How Tips from a Major League Pitching Coach Help You Set Goals
The following is an excerpt from ‘Chapter 7: Reframing from Failure to a Learning Moment’ within Crunch Time: How to Be Your Best When It Matters Most, being released on January 23, 2017.
So How are those New Year's Resolutions Going?
You’ve likely read the dismal statistics when it comes to keeping New Year’s resolutions (surveys show only 8% of people keep their resolutions). While there may be some initial excitement or motivation by creating a lofty goal for the year, this excitement is often quickly replaced by anxiety.
A Better Approach to Goal-Setting
Let me share with you a different and better approach I learned from Rick Peterson, former Major League Baseball pitching coach with the New York Mets, Milwaukee Brewers as well as the Oakland A’s of Moneyball fame.