't work for you, discard them. If being focused on scoreboard doesn't work for you then forget it exist. Establish your own scoring system. Make your own rules. Define things in your own terms. Of course there is an established frame work within which we must all work, but I have found that borders of this frame work are a whole lot further out than they first appear to be.

Don't wait to be led to where you want to go, be your own leader. Go there.

Thanks for your time.

Live some. Love some. Learn some. Everyday.

C...

The next time you hear an identified habitual whiner whining let them get what they're wanting to say out and then gently but firmly ask them this--- "So what are you doing about it today so that this problem doesn't exist for you tomorrow?" then walk away. Leave them with their whining thoughts.

Look kids, I'm not saying that there aren't some legitimate concerns that shouldn't be expressed, but my goodness! Must they be expressed over and over and over, every single day. All day? Direct that energy into solving whatever problem is. Just a thought.

That's all. That's it. I'm done whining about you whiners. Bring on week.

OOPS... I left out 'H' there at beginning didn't I? Ah well... You're not gonna um... whine about it are you?

Live some. Love some. Learn some. Everyday.

C...