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- Are You a High Performing Athlete? - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2011 from Loren FogelmanPeak performance. A buzz word used by coaches, trainers and athletes. What if that was only a small part of a bigger picture? By solely seeking peak performance athletes might be missing an even greater endeavor. High performance. Sounds similar, but different in quality and approach. Peak ...
Views: 1475 - 9 Easy Steps for Athletes to Break Barriers to Peak Performance - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Loren Fogelman“Do what you fear and fear disappears." David Schwartz When I first started rowing my coach told me I was going to learn to love competing. I just chuckled. He had no idea what I thought about team sports, competing or racing. Sports were not part of my childhood. I never viewed myself as a ...
Views: 1469 - Are Athletes Protected Enough? - by Submitted on Dec 27, 2011 from Loren FogelmanWhat’s the downside to being an athlete? Should athletes be educated about the possible long term impact their sport could have on their body as well as quality of life down the road? And whose responsibility is it anyway? The fact is that many athletes, regardless of the level they are ...
Views: 1462 - EFT for Painful Cramping - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2008 from Loren FogelmanAlthough I have practiced as a therapist for many years, EFT has helped to improve my therapeutic skills significantly. The EFT community provides rich information through the DVD’s and newsletters that are available. From watching Gary Craig on his DVD’s, I was able to observe EFT ...
Views: 1457 - Are You Watching the Battle on the Tennis Courts? - by Submitted on May 24, 2011 from Loren FogelmanThere is a duel currently going on in tennis. Novak Djokovic is pushing Rafael Nadal out of the spotlight. Rafael Nadal is the current world champion, holding the French Open Title for the past five years. Up until now Nadal has been the one to watch. Simply put, Djokovic has been amazing on the ...
Views: 1453 - Are You a Spectator or a Team Player in Your Business? - by Submitted on Mar 28, 2010 from Loren FogelmanI first began rowing seasonally, only during the fair weather months. I couldn’t understand why anyone would want to row in the winter. After a couple of years, watching other people row all year long, I made the decision to become a recreational rower. Now I had the opportunity to row any ...
Views: 1444(2 votes) - Why Triathletes Start Too Fast - by Submitted on May 02, 2012 from Loren Fogelman"While this is tough, I am a whole lot tougher." James Loehr How fast you go out at the beginning of a race is a personal decision. Some athletes end up giving away that control without even realizing what they’re doing. Quickly you are caught up in the energy of those around you. When you ...
Views: 1436 - Reasons Athletes Don’t Reach Their Goals - by Submitted on Jun 06, 2012 from Loren FogelmanIf strength, speed and endurance are the foundation for high performance then focus, confidence and your mental game is the cement firmly holding it together. Athletes know why they ought to follow a specific training model, the best strategy to improve performance, and the plan to put it ...
Views: 1431 - Rory McIlroy's Big Breakthrough - by Submitted on Apr 27, 2011 from Loren Fogelman"To achieve in sports you first have to have a dream, and then you must act on that dream. The best athletes are those who truly enjoy what they are doing and display a tremendous amount of work ethic. They continue to persevere in spite of setbacks and never lose sight of their ultimate goal." ...
Views: 1430 - Transparency as a Marketing Tool - by Submitted on Apr 12, 2010 from Loren FogelmanTransparency. It has become the norm with social networking and online marketing. We each have our own barometer between too much information and not enough revealed. Wikipedia states: “transparency in a social context more generally, implies openness, communication, and accountability. It ...
Views: 1427(1 vote) - How Old Beliefs Prevent Success in Growing Your Business - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2009 from Loren FogelmanThe definition of a contract in Webster’s Dictionary is “a binding agreement between two or more persons.” Contracts have many purposes. We expect contracts to define expectations and purpose as well as limitations. They clarify the parameters in the agreement. Typically, they are explicit and ...
Views: 1426(1 vote) - Stop Having Your Warm Leads Go Cold - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2010 from Loren FogelmanDo you find that you get inquiries, people who have expressed an interest in working with you, and you wait before calling them? Or maybe someone has a warm lead for you, they know someone who is interested in talking to you about your services, and you are not sure how long to wait before ...
Views: 1424 - Inside Strategies for the LA Dodgers Winning Season - by Submitted on May 03, 2011 from Loren FogelmanThe boys of summer are just getting warmed up for the season. Then out of left field, the L.A. Dodgers are thrown a wild card. Talk to any baseball fan and they will comment on the L.A. Dodgers takeover by Bud Selig, the baseball commissioner. Although Selig’s move is to return order where ...
Views: 1420 - Get Your A-Game On! - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2012 from Loren FogelmanWhere does your focus stray when competing? You can be completely focused, totally distracted or somewhere in-between. Sometimes it doesn’t feel like you have a choice, when your head is swimming with all the “what-ifs” and last minute details. Not being laser focused, however, is usually due to ...
Views: 1412 - Pujols Creates a Gap for the St. Louis Cardinals - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2011 from Loren Fogelman“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” Henry Ford Albert Pujols is BIG news right now. His declaration as a free agent led to a lucrative contract. He will be moving west to join the Los Angeles Angels ball club. The St. Louis ...
Views: 1410 - Boundaries Show Self Respect - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2010 from Loren Fogelman"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." — Jim Rohn Purpose is powerful. Do you know the reason you have deeply committed to your business? What drives you to share your gifts with others? Why you devote so much of your life to your business? Connect with the ...
Views: 1405 - Does Fear Prevent You from Taking the Steps to Grow Your Business - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2009 from Loren FogelmanBalance. That is a powerful word. It is an empowering way to live. For many this is easier said than done. We all have an inner voice we hear as we go through the day. What tone of voice does your inner voice have, supportive or critical? Which part of you is louder, your ego or your ...
Views: 1397(7 votes) - Setting Boundaries: Progressing Toward Saying "No" - by Submitted on May 19, 2009 from Loren FogelmanImagine how your life would be different if you had better boundaries. Things would change as a result of the change that you made. People would begin to respond to you differently. What you once tolerated you might find is not acceptable anymore. How are your boundaries? Do you feel that ...
Views: 1397 - Are Doping Accusations Hurting Contador in the Tour de France? - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2011 from Loren FogelmanSports doping has now crossed over into Hollywood as Charlie Sheen admits steroid use for his movie role in Major League. Baseball, football, cycling, track and field and MMA to name a few are plagued with steroid use. Those are just the newsworthy sports currently facing this issue. The Tour ...
Views: 1394 - Congruency – The Universe Loves Having it All Line Up - by Submitted on Dec 14, 2009 from Loren FogelmanCongruency is very sexy to the Law of Attraction. The universe responds positively when your thoughts, emotions and actions all line up. Your positive energy signals the universe to take notice. Consider the things you say you want for yourself. What are your goals for your practice? To really ...
Views: 1389(2 votes) - 7 Qualities of Winning Athletes - by Submitted on Oct 18, 2011 from Loren FogelmanWith all things being equal, what is different about winning athletes? When elite athletes are competing, the gap in abilities between the first and last place athlete is relatively small. You’ll need to dig a little deeper to understand what separates the top 1% of elite athletes from all the ...
Views: 1384 - Athletes Create a New Response to Pressure - by Submitted on May 25, 2012 from Loren FogelmanStepping out of your comfort zone is the norm for competitive athletes. Highly motivated athletes are expected to train harder, perform better for optimal results. High performance is easiest under ideal conditions. If you’ve been competing for any length of time, you know conditions are not ...
Views: 1375 - How Triathletes Can Avoid a Fast Start - by Submitted on May 13, 2012 from Loren FogelmanToo frequently triathletes are told by their coaches to ignore what is going on around them. The coaches who tell you to just not do it are unaware of the power of habit. Following the crowd, going out too fast because of the other athletes around you, is a symptom of a habit. Under pressure, ...
Views: 1372 - 9 Easy Steps to Breaking the Blocks to Marketing Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2010 from Loren Fogelman“Do what you fear and fear disappears." David Schwartz When I first started my practice my coach told me I was going to learn to love marketing. I just chuckled. She had no idea what I thought about marketing and going to networking events while working in my counseling agency. I had ...
Views: 1368(2 votes) - Transforming an "I Can't" Attitude Into an "I Can" Approach - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2009 from Loren FogelmanEvery man has three characters: that which he shows, that which he has, and that which he thinks he has. Alphonse Karr How often have you been unable to make progress on a specific issue? You feel stuck. You are aware of the problem. You even know what you ought to be doing to make a ...
Views: 1366 - 5 Tips to Become a Successful Savvy Networker - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2010 from Loren FogelmanWhen you opened the doors to your business were you hoping the field of dreams concept was true, build it and they will come? Just hanging out a shingle, however, does not mean you will quickly have a full schedule with new clients. Unless you already have a strong following, you will need to ...
Views: 1355 - Is Michael Phelps Ready to Beat the Current Champion Meichtry? - by Submitted on May 20, 2011 from Loren Fogelman"You must love what you do. Your heart must be in it. Without enthusiasm, you cannot work up to your fullest ability and potential; you're just going through the motions. And just going through the motions won't bring you to the level of competitive greatness we seek whether in basketball, ...
Views: 1355 - How Limiting Beliefs Affect Your Success - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Loren FogelmanThe principle of the Law of Attraction states that what you focus on, you will attract. Therefore if you are focusing on something negative, you will attract more negativity into your life. If you are focusing on positive, then you will bring more positive into your life. When you have tried ...
Views: 1354(8 votes) - Your Self Image and Your Business - by Submitted on May 18, 2010 from Loren FogelmanThe person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image. Brian Tracy No matter what you want to believe, your image affects your business. People judge based upon first impressions. “What you see is what you get.” In fact, your image is nine-tenths of ...
Views: 1336 - Ready to Reach Your Peak Business Potential - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2009 from Loren FogelmanHave you reached the point where you know you have more to offer your clients? You have reached a certain level of competence and want more for yourself? Are you are ready to do whatever it takes to make that happen? Well, then you are in a great place to jumpstart your practice. There comes ...
Views: 1332(10 votes) - How to Be Seen as an Expert - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2010 from Loren FogelmanHow you do anything is how you do everything! There is a connection between your thoughts, emotions and actions. If there is a part of your business which you are dissatisfied with, take a closer look and figure out why things are not working well. Discover the conflict between what you want and ...
Views: 1326(1 vote) - Are You Prepared to be Mentally Tough? - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2012 from Loren FogelmanWhy do some athletes succeed where other’s fail? Although it sounds like an easy question the answer is not always obvious. Athletes prone to failure are likely to get caught up in a trap where they cycle through periods in their career where progress grinds to a screeching halt. When you are ...
Views: 1313 - One Method Athletes Successfully Use to Eliminate Anxiety - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2012 from Loren FogelmanYou have trained long and hard for this event. Today’s the big day. Your moment of truth. Will it all come together as you have dreamed? Or will those doubtful nagging thoughts begin to appear, slowly chipping away at your confidence. Your anxiety rises as the time for your event approaches. ...
Views: 1311 - Motivated Athletes Seeking Their Dream Team - by Submitted on Apr 01, 2012 from Loren FogelmanYou are the average of the people you spend the most time with. As an athlete how do you feel when you think about the other players on your team? Notice how it feels in your body when you think that thought. Are you sensing tightness or expansion in your body? The feeling you are having is an ...
Views: 1301 - Begin Talking Your Walk to Grow Your Business - by Submitted on Aug 01, 2010 from Loren FogelmanEntrepreneurs are a unique breed. We think, see and perceive our world differently than those around us. Instead of staying with the traditional status quo security of a job, we have made a step to do things differently by creating our own business. If you have taken this step you are most ...
Views: 1278 - Tools You Need for Great Tennis - by Submitted on Sep 11, 2011 from Loren FogelmanThe U.S. Open has begun. Tennis fans anticipating upsets are waiting to see how it will all play out in the finals on the stadium courts. For the first time Mardy Fish, seeded eighth, is the highest-placed American in a major championship. Renewed commitment to fitness and strength are ...
Views: 1275 - Easily Increase Your Intuition - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2010 from Loren FogelmanDo you live in the past, the present or the future? Might sound like an odd question, but the majority of people, entrepreneurs included, rarely are in the present. There is so much that goes on in your daily life, whether someone wants something from you, planning to take care of the things on ...
Views: 1263 - The Spirit of the Olympic Athletes Can Influence Your Business - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2010 from Loren FogelmanNot everyone is a sports enthusiast or competitive person. There are lessons, however, which can be learned from athletes and applied to your business. Each and every Olympic athlete has a coach behind her, is part of a group and is driven to strive for peak performance. They have the ...
Views: 1263(1 vote) - Athletes Who Need Anger Management - by Submitted on Apr 02, 2011 from Loren Fogelman"Holding onto anger is like grasping onto a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else. You are the one who gets burned." – Buddha When things don’t go your way, how do you handle upsets? You response says a lot about you. More information is revealed through your actions ...
Views: 1262 - Using EFT for a Golfers Confidence and High Performance - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2011 from Loren Fogelman"Experience tells you what to do; confidence allows you to do it." - Stan Smith As athletes strive toward high performance, setbacks and failures occur. It is part of the process. Some athletes are easily able to put the failures into perspective. Other athletes hold onto them longer than ...
Views: 1254 - Create the Mindset for Business Growth - by Submitted on Sep 08, 2010 from Loren FogelmanEnvision your success Opportunities to expand are dependent on your focus, whether present, past or future. Consider your goals imagining how you would be different, how your business would change and how your life will be affected. Allow yourself to step into that vision now, as if it had ...
Views: 1249 - Do You Know Your Ideal Success Blueprint - by Submitted on Mar 12, 2011 from Loren FogelmanDid you know that 95% of all athletes have not clearly defined their goals? Defined is to the essential qualities necessary to reach your goal. Focused, single-minded intention about your goals directly affects your success. A well-defined goal connects you to your vision. Developing your ...
Views: 1236(1 vote) - Success by Harnessing the Power of Visualization - by Submitted on Dec 08, 2009 from Loren FogelmanWhat if everything you need for success was already available to you? You hold the key to your future. Instead of looking for the solutions outside of you, tap into your mind’s eye and envision your future. Everything you need is within you. Your mind is unable to discriminate between ...
Views: 1235(4 votes) - How Perfectionism Undermines an Athletes Performance - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2011 from Loren FogelmanSometimes we get in our own way. Do you know what I mean? Recently I have been working with one of the contestants for Dancing with the Rogue Valley Stars. A BIG part of our focus was transforming her perfectionist tendencies. She knew it was preventing her from fully relaxing and allowing ...
Views: 1211 - How Your Actions Help You to Achieve Success - by Submitted on Dec 22, 2009 from Loren FogelmanHow often have you heard the phrase “walking your talk?” When that does not happen there is a disconnect. What you are saying and what you are doing are two different things. When you have a discrepancy between your words and your actions, your actions will be the truth. People will pay ...
Views: 1211(2 votes) - Using EFT On The Slopes For A Knee Injury - by Submitted on May 26, 2008 from Loren FogelmanI have been using EFT for about one year now, on myself and in my practice. There have been great results during the past year. Many times I have helped someone else with physical pain. This past weekend I went skiing with my husband. It was our first day on the slopes for the season and eager ...
Views: 1192 - The True Reason to Compete As Disguised By Winning - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2011 from Loren FogelmanDoes your burning desire to win drive you? Many highly competitive athletes believe winning is their primary motivator. It may be true for some, but not necessarily for everybody. Examine your real driving force and you may find out the actual core reason is to evade losing. What does it mean ...
Views: 1191(2 votes) - Do You Have the Tools to Win? - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Loren FogelmanAll athletes experience fear at some point. It is the primary reason for failure. Defeat and walking away from your dreams stem from avoidance. It is not whether you will face fear; it is the way you respond once fear arises. First and foremost, all athletes experience doubt along the way. ...
Views: 1174(1 vote) - The Highly Focused Athlete - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Loren FogelmanWhere is your focus, past, present or future? At this very moment in time where are you? Are you thinking about a past event, wondering about the other athletes in the competition or tuned into what is going on here and now? Where you are now, whether past, future or present, makes a ...
Views: 1173 - Change Your History to Expand Your Business - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2010 from Loren FogelmanBeliefs are not always based on logic What if I told you your life was like a movie? And the person standing next to you right now is viewing a very different movie. The way you experience anything and everything comes from your perception. Your experiences, the meaning you gave them and ...
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