Denis Waitley

We do things the same way because it's comfortable.

Dennis Waitley, who coached and mentored Olympic athletes, says it's dangerous to live by rules.

He says you end up in a rut and you feel you can never break through into something new and different.

There are risks involved.

And, um, with that, uh, I went through this whole process of visualization, positive self-affirmations.

I got into a lot of the mental coaching from the psychology winning with the Dr. Dennis Waitley.

And I was able to apply a lot of these things in my athletic career that ultimately helped me flying jets later in life, you know, most particularly also, you know, playing professional athletics.

So it was that loss.

I can't tell you how many times I listen to this.

And Brian Tracy and Dennis Waitley and all these guys were the guys that Kyle was managing, producing, promoting.

And I thought, oh, my gosh, I can't believe Kyle.

So I sent him a friend request and he accepted.

It's quite often linked to that organization.

Dennis Waitley, he was like an American motivational speaker, and he was really probably one of the pioneers of personal development movement.

And he was quoted as saying, the greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.

Yep.

But that's a great idea.

Here is, I'm just going to read this kind of credit and cool thing, you know, that is said about this book by Dr. Dennis Waitley, who's, you know, has been a great, wrote the psychology of winning and time to win.

He said, time has gone forever.

One's spent forever.

And then shortly after, a few years after, combined with Franklin Quest, the Covey team gives a priceless... compass, and brilliant, timely directions based upon timeless truth.

As we navigate a world reeling in fast forward, first things first will last a lifetime.

Now, remember, this was published in 1994, and Dennis Waitley said, the world is reeling in fast forward.

Whatever it was then, you can think about what it is now.

This got me thinking about how coachable I was.

I decided to try hiring a coach for six months while still in school, someone who was part of a coaching program offered by Dennis Waitley.

When this offer came to me via postal mail, I thought, why not? That was a new and interesting experience for me.

We had weekly 30-minute calls, which were very conversational.

I mean, you may be shy of a Michael Jordan, you know, or some of the best performers, but I would think there's in their quietest moments, maybe even they do.

But for me, it was really helpful for me to listen to people like Dennis Waitley.

He was helpful to read Dale Carnegie.

He was helpful, Zig Ziglar, you know, and I just started to pollute my brain.