What Rules!

Written by Clyde Dennis


There are things that we do automatically internally that we don't even realize arerepparttar things that make us who we are. Our own rules for living that we hardly ever question, and even less frequently examine.

A few months ago I made a statement in a small group of co-workers concerningrepparttar 122707 fact that somewhere alongrepparttar 122708 way, as a mechanism (as in "clear the... " (fromrepparttar 122709 movie 'Forrepparttar 122710 Love ofrepparttar 122711 Game', see it if you haven't. It's awesome...)) for getting through tough situations, I developedrepparttar 122712 belief that I always win. ALWAYS! Until I said it and it was "out there" I hadn't ever really thought about it in terms of being a belief that I had. I feel though that having this belief has smoothed me out. I don't suffer drastic fluctuations inrepparttar 122713 way I feel based on how things are going for me. Basically I always feel pretty up inrepparttar 122714 game. It's because of this goofy voice inrepparttar 122715 back of my mind that constantly reminds me that no matter how bad things may look right now "you know you're gonna win, why even get bothered about it". I just believe I'm always going to win. What I'm saying here is that no matter whatrepparttar 122716 situation I believe that if I keep my head, and dig into it more I will be shown a way to see myself as better off forrepparttar 122717 new experience that I've just encountered. No matter how roughrepparttar 122718 experience may appear to observers onrepparttar 122719 outside, you'd better understand and believe onrepparttar 122720 inside Clyde's winnin' baby.

A little education here, bare with me...

Back when I was playing in lots of racquetball tournaments, and losing more than I was winning, it was rough mentally. There were times atrepparttar 122721 end of certain matches when I had just got beaten so badly that I really seriously considered trying to dig a hole into that hardwood floor and covering myself up. This rather than go out of that stinkin little door and face what was onrepparttar 122722 outside ofrepparttar 122723 court. Racquetball is not a huge spectator sport but there were some tournaments in California and Texas, two states whererepparttar 122724 sport enjoys it's largest participation, when somewhere around 500 to 600 people would turn out to seerepparttar 122725 action. Now that doesn't sound like a lot of people when you consider how many people show up for some other sporting events, but in racquetballrepparttar 122726 fans are a lot closer to you when you exitrepparttar 122727 field of play than they are in most other sports. So close in fact that you can feel their stares and hear their comments about your performance, and we all know everyone has an opinion. They get to look into your eyes, and you into theirs. That's close, and not always comfortable. It's one ofrepparttar 122728 now small things that I had to learn to deal with.

In racquetball if you get beat without scoring, as in 15 - 0, it's called "taking a donut". Let me tell you guys and girls something right here right now, you gotta have a strong constitution to take a 'double donut' in a 2 out of 3 game match and still show uprepparttar 122729 next weekend to possibly facerepparttar 122730 same opponent with many ofrepparttar 122731 same people looking on. At one point my practice buddies took to calling me 'the baker'. I must have set some kind of record withrepparttar 122732 number of donuts I took in tournament play. I got so tired of hearingrepparttar 122733 question "Man, what happened?" that I developed a personal policy to never talk aboutrepparttar 122734 score offrepparttar 122735 racquetball court. Whether I came out ahead onrepparttar 122736 scoreboard or not I never talked about it. Period.

Wine, Wine, Wine

Written by Clyde Dennis


What inrepparttar world is up!

Was there a full moon or something? As I went through this past week I was struck by what seemed to berepparttar 122706 theme forrepparttar 122707 week. I came torepparttar 122708 conclusion that there are some career whiners out there. I mean people whine about any and everything. Let me just float this out there... Whining is not going to fix a problem!

Now God only knows I surely have my challenges, and do in fact do my fair share of moaning and complaining (like now) butrepparttar 122709 difference is for me it's a temporary state. It's not where I spend my time. There are those who can't seem to put together a complete sentence without having a problem with something.

If you're one of these people stop it already. If you're not but you find yourself inrepparttar 122710 presence of one who is, don't walk away, runaway from them. It's contagious and detrimental to your state of mind and attitude. Which equates to what you can do and accomplish. If a whiner starts walking toward you don't hesitate, get away as fast as you can or they'll suckrepparttar 122711 life right out of you. Really.

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