Don't Be Common

Napoleon Hill tells the story about a little old lady
who entered a furniture store on a rainy day. Most
of the salespeople wrote her off as someone just
escaping from the rain, but one wet-behind-the-
ears salesman went out of his way to be helpful to
the lady. He failed to make a sale, and became the
brunt of much kidding by the seasoned old pros,
but not long after -

Billionaire Andrew Carnegie contacted the store and
insisted that particular salesman be sent to Scotland
to take orders for new furnishings for the Carnegie
family castle.

That little old lady had been Carnegie's mother. And
by going the extra mile and extending true customer
service to someone who didn't begin to look like a
customer this salesman became an overnight sales
superstar.

Yesterday was my brother-in-law John's birthday
and a mutual friend of ours gave him a 5 big boxes of
old baseball cards. Excuse me, they call them sports
cards today. The boxes were full of baseball, football,
and basketball cards, and John will be in hog-heaven
going through all them. Best birthday gift he got.

One of the first things you notice in a box of cards
though is how many "commons" there are. Commons
are your everyday, journeyman players. Not the
all-stars or the money cards.

Now believe me, if you saw most of these "commons"
in your home gym or on your home field you'd be
impressed with their talent. I have much respect for
them. They've worked hard, and they play at an elite
level, but in the card collecting world they're all on
about the same level. Nickel and dimer's.

Now's the time to start thinking what kind of sports
card you'd want your name to be on.

If you want to be ordinary then just practice shooting
when you feel like it, watch a lot of TV, play a lot of
video games, and coast on your natural talent.

But, if you want to be extraordinary, if you want to
be uncommon, if you want to be super you'll
undoubtedly have to go the extra mile.

You have to make the quality decision, but once you
do there are tons of resources to help you on your
quest.

I've just begun to scratch the surface on my website
so keep tuned, but I believe the best starting point is
Stan Kellner's "How To Be A Prime-Time Shooting
Machine" DVD.

Its unique emphasis on the mental game will
supercharge what you already know about shooting
and prepare you for deeper learning in the future.
Get on board today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/kellner_order.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

http://www.deandelker.com/

P.S. Both Tom Nordland's and Hal Wissel's new
shooting DVD's will help you with drills and
practicing shooting fundamentals. You can never
learn too much. It's time to catch the wave today
at:

http://www.deandelker.com/products.html