Discipline is practicing how to behave under imperfect conditions

Ope! Another one.

X gon’ give it to ya

’27 #LorasCollege commit SS Adrian Ochoa (IL) stays back on this breaking ball and drives it with authority into the RCF gap for an RBI triple. Balanced swing with good barrel control throughout. @canes_illinois #MWChampsCup

27’ to watch. Great work ethic! Can only speak highly of Denis. Kids been putting in the work. BIG HS season coming…

2027’ SS/2B utility Elk Grove highschool Got the win 8-0 1-2 1B 2SB with a BB @ITBMarucci @GrensBaseball @jeremy_conforti

Savage. Not Average.

Change something because it stops working. Not because "you're bored".

Spoke to | Texted with over a dozen coaches so far today ✅D1 | D2 | D3 | D1 Juco Notes: Want athletes, dogs, high iq guys. Physicality matters! Transcript available immediately matters Hard 90 mentality Get to 2B on a deep ez pop up to RCF mentality Hustles on to the field between innings (seriously they look at this) If they show up late to a game to see you and your 0-3, they want your body language to appear like your 3-3 A good teammate - fist bumps / handshakes with your boys / celebrate others success Takes between innings warmup pitches seriously Shows a legit knowledge of warming up pre game and warming down post game How you wear your uniform How you interact with your coaches How you interact with the other team during the post game handshake Catchers - your interactions with the umpire matter SO MUCH MORE than how hard you throw and how hard you hit the ball @OTRSports_

Third Game of the Fall went 2/3 2B 1SB 1BB @LancerBaseball2 @HeathCummings5

People don’t yell at people that they don’t care about They ignore them If a coach is yelling at you, it’s a good thing not a bad thing

Don’t think anyone really cares about what you used to do or how good you used to be or what you accomplished in the past. The only real metric that matters is what you do now and whether you follow through with what you say you’re going to do.

Failure isn't a "death sentence", it's information and data.

I've listened to the same podcasts, same audio books and read the same books multiple times and each time I find a new nugget of gold... sometimes you need multiple reps because your brain isn't ready to translate the data the first go-round

Home run in Second Game of the Fall today - 2/3 Hr 1BB @LancerBaseball2 @HeathCummings5

A really good mindframe shift that I heard recently on a podcast was, “but did you move mountains?” Most of us have never moved mountains for what we want.

I think all HS and College students should spend 1-2 years in some type of customer service based business for a multitude of reasons. The one that stands out most is realizing that most "adults" in this world are actually just physically grown children.

One of my favorite aspects of being a coach is convincing an athlete that they can do astronomically better than whatever effort they just did, they “try” and it happens. Then you get to watch the “light upstairs” come on and it’s game over. They just leveled up.

Today’s Labor Day but if you have an inkling of a goal, today’s not a day to take off. I’m not saying you need to put in a full 8 hours or whatever your equivalent may be, but frame your mind like this: You’re behind. You just are. So pick your 2-3 critical tasks that will 100% move the needle forward today. Could be 8 hours, could be 30 mins of focused work. Go get it done. It’s worth it.

I’m realizing I’m very good at staying busy. There’s always something to build, fix, answer, improve or work on. Go go go go go. The problem with constantly occupying your mind is you never really find out what’s waiting for you when everything gets quiet. I’m finding out. Some of it fucking sucks.

It took me 3 tries to actually start my walk yesterday. Which is weird, because I knew two things: I’m supposed to do it. And I’m going to do it. There was zero chance I was letting the day end without that walk. But my brain still tried to negotiate. Grab a snack. Have a coffee. Organize some tools. Start in 20 minutes. Anything to push the discomfort off a little longer. That’s the part of discipline we don’t talk about enough: You can become disciplined and still not want to do the thing. Eventually, you just stop giving yourself a vote. For me, this walk is one of those daily actions that inches me toward the person I’m trying to become. Not some finish line. The finish line keeps moving. Your goals evolve. Your dreams get bigger. What you want changes as you grow. That’s where aggressive patience comes in. Be patient enough to understand what you’re building might take years. Be aggressive enough to take another step toward it today. I heard something on my walk that stuck with me: If you take the step, you might get where you want to go. If you don’t, you definitely won’t. So what are we actually afraid of when we’re afraid to go all in? One of the outcomes we fear is ending up exactly where we already are. And we’ve already proven we can survive here. None of these are profound ideas I invented. I’m listening to people farther down the path and trying to understand their lessons well enough to actually use them. I don’t need another quote saved on my phone. Motivation comes and goes. Application is what matters. Take the idea. Use it. Fail at it. Learn. Use it again. Nobody does that perfectly. It took me 3 tries to start my walk yesterday . But I started.