Relentless Success (eBook)

Todd Stottlemyre (Autor)

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2017 | 1. Auflage
100 Seiten
Made for Success Publishing (Verlag)
9781613398906 (ISBN)

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When pursuing major-league achievements, you are going to face extreme pressure. With a system in place to combat these pressures head-on, success is inevitable.Pave the way to your success through this nine-part system influenced by peak performance coaches for elite athletes. By adopting this system for seizing your big opportunity, you're sure to stay ahead of the curve in your pursuit of excellence.Narrated by author, Todd Stottlemyre, Relentless Success unfolds the process that will change your life forever. No person, thing, or circumstance will ever hold you back again. Never again will you lack the knowledge to accomplish your goals. When you marry your work ethic to this success process is the day you will discover the champion that lives inside of you. Nothing is impossible, it just hasn't been done yet.Take action now, your road to greatness starts right here.

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INTRODUCTION TO LIVING WORLD CLASS

I WAS BORN the son of a Major League Baseball player. I was not born a major leaguer; that part was up to me. Growing up in Yankee Stadium where my father, Mel Stottlemyre, was a three-time, 20 game winner and a five-time All-Star for the New York Yankees, inspired me to dream big. I wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps and play Major League Baseball. My dream became a goal and turned into an obsession. I believed 100% that I was going to live out my dream. I fought against everything that tried to derail me. I never relented to the external pressures or opinions of others. I found that in every small and big success, the process was the same; get in the zone, reach my peak performance and live world-class. These terms became a part of who I am so let me define them for you:

In the Zone

The term “In the Zone” gets thrown around a lot, but for me it is a wholehearted pursuit toward a single, clear goal / task. All distractions are ignored in the zone. Every ounce of mental, physical, emotional, and intellectual strength and energy is 100% dedicated to the task at hand. Any distraction threatening any of these areas must be removed. When you are fully In The Zone, the world is completely silent. Every sense is heightened and tuned towards the task. The Zone is a place of extreme focus.

Peak Performance

Peak Performance is when you are as close to human potential as possible. You are performing at the top of your craft, setting the standards, exceeding expectations, and going beyond what you had believed was possible. My Peak Performance method, covered in this book, is a 9-step process of discipline, principles, and action that will get you to your Peak Performance. When you are at Peak Performance, you experience the immeasurable thrill of feeling and believing that anything you dream of can and will be accomplished.

Living World Class

Living World Class is the light at the end of the tunnel in your life’s pursuits. It is living to the highest standard of life that you have set and desired for yourself. It is living at the top of YOUR game, not somebody else’s. We each have unique dreams and levels of success we want to achieve to be living OUR personal world-class lives. Living World Class might look different for each person.

Here’s how those three concepts interacted in my successes: First, I learned how to be fully in the zone. When I was in the zone, the relentless focus and wholehearted pursuit of my clear vision would allow me to push aside all distractions. With the world around me silenced, I had the discipline and determination needed to work the 9 steps I had developed which empowered me to reach the peak performance of my craft. When I was performing at my peak and dedicated to my success, I began living world class. I was able to accomplish all that I had set before me and began to make new goals and craft new dreams that would take me even further.

The vision of becoming a Major League Baseball player was so clear that even during the toughest of times, I could “smell the hot dogs in the ballpark”. In 1985 my goal became a reality when I was drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays in the first round! People who make big goals live big lives. You have to first envision what you want and then make it a goal. Actually write it down! You have one life to live; if you want to live it world class, you HAVE to start by getting in the zone.

It’s amazing how life-changing a short amount of time can be when you are fully in the zone. For me, it was 12 consecutive hours of being in the zone with a trusted mentor who permanently changed the trajectory of my life. At the end of our 12 hours I was issued a challenge: For seven days, my mentor challenged me to be aware of my emotions and recognize the challenges that each day brought. I needed to stay in control of my mind and emotions for each challenge I faced. Previously, I had a bad habit of allowing my emotions to control me, but for that one week, to be in my zone I purposed to pay attention to my emotions and reestablish my control over them.

The ultimate test of this life-changing challenge came on a night that began as a celebratory evening with my friend Dave Stewart. His mentorship was so invaluable in both my personal life and my career. Dave was my role-model, mentor, teammate, and friend. We both arrived at the 1994 spring training at the same time, a few days earlier than the start date. Since we had been in contact throughout the off-season and he had quickly become my good friend, I invited him to dinner to celebrate his 37th birthday. I hired a limousine and booked a dinner at a five-star restaurant in Tampa Florida. I wanted to show Dave how much I appreciated him. We got off to a late start that night, not getting to dinner until after 9 p.m. One of my buddies who owned a law firm was also in Tampa that night, so we agreed to meet up after dinner and have a drink. It was a great night; we had a great dinner, and I was spending time with my mentor. We laughed, told stories, and talked a lot about our goals for the upcoming season. We were excited for spring training to start. After Dave and I met my friends for a drink, we jumped back into the limo to head home.

We decided to make one more stop on our way home. A nice bar to have a nightcap and Dave insisted on covering the charge to get in since I had covered the rest of the night to celebrate his birthday. I agreed and said I would go in and get a table while he was getting out arranging to cover the door charge for our group. Right as I was grabbing a table, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned to see Dave’s friend who informed me that they wouldn’t let Dave inside. I headed for the door to see what was going on and Dave was nowhere in sight. As I walked outside, I saw Dave about thirty yards away standing on the sidewalk with three guys standing around him.

“Is everything ok?” I yelled over to Dave as I headed in his direction. He didn’t respond. At this point, I knew something wasn’t right. As I was walking towards Dave, there were police officers arriving on the scene, it seemed by the dozens. The night went from celebratory to out of control in a matter of seconds.

“Get back!” an officer yelled at me as he cut off my path to Dave.

“I was just getting my buddy and we were leaving” I replied calmly.

“It’s too late for him!” the officer shouted in my face, clearly hyped up and overreacting to the situation. He pushed me backward and my hands went up to let him know that I was not there to cause problems. As my hands went up, I was taken down from behind by another officer. I was now lying on the street face down. I had no idea what was going on with Dave. I had several officers on top of me trying to get me in handcuffs. I was face down with my arms outstretched. Then my left arm was ripped behind my back.

“Give us your right arm!” They screamed at me.

The rough pavement burned against my face as they grabbed my hair from behind and slammed my head into the pavement repeatedly. They were completely out of control, acting like they were in a war zone. I stayed calm, able to find the zone, keeping my emotions under control and not reacting with my usual tendency to fight back. I was also protecting my right arm, however, knowing that any damage could harm the way I made a living.

As I tried to push more into the zone and silence the chaos around me, I was jolted by a strong punch to my ribs. The officers had pulled out their metal clubs and were repeatedly beating me on my side trying to get me to roll over. The officers were slamming my forehead against the pavement and taking batting practice on my ribs. I was taking a beating in public on the streets of Tampa! They ripped my right arm behind my back and cuffed me. However, before sitting me in the back of the police car, they took one final blow and slammed my head against the car. I had no idea what was going on, but there I was, after what started out as a perfect night with my mentor, handcuffed in the back of a cop car. My shoulder ached as my pitching arm was tightly cuffed behind my back, warm blood dripping down my face after being smashed into the pavement and the side of car.

“What happened?” I asked the officer in the driver seat.

“I don’t know,” he replied.

“Why am I in the back of your car?” I continued, my hazy mind catching up to the shock my body was experiencing from the brutality.

“I don’t know,” he repeated.

Well I didn’t know either! I didn’t know where Dave was and didn’t know why I was in the back of a police car. But I did know that I had received a beating by some cops that were out of control, and that I had chosen not to fight back. Which of course was contrary to my normal mode of operation. A sense of relief washed over me as I realized I had won the ultimate challenge; I stayed in the zone, controlled my emotions and didn’t retaliate! The officer driving the car didn’t take me to the police station. He took me to a building in the middle of nowhere and locked me in a cage. It looked as if we were in an old school building. The cage was so small I couldn’t even stand all the way up, and my elbows were touching either side of the cage while my hands were still tightly cuffed behind me. I felt like an animal being caged and taunted. That’s when I saw Dave in the cage next to mine.

“What in the hell happened out there Dave?”

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Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.7.2017
• Vorwort: Bill Foote
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Beruf / Finanzen / Recht / Wirtschaft ► Bewerbung / Karriere
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Lebenshilfe / Lebensführung
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
• ISBN-13: 9781613398906 / 9781613398906