With Winning in Mind

by Lanny Bassham

The player with the best performance in a tournament does not always win it.

What you say is not important. What you cause yourself or others to picture is crucial.

Skill is defined as doing something consciously long enough for the process to become automated by the Subconscious Mind.

You can replace the Self-Image you have with the Self-Image you want, thereby permanently changing performance.

Be careful who you listen to. Do not spend time listening to the problems of others, or you will soon inherit their problems.

Complaining is negative reinforcement.

Don’t let caution keep you from experiencing life. Go out and find a dream worth trading your life for because in the end, that is what you are doing.

The difference between a wish and a goal is that a goal has a written plan to get it. Wishes usually do not come true. Goals with written plans have a much better chance of being reached.

Doors have a way of opening for you if you look for them.

Finding a new goal that means more to you than the first one is very rewarding but be cautious not to trade your current one for one that is easier to reach.

Many good things lose their meaning if the terms used to describe them seem complex.

Every time you talk about a bad performance, you improve the probability of having another one just like it in the future.

Repetitive change of your thinking habits is the best way to bring about an attitude change.

Trying not to make a mistake is a sure way of making one.

Praise in public, correct in private.

Praise twice as much as you correct.

“The greatest mistake we make is living in constant fear that we will make one.”