What Bill Snyder did at Kansas State is almost inconceivable. In 1989, Snyder took over the worst program in all of college football and turned the Wildcats into a top-10 team within just seven seasons. The Hall-of-Fame coach has led K-State to more than 200 wins, 18 bowl games, nine seasons with 10 or more [...]
Darrin Donnelly
There are many things we don’t control in life. That’s a sometimes painful fact we all have to accept. But, as Yogi Berra points out, it’s the things we DO have control over that determine our success or failure… I think your life depends on your attitude. How you face things says a lot about [...]
Want to know what your life will look like a year from now? Listen to what you’re saying when you talk to yourself. Your self-talk determines your future. The above passage is from my book, Relentless Optimism, and it concisely sums up exactly why the way you talk to yourself is so important. Self-talk determines [...]
I’m excited to announce that Relentless Optimism, my latest book in the Sports for the Soul series, is here! This book addresses an important topic that affects every area of a person’s life: attitude. Specifically, this book tackles the topic of positive thinking… – How can you use “positive thinking” to change your life for [...]
The first self-improvement book I ever bought was called, Winning Every Day by Lou Holtz. I was in college at the time and Holtz had recently retired as head coach at Notre Dame. I bought the book more because I was a fan of Notre Dame Football and Coach Holtz and less because I was [...]
The difference between winning and losing—in sports, in business, and in life—usually comes down to the way you think. Big achievers think much differently than everyone else. They embrace a positive attitude while most people (consciously or not) develop a cynical attitude. Positive thinking works. Study after study shows that optimists are generally happier, healthier, [...]
