Fast Five - "Win the Morning, Win the Day" - Habits Matter

We make our habits and our habits make us. Better habits build better people, better students, better athletes.

1. "Pick, stick, check." Identify a habit you want to adopt. "Condition every day." Imagine you have a treadmill or an exercise bike. The hard part ISN'T using it every day. The hard part is GETTING ON IT every day. Once you've started, the time flies by. I like to read (Kindle app on phone) while walking. 

• Pick your habit
• Stick. Keep doing it. "Don't miss twice."
• Check. Track it somewhere. "Winners are trackers." 

2. Win the morning, win the day. Have a few productive morning actions...eating breakfast doesn't count. Walking to school could count instead of driving or riding with a friend. Here are a few of mine:

• Final edit and publish the blog.
• Listen to a MasterClass lesson. 
• Read widely. 

3. "Do one thing every day for your business and one for your craft." - David Mamet

What is important to you? If volleyball matters do something for your skill, your game understanding, your physicality (e.g. strength and conditioning) or your psychology (resilience) every day. Figure it out. 

4. "Do five more." - Dan Pink

Invest five more:

• study five more minutes 
• read five more pages 
• write five more paragraphs 
• do five more sprints or five more reps 
• watch film five more minutes

5. Mental repetitions count, too. 

• Visualize yourself taking the perfect swing or dig
• Replay your mental highlight reel 
• Studies have show mental reps improve physical performance
• Out-think the other team, outplay the other team. 

Finish by reading this article. 

Lagniappe (something extra).