THE SECRET TO GETTING GOOD

HAVE FUN

The only way to get to the best of your ability is to have fun. If you are not having any fun, do a sport or an activity that you love playing so much that “Practicing” will be your favorite sport.

I’ve been lucky, don’t get me wrong, but I have a family that only yells at me if my attitude is wrong. They also give me the motivation to get my mind back to what matters. What matters is having fun! I want to practice all of the time dragging my dad everywhere and when he is too tired I practice in our small basement or outside in our small yard.

To be fair the above image can be misleading. Our team was playing a team that hadn’t won a game that year so we wanted to make it fun for everyone. I had the other team (my friends also) laughing when I was going around the bases. Even my friend Jamie on the left wanted to get in on the fun. We couldn’t wait for games or practices. we were getting good and having fun.

My dad went out and bought a GoPro for our upcoming vacation but he let me use it to make tons of videos skateboarding and practicing my catching drills. when I look back at it I have hours upon hours of footage that was more work looking at than practicing. It sure looks like work but I can tell you it was only me having fun getting good.

Getting good = fun= practicing= fun= practice.

Getting good = failure= redemption= reward

Getting good = mindset= life lessons= leadership