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January 22, 2024

The 4 Best Mental Tips For Building Patience Skills

4 Best Mental Tips For Building Patience Skills

Here Are The 4 Best Mental Tips for Building Patience Skills for sports, work, family, and life.

Patience is the new mental toughness and will remain the last barrier on the hierarchy for anyone wanting to reach their full potential with confidence and focus

4 Best Mental Tips for Building Patience Skills

1- Urgency trumps the important

Stress, anxiety, and being over-whelmed are a result of the immediate over the important. 

Researchers coined the term ‘Mere Urgency Effect.’

When we fail to value our time properly, we succumb to the urgent. 

action bias toward patience

2- We Have An Action Bias 

Doing something in every circumstance is valued greater than thinking or reflecting. 

Unfortunately, when adversity hits, and we continue to do something, mistakes occur. 

We need to decide slowly, but act with commitment. Patience is why D-Day in WWII was so successful. 

How To Achieve Patience

Check Out The Mental Toughness Book I Can’t Wait To Be Patient we can wait to win 3- We “Can’t Wait”

No one says they “can’t wait” to be in pain or under pressure. 

So, how is it that we “can’t wait” for that birthday party, conference, or tournament?

Time is undefeated. 

No one can speed up time during the tough times and slow down time during the good times.

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Here are the 4 best mental tips for building patience skills. 4-  If You Can Wait, Then You Can Win

The mental game is more about subtraction than addition. 

Removing frustration, annoyances, and distractions improves our disposition, grit, and attitude.

The 4 Best Mental Tips For Building Patience skills  improves our capacity to endure, handle, and cope with the setbacks

Time is our most precious resource. make sure we are using it wisely and it’ll help our overall mental game! 

 



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Published on January 22, 2024 06:49

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4 Best Mental Tips For Building Patience Skills
Here Are The 4 Best Mental Tips for Building Patience Skills for sports, work, family, and life.



Patience is the new mental toughness and will remain the last barrier on the hierarchy for anyone wanting to reach their full potential with confidence and focus




1- Urgency trumps the important

Stress, anxiety, and being over-whelmed are a result of the immediate over the important. 


Researchers coined the term ‘Mere Urgency Effect.’


When we fail to value our time properly, we succumb to the urgent. 





action bias toward patience


 

2- We Have An Action Bias 


Doing something in every circumstance is valued greater than thinking or reflecting. 


Unfortunately, when adversity hits, and we continue to do something, mistakes occur. 


We need to decide slowly, but act with commitment. Patience is why D-Day in WWII was so successful. 


 

 

 

 



How To Achieve Patience

Check Out The Mental Toughness Book
I Can't Wait To Be Patient



we can wait to win

3- We “Can’t Wait”

No one says they “can’t wait” to be in pain or under pressure. 


So, how is it that we “can’t wait” for that birthday party, conference, or tournament?


Time is undefeated. 


No one can speed up time during the tough times and slow down time during the good times.


So, how is it that we “can’t wait” for that birthday party, conference, or tournament?



 

 



Here are the 4 best mental tips for building patience skills.
4-  If You Can Wait, Then You Can Win

The mental game is more about subtraction than addition. 


Removing frustration, annoyances, and distractions improves our disposition, grit, and attitude.


The 4 Best Mental Tips For Building Patience skills  improves our capacity to endure, handle, and cope with the setbacks


 

 

 

Time is our most precious resource. make sure we are using it wisely and it'll help our overall mental game! 



 



dr rob bell speaker Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology Coach. DRB & associates coach executives and professional athletes. Some clients have included three different winners on the PGA Tour, Indy Eleven, University of Notre Dame, Marriott, and Walgreens. 



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Published on January 22, 2024 06:49

4 Mental Tips For Building Patience Skills

building patience skills

Patience is the new mental toughness and will remain the last barrier on the hierarchy for anyone wanting to reach their full potential with confidence and focus

Here are 4 tips for building patience skills for sports, work, family, and life. 

 

1- Urgency trumps the important

Stress, anxiety, and being over-whelmed are a result of the immediate over the important. 

Researchers coined the term ‘Mere Urgency Effect.’

When we fail to value our time properly, we succumb to the urgent. 

action bias toward patience

 

2- We Have An Action Bias 

Doing something in every circumstance is valued greater than thinking or reflecting. 

Unfortunately, when adversity hits, and we continue to do something, mistakes occur. 

We need to decide slowly, but act with commitment. Patience is why D-Day in WWII was so successful. 

 

 

 

 

How To Achieve Patience

Check Out The Book I Can’t Wait To Be Patient we can wait to win 3- We “Can’t Wait”

No one says they “can’t wait” to be in pain or under pressure. 

So, how is it that we “can’t wait” for that birthday party, conference, or tournament?

Time is undefeated. 

No one can speed up time during the tough times and slow down time during the good times.

So, how is it that we “can’t wait” for that birthday party, conference, or tournament?

 

 

4-  If You Can Wait, Then You Can Win

The mental game is more about subtraction than addition.

Removing frustration, annoyances, and distractions improves our disposition, grit, and attitude.

Building Patience skills  improves our capacity to endure, handle, and cope with the setbacks

 

 

 

 



dr rob bell speaker Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology Coach. DRB & associates coach executives and professional athletes. Some clients have included three different winners on the PGA Tour, Indy Eleven, University of Notre Dame, Marriott, and Walgreens. 



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Published on January 22, 2024 06:49

December 9, 2023

Confidence and Focus: An Unbeatable Pair For Your Mental Toughness

Confidence And Focus: An Unbeatable Pair For Your Mental Toughness (INFOGRAPHIC)

Confidence is King, but Focus is Queen. 

The game of chess is NOT won by moving the king one space at a time. The King is just how the game is lost! 

Chess is won by utilizing the Queen!

Within the hierarchy of mental toughness, we all know the importance of confidence. And yes, there are specific ways to build and enhance one’s confidence, but there is even a better approach to victory than just trying to address the area of confidence

In the classic book by Sun Tzu, The Art of War, it was proposed that the strongest way to beat an opponent in battle is by flanking your opponent. Historical and modern warfare examples support that claim. Flanking your opponent means attacking from the side instead of the front which is where most of the strength of resistance resides.

I was always shocked that in the Civil War, most of the battles seemed to play out as columns of soldiers simply walking and shooting straight at one another. The greatest blunder in the Civil War was the result of a frontal assault in Pickett’s charge. Whereas the greatest victories were claimed by flanking the opponents side.

Our greatest opponent is our own mind.  

Our mind has one role which is to protect itself and it does a masterful job.  However trying to ONLY work on being confident is like a frontal assault in battle. Instead, we need to flank our own mind in order to build Confidence and Focus. 

Within the hierarchy of mental toughness, these two infographics reveal three ways that we build your mental toughness. The mental game is simple, but not easy. Hence, after you check out these visuals, be sure top let us know which skill is harder for you to accomplish?

Confidence and Focus Confidence and focus

1. Confidence = Discipline. If you want to improve your knowledge, add something everyday. If you want improve your wisdom, remove something every day.Lao Tse. Confidence and focus are tied with how we approach our daily disciplines. 1. Challenge vs. Threat- Being nervous or excited result in the same physiological response. When we view events as threats and something bad can happen, we get nervous. When we view events or people as a challenge, then we get excited. 2. Remove Comparison- Comparison is the thief of joy. But, we all do it. Here are three healthy ways to use comparison to improve. A reminder is that it’s not who gets there 1st, but who can get there and STAY there. 2. Train yourself, don’t test yourself- Too often instead of training your mental toughness, you end up testing yourself. This slight difference in mental approach allows you more room for mistakes and learning. 3. Let nothing bother you- Only when you can let nothing bother you, does it reflect your true level of confidence and belief that you have in yourself. 3. W.I.N. – What’s Important Now? This skill is directly connected with your confidence and focus and your mental toughness.

 

 



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Published on December 09, 2023 09:38

October 22, 2023

The 4 Scientific Ways To Build Confidence

4 ways to build confidence

The 4 Scientific Ways to Build Confidence 1. Past Performance2. Modeling3. Verbal Persuasion4. Body Language 

tips to improve sports confidence

1.Past Performance- This is the strongest predictor of confidence. 

Thus, how can we be confident if we haven’t achieved it yet?

In order to achieve big things and have successes, we will reach a point where we haven’t accomplished our goal, yet. We always fall back to the level of training and our own past performances. These proven ways are simple, but they are not easy. 

So, we must hold onto and reinforce our successes along the way, no matter how small or insignificant it may be at the time. This is the strongest of the proven ways to build confidence. 

Confidence is contagious and this is the strongest of the ways to build our confidence muscle.

ways to build confidence 2. Verbal Persuasion- We have to be so careful about what we say to ourselves because we are listening.

This is the most common ways that OTHERS try and build confidence and belief in us. Telling us and reminding us what we can accomplish and who we are. 

The struggle is that although we can hear it from others, it’s what we say to ourselves that makes the biggest impact on our own self-worth. 

If we discount or dismiss our coaches or boss’ belief in us, then we’ll never escape the negative self-talk cycle. 

These ways to build confidence are coupled with focus and our self-talk. 

 

4 ways to build confidence 3. Modeling- They can do it, so that means I can do it. 

We need others to have success around us, because it shows that we can also do it.  

The famous quote by JFK “A rising tide lifts all ships” is akin to making sure others have success. That’s why I believe that true success is rooting for everybody

In any organization or team, there needs to be a model or example of someone who people can point to and look at and say “here, do it like this.” 

Remember Mone’ Davis? She was the awesome softball player in the Little League World Series. The sheer number of girls who saw her compete immensely increased the amount of girls who started playing? WHY? Girls, particularly of color, saw her and said   “she can do it, so can I, She’s just like me!” When we see others have success, it shows us that we can have success as well.

Hence, it’s why we need to focus on the similarities, not differences, between us.

building confidence in sports 4. Body Language- This is the reason why confidence is just a feeling. 

These proven ways to build confidence in sports or business are not just pithy sayings. They are based in science. 

Confidence is a feeling when we have it.

To prove it, What do you think about when you perform your best? The answer is always the same, NOTHING…

Confidence is a feeling…. After a tough workout session, you FEEL better, but even though you think you look better, you look no different than before. 

Confidence is a feeling….The opposite is true, when we lose confidence, it turns into thoughts… It doesn’t mean the thoughts are even negative, it just means that we are thinking too much…

These are the 4 proven ways that build confidence.

Life is tough. Sports is tough. Business is tough. If you lose belief in yourself, then you’re in trouble! Focus on these strategies!

 



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Published on October 22, 2023 15:33

October 9, 2023

The Importance of Patience Saves Patients

The Importance of Patience SAVES Patients

Researchers examined death rates of heart attack hospitalizations between the years of 2002-2011 when the top doctors attended national conferences. 

The researchers examined the mortality rates of patients who were admitted to the emergency room with a heart attack. They observed patients for thirty-days after admission.

One would logically hope that the top doctors be available and on-call if a loved one were admitted to the hospital for such a high-risk situation.

The results were contrary to our assumptions of top health care (Well, at least mine).

The mortality rate of high-risk patients was 17% when the doctors were away at a national conference, compared to 24.8% of deaths that occurred with the non-conference dates. 

The mortality rate of high-risk patients was 17% when the doctors were away at a national conference, compared to 24.8% of deaths that occurred with the non-conference dates.
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The importance of patience revealed that patients admitted to the hospital were more likely to survive a heart attack during cardiology national conference dates.

To help explain decreased mortality rates, the authors of the study offered the “less is more” approach  Doing “nothing” resulted in more lives being saved than performing surgery.

On-call cardiologists were reluctant to perform interventions based on a risk-benefit tradeoff. The potential harms of invasive interventions and procedures simply outweighed the benefits. At risk of potential harm of invasive treatment, cardiologists on-call sided with avoiding surgery. And it resulted in more lives being saved.

There was a reduction in specific procedures within the hospitals for these high-risk patients.

Researchers discovered that one of the main barriers for physicians was uncertainty and disagreement about what “not” to do. There exist specific guidelines and routines at the national, regional, and local level of care, which often sadly contradict one another. 

the importance of patience

Medical doctors do not frequently participate in strikes.

There are ethical concerns and criticism due to strikes adversely affecting patients’ health. So, when they occur, just like other essential service industries, panic and fear can result.

Five notable physicians’ strikes have occurred between the years of 1976 and 2003. These strikes lasted between nine days and seventeen weeks. 

However, in every case of physicians’ strikes, the mortality rate stayed the same or decreased, but it never increased.

For instance, during 1976, doctors in Columbia went on strike for fifty-two days, and mortality rates dropped by 35% during that time.

 

When doctors in Los Angeles went on strike over working conditions and wages, mortality rate dropped 18%.

 

In 2000, Israeli doctors went on strike. The strike resulted in hundreds of thousands of outpatient visits being canceled along with thousands of elective procedures. 

 

The Jerusalem Post surveyed the non-profit burial society, which performs over 55% of burial services in Jerusalem. During the strike, the number of funerals performed in the region dropped significantly compared to data from the previous three years.

These results align exactly with the studies of top cardiologists attending conferences.  The importance of patience saves lives. Even in health care, there exists an action bias and an inability to wait.

Researchers have even cited that “Physicians are wrong when they tell terminally ill patients ‘doing something’ (in other words, pursuing treatment) is better than doing nothing” (“nothing” usually meaning choosing hospice care instead of treatment). 

Clinical uncertainty is a balancing act. And the importance of patience has given way to an action bias that results in doing something. 

Doctors have reported a need to do something in order to soothe the emotions of patients. For instance, the global medical community has prompted initiatives to reduce the number of antibiotics prescribed. Nonetheless, research has repeatedly shown that clinicians prefer to “err on the side of caution” and provide the patient antibiotics just to be safe. 

Ordering a test, intervention, or medicine is a way of doing something rather than nothing and waiting. These actions supposedly assures patients that everything will be all right.

Doing something occurs way more often than waiting and re-evaluating the symptoms. And whereas, these procedures won’t causes death, it reveals that there exists an action bias, which is the same for top doctors and cardiologists.  

However, perhaps, if we can wait, then we can live.

 



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Published on October 09, 2023 03:37

August 9, 2023

The Consequences of Labeling A Child Athlete |

 

The Consequences of Labeling A Child Athlete

A study was conducted that looked at individuals’ names and the careers that they picked later in life, and the results were remarkable.

The study revealed that the number one name for Dentists was Dennis.

Now it doesn’t mean that every dentist out there is named Dennis, but merely that the names that we are called and associate with are what we gravitate towards later in life.

The Ultimate Sport Parents Guide: How To Have a Great Athlete 

There was this one athlete, and the parents introduced her as “Perfect little Rachel.”

And I’m wondering in my head how long have they been calling her that?

Because perfection is a pretty high standard.

“Hey, here comes Johnny, our Star Second baseman.”  Whatever we are called is what we’re gonna associate with and that’s the natural consequences of labeling a child athlete. What happens with Johnny when he’s no longer the “Star Second Baseman”, or Rachel is no longer “perfect”?

Whatever we want them to associate with is what we’ve got to call our athletes. 

Sport Parents: 6 Ways Your Doing It Wrong 

Here’s what we need to label them….

Call your athletes competitors! 

Why? Because we can compete in anything in life.

The best type of mental toughness competition is always against ourselves.

Is not always about beating somebody else, but we can compete in being a friend. We can compete in being a good neighbor, being a great teammate, doing well on a test.

And we can always compete.

10 Reminders if you’re a stressed out parent of an athlete

And the more that we compete with ourselves, the better that we get. So we don’t need to put pressure on individuals by calling them certain names like Perfect or this is our star goalie, call them a competitor. There’s your mental toughness tip of the day, knowing the natural consequences of labeling a child athlete.   

Then watch, because that’s what they will become.

natural consequences of labeling a child athlete

 



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July 31, 2023

4 Fast Skills On How To Become More Patient (INFOGRAPHIC)

“Patience is not an absence of action. It is a purposeful choice to wait.” – Salman Ahktar

how to become more patient

Here Are Four Fast Skills On How To Become More Patient 1. Acceptance 2. Hope3. Absence of Resentment 4. Ability To Wait 

How To Achieve Patience

 

 

Check out our new book: 

I Can’t Wait To Be Patient  

 

The mental game and mental toughness is more about subtraction than it is addition. Removing anger, frustration, fear, and/or annoyances from our daily lives is difficult. However, doing so also improves our disposition, grit, and attitude.

More importantly, when we learn how to become more patient, it also builds up one’s capacity to handle and endure future disappointment, rejection, and failure.

acceptance

Acceptance 

Ask yourself this question, “does more pain come from letting go or resisting?”

Acceptance of things and people as they are is difficult.

It’s why we all get stuck. Not many of us want to accept that we get older, for instance.

Not many accept being wrong or changing their mind. Few want to accept death and heartache as part of life. Few want to accept that life is not fair. It is painful to lose material possessions, friends, jobs, houses, money, championships, etc.

It’s even worse and more difficult to accept when we are cheated or swindled.

Acceptance of change in our life is difficult. Our goals change, our kids change, our finances change, our relationships change, etc. But since time is the only constant, our view and actions within time need to change as well.

 

hope

Hope

Confidence is patience.

When the greats in any field know that they have what it takes and are confident in their own process, it provides a level of assurance for a better future.

Confidence means they have an attitude of “when” not “if” the results will manifest.

Confidence and patience work in tandem. When we are confident, we are able to have more patience. And when we are patient, it allows us to be confident.

That is why HOPE is a source of how to become more patient.

When we have patience with the product, it grants us perspective with the process.

When we “can’t wait” and force or manipulate a situation or person, it also reveals our own level of confidence and patience.

We need to be urgent with the process, but patient with the results.

improving your patience

Absence of Resentment 

An absence of resentment means we have to examine our role in any given situation. We can’t change the outcome or other people without understanding our own insecurities and baggage in a situation.

It starts with us.

To possess an absence of resentment means to approach people, situations, and especially ourselves with patience.

If we have resentment toward ourselves for a past setback, then we will develop resentment towards others.

It’s a simple formula of “arrows in” also means “arrows out.”

Hurt people will hurt other people because the cycle of resentment is so powerful.

If we don’t transform our past pain, then we will transmit it to others closest to us.

In order to be patient, we must develop an absence of resentment towards others and ourselves. When we do this, time again begins to work in our favor and removes that hurt we held onto.

 

skill #4 ability to wait

Ability To Wait 

The ability to wait without haste or restlessness seems to be the core concept of how to become more patient. It’s what I am probably worst at. 

We feel like we can’t slow down, because we perceive everything as urgent.

The crux of patience is that we have become urgent toward the un-important. Our emotions and mood tell us that it is important in the short-term, but with time, the urgent cannot be coupled with the unimportant.

We don’t wait. We scroll…

We don’t wait. We scroll…
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We delete emails, mindlessly scroll social sites, text others, post videos, etc.

When we awake in the morning, we are often at odds with our own sense of urgency. And this sense of urgency is usually toward the unimportant.

Patience won’t always win it for you, but if you don’t have patience, it will lose it for you.

Patience won’t always win it for you, but if you don’t have patience, it will lose it for you.
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Published on July 31, 2023 07:41

July 23, 2023

Here’s Why Urgency and Patience Are Both Needed For Success (INFOGRAPHIC)

Urgency is defined as requiring swift action. It means acting with clarity and purpose.

Urgency is also a state of the internal, not a state of the external. Inside of our own lives, urgency is a necessary ingredient for production, performance and success. 

As Hall of Fame Coach Wooden often stated, “Be quick, but don’t hurry. I want quickness under control.” 

Here’s Why Urgency and Patience Are Both Needed For Success (INFOGRAPHIC)

The issue is, by itself, urgency is a lunatic.

We can be urgent toward EVERYTHING. In the least, we are urgent toward too many things and then there’s no off switch and life happens and we can’t ever seem to catch up. Urgency is only best when it is focused execution of the important.

We need to know when to be urgent and how to be patient.

Patience has many layers. 

Because of the importance, power, and relativity of time, patience is the path. It allows us the space and time to decide what’s most important and uncover what is of less importance. 

This path of patience embodies an increased awareness of time, a relationship with the important urgencies, and an elimination of the stress, worry, and hurry that we carry with us.

With patience, our entire attitude and outlook will change.

“A moment of patience in a moment of anger can save a hundred moments of regret.” — Elbert Hubbard

How To Achieve Patience

Check out our new book: 

I Can’t Wait To Be Patient 

 

 

 

This infographic is a reminder of the balance between urgency and patience and the power of time. 

The chart is not incorrect, but it is incomplete. You may live longer or you may live shorter than 80 years. Based on a lifetime of eighty years of life, there are 29,220 days. Depending on our age, there are a certain number of days remaining

 

urgency and patience

 

 However, we simply don’t know when is the end of the game. How you seize and maximize your days alive will be dependent upon your ability to be urgent toward the important and patient with the product.  Hence, urgency and patience.

8-year-old = 2,922 days alive = 26,298 days remaining10-year- old = 3,652 days alive = 25,568 days remaining15-year-old = 5,479 days alive = 23,741 days remaining18-year-old = 6,575 days alive = 22,645 days remaining21-year-old = 7,670 days alive = 21,550 days remaining25-year-old = 9,131 days alive = 20,089 days remaining30-year-old = 10,957 days alive = 18,263 days remaining35-year-old = 12,783 days alive = 16,437 days remaining40-year-old = 14,610 days alive = 14,610 days remaining45-year-old = 16,436 days alive = 12,784 days remaining50-year-old = 18,262 days alive = 10,958 days remaining55-year-old = 20,088 days alive = 9132 days remaining60-year-old = 21,915 days alive = 7305 days remaining65-year-old = 23,741 days alive = 5479 days remaining70-year-old = 25,567 days alive = 3653 days remaining75-year-old = 27,394 days alive = 1826 days remaining

Urgency and patience are both essential skills needed for success and to enjoy life. 

We can’t be so bothered by our number of days remaining, that we don’t strive to be useful, dedicated, and positive towards others and especially ourselves.  

Supply and demand is a cornerstone of economic theory. Prices increase with less supply, coupled with more demand.

Time fits within the supply and demand paradigm. When we are young or younger, we have unlimited supply of time and little demand. Hence, the price or value we place on it is inexpensive. The older we get, however, the less supply of time that we have, and the time demands increase. Hence, as we age, we place a much higher value on time. 

The power of time is why we need to couple urgency and patience together as we travel in life, so we can stay focused, relaxed, and confident. 

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Published on July 23, 2023 08:23

July 15, 2023

The Only Mental Toughness Quote You’ll Need To Prepare

mental toughness quote

William James once said, “Do something every day for no other reason than you’d rather not do it.” 

There’s two parts to this quote: He added…

“For when the hour of dire need draws nigh, it may find you not unnerved and untrained to stand the test.” 

Boom! 

Why Is This The ONLY Mental Toughness Quote You Need For Preparation?

The motivation is simple: 

Do it, because it’s tough…Do it because you don’t want to listen to that negative voice…Just do it..

However, it is not devoid of a reason.

There is purpose to doing hard things.

The real purpose is that strength is needed in life. And there are major challenges and setbacks…How will you overcome and handle yourself during those extremely tough periods of your journey? 

How you will respond will be a direct result of how you’ve trained and how you’ve prepared. 

My friend Jerred Moon says “Kill Comfort, or comfort will kill you.”I was on his podcast recently. 

Do something. Anything. Do something that challenges you and know that it does have purpose to it.  Just as Bob Dylan says “He not busy being born, is busy dying.” 

Few suggestions on activities that’ll help with preparation:

Cold Shower Run Drive a different way home Call an old friend Read a Book Ask for a Discount Speak to an audience

Do you want anothermental toughness quote?

“If It doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you!”

 



dr rob bell speaker Dr. Rob Bell is a Sport Psychology Coach. DRB & associates coach executives and professional athletes. Some clients have included three different winners on the PGA Tour, Indy Eleven, University of Notre Dame, Marriott, and Walgreens. 



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Published on July 15, 2023 06:53