Masonry Magazine October 2008 Page. 50
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By "Coach" Gary Micheloni
Olympic-sized PM Lessons
A focus on winning and losing
Every four years, I find myself getting caught up in the Olympic Games. I suppose it's pretty easy for most of us to do. I sort of get hooked into the Olympics and the whole idea of winning attitudes.
I routinely teach, consult, speak and write about the word, "winning." As a coach, it is important to me and critical for my team that we be concerned about winning.
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Job: The John Winthrop School.
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The idea of representing your country is noble and wonderful, and you'll see and hear many athletes at the games talk about what an honor it is. I agree that making the Olympic team is a great honor. But don't forget this: For more than 99 percent of all team members, just making the team was never the goal. And it can't be your goal, either.
These athletes labor in for years, practicing, working out, pumping up, and trying to improve. And it's usually not just a four-year thing. Most of them have been working at their sports since they were kids-working with coaches, supported by family and friends, working for understanding employers, and tutored by great teachers and principals. Virtually none of them had the goal of simply making an Olympic team.
As those athletes worked out at dawn, straining for all they were worth, did they simply have a picture in their minds
COACH GARY SAYS:
"When you're on the team, you have one goal: Anything less than winning is not acceptable and wi cause you to go broke."
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