I have just listened to two podcasts done by Olaniyi Sobomehin (@niyisobo). He is an ex-NFL RB for the New Orlean Saints. His brand imnotyou.com speaks directly to the young and the competitive who are looking to take their game and life to the next level. Both podcasts were unique in their own way since one was from the Youth Soccer Evolution podcast and the other was from the Conquering Manhood podcast. But in the end both podcasts put forth the same general message. That message was that you need to decide what you want to do and go out and do it. Set goals and conquer those goals each day, don't go in it halfway. If you want to achieve anything, set your mind to it and go out and achieve it. He followed what he called the BEAR acronym. B was for beliefs, you need to believe in yourself, in your ability, in the ability to achieve something as long as you set your mind to it and go out and work for it each and every day. Belief leads into the E for Emotions, and once you feel a certain way it leads into the A and that is for what kind of Action you take in order to achieve your beliefs. And whether you are taking good action is what will lead to the R for Results. So if you are not achieving results you really have to start from the bottom with your beliefs. Your beliefs will unlock your full potential if you can believe that you can achieve anything.
One of the things that he does with his athletes is ask them to envision that they are in a confession and then ask them "what is holding you back from achieving your results, or why don't you have the results that you want?" And you will have to get them to be completely honest with themselves. And you may get answers like "I'm not fast enough, I'm not motivated, I have too much pressure" and if they are completely honest then you will find all of their beliefs about why they are not achieving their results. They need to change those beliefs into things like, as long as I do something every day in order to better myself in that, I will eventually be able to achieve that. Some people will believe that they cannot do things just because people have told them that they are a certain way, or cannot do something.
If you want to be successful and dominate you need to ask yourself two questions. "What do I want?" and "How do I get it?"
If you think you have limitations like you are too short, too small, too fat, not fast enough, not smart enough, then those beliefs will crush you. You need to believe that there is no limitation, that you have all the resources necessary to achieve your goals. Don't let anyone tell you that your dream is too big, they don't know what you are capable of when you believe you can do something. Change your beliefs from limitations to motivations that empower you. Start believing in yourself every day.
Olaniyi starts his day with a Morning Mastery, this is on his website. You can follow something like this to start your day off right or create your own morning routine that will get you pumped up for the day.
Take every opportunity to become better and optimize it. If you're an athlete, then go to every practice, every game with the intent to do your absolute best. You need to bring the same intensity to every practice that you want to show in a game. Identify the feeling that you need to have the best practice of your life. You might want to feel "unstoppable, focused, highly energetic, optimistic". Once you know this do 3 things before practice. Ask yourself "If I was already feeling these feelings, what would I look like?", then you stand like that, put on that facial expression, etc. Then ask yourself "If I was feeling like this what would I be thinking about?", then start thinking about things that you would be thinking about if you were unstoppable, maybe you are taking on a defender, scoring a goal, making a great tackle, laughing and having a great time with my teammates etc. Then ask yourself "If I was feeling like this what kind of language would I use?" and start using language and words that empower you like I'm gonna kill it out here, nobody can stop me, I'm gonna rock this workout etc. Even if you're feeling tired and you didn't get much sleep the night before, get yourself psyched up by using this, start focusing on the things that are going to go right.
This can go into any area in life. If you feel scared and nervous about a big test, then start using self-talk, and tell yourself that you are going to kill it on the test, the answers are going to come to you at the right time, you've studied for this, you know this.
Olaniyi is very motivational. He is an online coach as well so if you really wanted his services then go to his website imnotyou.com and register to sign up. Beware though, he doesn't just take anyone. He only wants to train people that want to become professional athletes, not people that will settle for being mediocre.
I highly advise listening to these podcasts for athletes, parents, coaches, and teachers.
One of the things that he does with his athletes is ask them to envision that they are in a confession and then ask them "what is holding you back from achieving your results, or why don't you have the results that you want?" And you will have to get them to be completely honest with themselves. And you may get answers like "I'm not fast enough, I'm not motivated, I have too much pressure" and if they are completely honest then you will find all of their beliefs about why they are not achieving their results. They need to change those beliefs into things like, as long as I do something every day in order to better myself in that, I will eventually be able to achieve that. Some people will believe that they cannot do things just because people have told them that they are a certain way, or cannot do something.
If you want to be successful and dominate you need to ask yourself two questions. "What do I want?" and "How do I get it?"
If you think you have limitations like you are too short, too small, too fat, not fast enough, not smart enough, then those beliefs will crush you. You need to believe that there is no limitation, that you have all the resources necessary to achieve your goals. Don't let anyone tell you that your dream is too big, they don't know what you are capable of when you believe you can do something. Change your beliefs from limitations to motivations that empower you. Start believing in yourself every day.
Olaniyi starts his day with a Morning Mastery, this is on his website. You can follow something like this to start your day off right or create your own morning routine that will get you pumped up for the day.
Take every opportunity to become better and optimize it. If you're an athlete, then go to every practice, every game with the intent to do your absolute best. You need to bring the same intensity to every practice that you want to show in a game. Identify the feeling that you need to have the best practice of your life. You might want to feel "unstoppable, focused, highly energetic, optimistic". Once you know this do 3 things before practice. Ask yourself "If I was already feeling these feelings, what would I look like?", then you stand like that, put on that facial expression, etc. Then ask yourself "If I was feeling like this what would I be thinking about?", then start thinking about things that you would be thinking about if you were unstoppable, maybe you are taking on a defender, scoring a goal, making a great tackle, laughing and having a great time with my teammates etc. Then ask yourself "If I was feeling like this what kind of language would I use?" and start using language and words that empower you like I'm gonna kill it out here, nobody can stop me, I'm gonna rock this workout etc. Even if you're feeling tired and you didn't get much sleep the night before, get yourself psyched up by using this, start focusing on the things that are going to go right.
This can go into any area in life. If you feel scared and nervous about a big test, then start using self-talk, and tell yourself that you are going to kill it on the test, the answers are going to come to you at the right time, you've studied for this, you know this.
Olaniyi is very motivational. He is an online coach as well so if you really wanted his services then go to his website imnotyou.com and register to sign up. Beware though, he doesn't just take anyone. He only wants to train people that want to become professional athletes, not people that will settle for being mediocre.
I highly advise listening to these podcasts for athletes, parents, coaches, and teachers.