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118. How To Develop A Growth Mindset

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
27
Nov
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45:10
What does it mean to have a growth mindset? You must believe that you most basic abilities can be developed through dedication and hard work—brains and talent are just the starting point. Having this view creates a love of learning and a resilience that is essential for great accomplishment. Below are 10 strategies to develop…
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117. How To Make The Most Of Setbacks

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
20
Nov
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01:08:35
MAKE THE MOST OF SETBACKS E (event) + R (response) = O (outcome) The basic idea is that every outcome you experience in life (whether it is success or failure, wealth or poverty, health or illness, intimacy or estrangement, joy or frustration) is the result of how you have responded to an earlier event or…
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116. A BASKETBALL LIFE ft. Ruthie Bolton

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13
Nov
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58:54
Alice Ruth "Ruthie" Bolton (born May 25, 1967), known as Ruthie Bolton, is an American former professional women's basketball player. Born in Lucedale, Mississippi, she played at the collegiate, Olympic and professional levels of women's basketball. Bolton played in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 through 2004 with the Sacramento Monarchs. She played…
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115. How To Overcome Adversity (A Conversation For Sports-Parents)

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
06
Nov
How To Overcome Adversity   Travis Daugherty explains in his book, THE LENS that the ability to overcome adversity is a hidden talent. He further explains that the ability to overcome adversity can be taught, developed, and cultivated in a student-athlete. Listen in as we supply the sports parent with answers to help their student-athlete…
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114. What Is FEAR?

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
30
Oct
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47:49
WHAT IS FEAR? DEALING WITH YOUR FEARS Fear keeps us focused on the past or worried about the future. If we can acknowledge our fear, we can realize that we are okay. - Thich Nhat Hanh  FEAR - NOUN: FEAR; PLURAL NOUN: FEARS  1. an unpleasant emotion caused by the belief that someone or something…
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113. WHAT IS A SUPERSTAR?

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
22
Oct
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39:05
There's an exercise where we say SUPERSTAR. Those that wanna do the exercise, we're gonna say SUPERSTAR to ourselves without opening our mouths, without saying anything out loud. We're gonna say this to ourselves. We're gonna say SUPERSTAR to ourselves. Don't say it out loud at the count of three. One, two, three… Okay. Now…
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112. A BASKETBALL LIFE ft. Ryant Diew

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
16
Oct
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37:35
The Warriors rep the entire Bay Area, but on a visceral, emotional level very much belong to Oakland. From Mosswood in the east to DeFremery Park in the west, where basketball greats Bill Russell, K.C. Jones and Paul Silas plied their trade 60 years ago, from the ground floor of playground hero-worship to Oracle Arena…
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111. A BASKETBALL LIFE ft. N’DEA FLYE

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
09
Oct
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28:31
N'Dea Flye discusses her first year basketball experience at University of New Mexico. In the this conversation, she expounds on: Communication between coach and athlete Advice for young female basketball athletes Pros & Cons of collegiate basketball life Her training/coach relation with Leland Johnson Why she decided to transfer Who's recruiting her now Future basketball…
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110. A Road Map For Your Life Mission ft. Daniel Goodenough

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
04
Oct
A proper mission statement doesn't require that we pursue any single career or hobby or activity but rather is conceptually broad enough that any number of strategies would enable us to accomplish it. Yet it can also be narrow enough that it feels like the single most important thing we could spend our lives doing.…
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109. Oakland Basketball Culture ft. Dwayne Adams

Posted on by DeShawn Fontleroy
02
Oct
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31:34
Dwayne Adams breaks down an extraordinarily diverse city with a storied history, and a long tradition of political and social justice activism. Oakland is also a city of contradictions: It's both loud and tranquil, crowded and desolate, beautiful and gritty. The grit that's ingrained in what's affectionately known as the "Town", has produced some of…
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