Keep The Goal In Mind

Click Here to watch Jeff Tarango's bizarre Wimbledon meltdown. The champions never forget where their best interests lie. While the winners do not consciously focus on their ultimate goals at all times, they never lose track, at some lower level of consciousness, of what they are trying to accomplish - the object of the game, so to speak. The losers, by contrast, often seem mindless of their own best interests. The champions rarely do anything that does not help them win, while the losers often do, a tendency, as usual, driven by the fear of failure. In fact, the "Golden Rule" for anyone working towards becoming a champion is to test any action before taking it with the question, "Will this help me win the match?" If the answer is not yes, don't do it. Meltdown A truly bizarre example of what can happen when one does not apply this test was provided by Jeff Tarango, a 26-year-old American, at Wimbledon in 1996. Tarango had never before won a match at Wimbledon. But this year he was in the third round and had an excellent chance of getting to the round of 16 because he was playing Alexander Mronz of...