Don't Go Through it, Grow Through It
Hundreds of Olympic gold medalists. Several dozen NFL first round draft picks. Michael Phelps. Tom Brady.
What all these elite athletes have in common is one man, Performance Coach Greg Harden.
Typically Coach Harden is hired when an athlete has a slump; a point in time when they cannot perform. When a baseball player just cannot hit the ball. When a basketball player cannot make a shot. In tennis, a player can’t react on the court.
Additionally, in business. He helps professionals manage their teams so that teams can perform well. Coach Harden uses many techniques to reach the level of performance in his athletes and corporate clients. Aside from the physical portion of athletics, there is the mental side.
Coach Harden uses the obstacles of the athlete. It cannot be ignored.
“Don’t go through it, grow through it.”
His athletes break out of being stuck. His corporate clients lead teams better. You too, can get unstuck and lead your life better. By growing through the obstacle not just going through it. It’s a mindset shift. Using the challenge in front of you to build new muscle. A new way. An added level of resilience, toughness and strength. You’re not alone. You’re not the only one going through this.
Don’t just get through, the now. The marriage issues. The failing business. How hard school is. The big promotion you accepted and is more than you expected and you’re stressed. Defiant and annoying children. Grow through these situations. And how you grow is less about just getting by. It has more to do with how you handle it all. Using the exact challenge you face and approaching it differently. What stands in your path becomes the path, what stands in the way becomes the way. The obstacle is the way.
Thought Provoking Questions : Where are you feeling stuck in your life? Are you trying to go through it or grow through it? How can your mindset change to improve the challenge in front of you?
Dan Roman is a philosopher (lover of wisdom) and a writer that releases a daily meditation. A quick read. Sharing wisdom and asking thought-provoking questions. Influenced by the obstacles, success and failures in his life and of others. Using history, books, current events, philosophy, and ancient wisdom. These writings are actionable, thought-provoking, designed to make your life better.
These writings are a survey course of different thinkers, ideas and insights. Some will apply to you and some simply won’t. The point is not to lock you into a way of thinking, a certain philosophy or methodology—but to develop a mindset—a process by which we are constantly challenged. To allow your mind to be opened and expanded. Flexibility in learning. To give you the tools, based on the experiences of others.
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