Monday Mindset
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Today’s Monday Mindset: Life Can Be Hard – Do This!
Welcome to your Monday Mindset, where you discover how to be your best, so you can give your best.
I’m here at Kennesaw State University in Atlanta, Georgia for a PGC Basketball camp. I was just speaking with these athletes this morning about this concept. If you deal with sadness, frustration, disappointment, discouragement, depression, anxiety, worry, anger, any of those feelings – this will help you.
The one thing that can combat any of those feelings is gratitude. A lot of people focus on trying to be happy. But I told these athletes, “Don’t try and focus on being happy. Focus on being grateful, and it will make you happy. Focus on contributing to others, and it will make you happy.”
Let’s talk about gratitude today, though.
I encourage you (as I did these players) to spend time each day writing down in a journal, either just before you go to sleep at night or when you first wake up in the morning, five things you’re grateful for. This will help program your mind for gratitude and for things you appreciate, instead of things which frustrate, saddened, or discourage you.
You’ll literally put on a lens to see the world, a set of glasses, that will help you see the good in others, the good in your circumstances, because you will develop an attitude of gratitude, just by simply writing down the things you’re thankful for every single day.
Get yourself a journal if you don’t have one already. Start to do it every single day. I’ve done it for decades now. It has positioned me to feel grateful, regardless of the circumstances in life. Life can be hard. Life can be challenging, and the best way to combat it is with a grateful heart. Put that into practice today.
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PGC Basketball provides intense, no-nonsense basketball training for players and coaches. Our basketball camps are designed to teach players of all positions to play smart basketball, be coaches on the court, and be leaders in practices, games and in everyday life.
We combine our unique PGC culture with a variety of teaching methods and learning environments to maximize the learning potential of those that attend our sessions. In addition to spending 6-7 hours on the court each day, lessons will be reinforced through classroom sessions and video analysis.
Our goal at PGC is to empower you with the tools to fulfill your basketball dreams, while also assisting you in experiencing the joy of the journey.
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