Attack Each Day: With Joy and Enthusiasm (Heroic +1 #1,426)

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Hi, this is Brian. Welcome back to another heroic one. Not too long ago, we featured a couple ones on John Wooden and his wisdom. We talked about the fact that it took Coach Wooden nearly three decades before he won his first championship note. Once he figured it out, he won forever. As Pete Carroll put it in his great book, check out that note. We also talked about the fact that Wooden didn't win by focusing on winning per se. He focused on the two things we can control, our effort and our attitude. Now, I got that Wooden wisdom from that swan from a great book called Think Like a Warrior by Darren Donnelly. Coach Wooden was the first of five coaches the hero in his sports fable meets on his quest to turn his season around. Today we're going to talk about the wisdom from one of the other legendary coaches our hero meets. Then we'll quickly look at the wisdom from the others. Then we're going to explore some more wisdom from Donnelly's Sports for the Soul series of fables featuring some surprisingly great stories and equally great practical wisdom. To put it in perspective, I read all six of the books in his series in one week. They're astonishingly inspiring. Think if Paulo Coelho wrote sports fables Seriously, they're that good. More on all of that soon. For now, as I said in the prior plus one, think Like a Warrior is a fable about a college football coach going through hard times who who is lucky enough to spend time with five of the most legendary coaches in history. John Wooden, Buck o', Neill, Herb Brooks, Paul Bear Bryant, and Vince Lombardi. Those coaches each share one big idea to help him navigate his challenges and fulfill his potential. Wooden tells him it's all about effort and attitude. What's Buck o' Neal tell him? Well, first, you might be wondering, who is Buck o'? Neill? Well, Buck o' Neill is the second great coach we meet in this great fable. Have you ever heard of him? I hadn't before reading this book. His story is astonishingly inspiring. His grandfather was kidnapped as a young boy and brought to America on a slave ship. But he never lost hope and never became bitter as he encouraged his son and his grandson to dream and then go do the hard work to achieve those dreams. And that's what Buck did. He became one of the all time great players in the Negro leagues of the 1930s and 1940s then he became a scout for the Chicago Cubs and the first African American coach in Major League Baseball. More recently, he was inducted into the Major League Baseball hall of Fame. You can watch a tribute video and learn more about him in a link in this +1 now. Buck was an incredibly inspiring and joyful man whose enthusiasm and love for life deeply affected everyone he met. And that's what he teaches us. In this book, Darren has our hero capture the essence of each coach's wisdom so he can share it with his players. Now this is what the coach wrote down and I quote I love what I do and I attack each day with joy and enthusiasm. I'm passionate about what I do for a living. I'm grateful for the talents and interests I've been uniquely blessed with that lead me to to my purpose in life. I am committed to doing something I love in something I was born to do. I do not wait for someone to hand me the life I want to live. I go out and create it on my own. My passion for what I do gives me a competitive advantage over those who don't have the same level of passion. I zap negative thoughts and focus on the positive. I find opportunities in every obstacle. Life is good. I am grateful for all the wonderful blessings of my life and that's today's plus one. Let's love what we do and attack each day with joy and enthusiasm. Day 1 All in with joy and enthusiasm. I say let's go hero.

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