“If you’re bored with life, if you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things—you don’t have enough goals.” – Lou Holtz, National Champion Football Coach In the classic bestseller Psycho-Cybernetics, Dr. Maxwell Maltz pointed out that human beings are designed to strive for goals. “When man is functioning as [...]
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“The only things that are going to change you from where you are today and where you are going to be five years from now are the people you meet and the books you read.” – Lou Holtz, 2-Time National Coach of the Year As the new year begins, it’s important to remember [...]
“If you put negative thoughts into your mind, you’re going to get negative results. It’s just as true that if you put positive thoughts in your mind, you will be a recipient of positive results.” – Lou Holtz, Two-Time National Coach of the Year and Member of the College Football Hall of Fame When [...]
I believe one of the hardest parts of building and maintaining a positive mindset is the fear that we could be wrong. We fear that we’re being too positive and aiming too high. We fear that we’re being unrealistic with our dreams, and we wonder if we’re deluding ourselves about what is possible. Ultimately, we [...]
It’s important that you set aside time to regularly visualize your biggest dreams coming to fruition. When Lou Holtz was coaching at Notre Dame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he saw the awesome power of visualization first-hand… On the Friday nights before a game, I would have my players attend a relaxation period. [...]
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 [...]
