The Power of 21...(The Mental Shift)
Coach Tommy Pavia
Helping ATHLETES PERFORM at the Highest Levels while Growing in their FAITH? ?????? ?? ?? ?? by using my PROVEN MINDSET ?? STRATEGIES, ROUTINES & Gods Word!!
THE MENTAL SHIFT
“I WAS STANDING ON THE SIDELINE SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY FOR 20 MINUTES UNTIL…“
I was able to muster up The Courage to let someone know that something was wrong with me.
It was a pickup game of Football??during the summer and most everyone else was 18-25 years old.
I WAS 15 YEARS OLD…
I had just come off a successful season of competing my Freshman year of High School on the Varsity Wrestling Team.
I was confident.
I was excited about my future.
I felt unstoppable even though I weighed about 120lbs. soaking wet with sand in my pockets.
It was the first kickoff and as I sprinted down the field getting my body ready to hit a vicious double-leg takedown/tackle...
I was met with a big body right at the point of where my feet hit the ground in full stride....
My body responds to the energy as it’s converted and I am propelled upside down with my heels over my head...
I Land Upside Down Hard!!
Crunch and Pop!!
I quickly get up as if I was embarrassed and put my right hand up...
“Give me a second Fellas!!”
No one even noticed - it was back to the Game.
Fast Forward to walking into the basement where my family lived, my Mother reading the paper (remember those) and I said: “Mom I think I dislocated my shoulder.”
She doesn’t Flinch!!
“Ok let’s go to the ER.”
Hours later the Nurse would come out and deliver what would be devastating news...
“I’m sorry honey you have two broken bones and it’s serious.”
I wept!!
I knew I would not be able to compete my Sophomore Year and I was crushed!!
Fast Forward again and I would be in a body cast with a pin driven through my elbow for 5 months.
It was a dark time for me but I would rebound and discover things about myself, people and life that would shape me Forever.
I had so much excitement about my “next step” in my young life that I never saw that adversity coming.
I was forced to reflect and make a decision...
Do I wallow in self-pity OR Do I Focus on what was possible?!
This is where I learned how to immerse myself in skill-building life hacks.?
I discovered how I could tweak the process of different outcomes and apply it to other areas of my life.
I started to relish how I could “do things!!”
The question that stirred in my mind every day was...
Could I master a skill despite my current circumstances?
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I mean, I was in a body cast for crying out loud!!
It didn’t matter because eventually I was determined to...
Find a Way....
Make a Way....
Get it Done....
And Get Better!!
We can all get better and find ways that make things improve even if it’s our outlook.
Although I wish that never happened and from time to time I wonder what it would of been like to have that year back....
I Know, that what I learned was priceless and serves me still to this day!!
The pain of yesterday is capable of planting seeds of future perpetual benefit!!
MOVE FORWARD IN FAITH…
BELIEVE IN JESUS FIRST…
And YOURSELF Second!!!
Blessings to ALL?
The MENTAL SHIFT of 21…
Although there is a Common Thread Here within my Personal Story of FOCUS??on WHAT YOU CAN DO…
WE OFTEN FORGET, To Make that POWERFUL & PROFOUND…
MENTAL SHIFT…
Let me Introduce YOU to the POWER of 21…
RIGHT NOW, THINK…
Of a Circumstance, Situation, Condition, or Challenge that YOU are trying to work through…
Keep in Mind, if YOU are NOT CURRENTLY then YOU WILL be Eventually…
In Our Lives WE are in a Constant State of “Preparing to Enter a Challenge, Currently in a Challenge or have just gotten through a Challenge…”
As WE come to realize this, it becomes important that we develop a Skill Set that OPTIMIZES The MENTAL SHIFT of What WE CAN DO in the myriad of Life’s many challenges…
ENTER THE POWER of 21:
LIST your Current Challenge:___________________
LIST 7 Things YOU DON’T CONTROL (over this Challenge and the potential outcomes).
LIST 7 Things YOU DO CONTROL (over this Challenge and the potential outcomes).
LIST 7 Things YOU CAN DO to Help get the Desired Outcomr YOU SEEK!!
Take the TIME, ENERGY, & FOCUS to really work on 7 for each LIST.
I PROMISE YOU, YOU will be on the verge of OVERCOMING, BREAKING THROUGH and/or ACHIEVING that which you seek!!
Blessings to ALL?
Helping ATHLETES PERFORM at the Highest Levels while Growing in their FAITH? ?????? ?? ?? ?? by using my PROVEN MINDSET ?? STRATEGIES, ROUTINES & Gods Word!!
1 年Gary Apple - Thank You ??
Mass. H.S. Wrestling & Strength Coach at Bridgewater/Raynham Reg. H.S.
1 年Coach, have you ever thought about making your Mental Shift newsletter into a Mental Shift guide book? It would be a very admirable & valuable addition, to say the least! Thanks for all your teachings.
Helping ATHLETES PERFORM at the Highest Levels while Growing in their FAITH? ?????? ?? ?? ?? by using my PROVEN MINDSET ?? STRATEGIES, ROUTINES & Gods Word!!
1 年Chuck English - Thank You ??
Helping ATHLETES PERFORM at the Highest Levels while Growing in their FAITH? ?????? ?? ?? ?? by using my PROVEN MINDSET ?? STRATEGIES, ROUTINES & Gods Word!!
1 年suranchana rangsisana na Ayutthaya - Thank You ??
Helping ATHLETES PERFORM at the Highest Levels while Growing in their FAITH? ?????? ?? ?? ?? by using my PROVEN MINDSET ?? STRATEGIES, ROUTINES & Gods Word!!
1 年Qadriyyah Thompson - Thank You ??