Wrestling Mindset (www.wrestlingmindset.com), developed by Gene and Jeff Zannetti, recently shared their “7 Cardinal Sins of Mindset in Wrestling”. Since I believe wrestling has countless life-lessons to offer, I want to share these here as a brief series. The first of these is:
Indifference/Apathy. According to Wrestling Mindset, “there is no room for half-hearted intensity in this sport.” I would add “and life”.
With all the divisiveness plaguing this nation, I think I might prefer misdirected passion to indifference. Aaron Tippin sang: “you’ve got to stand for something or you’ll fall for anything. We must stand for our values and, to do so, we must value something.
One can accomplish little, if anything, with a half-hearted effort. One-hundred percent 100% of the time!
Zig Ziglar wrote: “When you catch a glimpse of your potential, that’s when passion is born.”
Dan Gable taught us: “The easiest thing to do in the world is pull the covers up over your head and go back to sleep.”
We can’t go through life with half-hearted intensity and be (extra)ordinary. We must be all in to win.
Be your best today; be better tomorrow!
Carpe momento!