Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Gimme 3 Steps, Gimme 3 Steps Baby

'Gimme three steps, gimme three steps baby...

Lynyrd Skynyrd

You are just 3 steps away from becoming a blazing
success at shooting, business, relationships, spiritual
growth or whatever you want to accomplish.

According to Napoleon Hill who interviewed 100's
of successful people from all walks of life to write
'Think And Grow Rich' in the 30's all
accomplishment starts with 'desire', burning desire.

The intensity of your desire governs how big of an
obstacle you can overcome. If you have a desire of
40 out of 100, for instance and you come up against
a blockage that's a 55 things won't go well with you.
If you have a desire that's a 100 though, look out
world because you'll probably be unstoppable.

From Al Diaz author of 'The Only Option' I get your
2nd step which is for you 'require'. Require what you
desire.

That means you lay claim to it, take ownership, take
responsibility, and demand that it happen. And that's
a mental & emotional demand.

The first 2 steps are internal. They involve mind, will,
emotions, attitude, expectations, and faith. The third
step though is all about action, and the word to
remember is 'acquire'. That's where you make plans,
and put them into effect.

So remember Desire, Require, and Acquire.

And don't forget you can always prime the pump and
get things started. You can build desire by allowing
yourself to dream.

That's what Coach Tom Nordland did about 10 years
ago. He had a dream of helping young and old become
masters of shooting hoops, and using himself as a
guinea pig he figured out the key ingredients to
shooting and published that as the Swish Method
seven years ago.

He continued to teach, put more stuff together, and
refine his methods over the years though till last
year he felt he had doubled his knowledge and
needed to come out with Swish 2.

It's twice as long, filled with twice as much
information, has twice as many drills and exercises,
and it will probably propel you to shooting greatness
twice as fast.

See for yourself by finding out more today at:

http://www.deandelker.com/swish2.html

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Red Auerbach has been the consumate Coach,
General Manager, or President of the Boston
Celtics for most of my lifetime. He and his teams
and his players have inspired my life in hundreds
of ways.

From the biographies I've read, Red was that rare
blend of toughness and compassion. He loved
basketball and he loved people. He might have
been the game's greatest ambassador. We've lost a
great one, but I believe we'll see him again.

Make Every Shot Count

Copyright 2006
Delker Enterprises, Inc.

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Monday, September 11, 2006

The Fire That Doesn't Consume

It's getting close to basketball season again, and
today I was reminiscing about my high school
days. Holy Name Catholic High School in
Henderson, Kentucky was a tiny school. There
were 41 in my senior class.

In those days in sports there was no such thing as
classifications. You played everybody, and we had
success far beyond what anyone could have
expected in most years. And it all started with a
gym that was one of the biggest and best in our
region. That included schools with 10 - 15 times
our enrollment.

How was that possible?

Through a burning desire to win.

As a private school we were willing to invest in
ourselves so we could play with the big boys. We
believed in our school, our coaches, our players.
It's what we called in those days "school spirit",
which really was a "winning spirit". We wanted to
win, and we were willing to do what it took for
that to happen.

In the first part of the 20th century Andrew
Carnegie commissioned a young man named
Napolean Hill to interview hundreds of successful
people from all walks of life to find the common
elements of success.

Mr. Hill wrote a book about his findings called
"Think And Grow Rich" which has become a
self-help classic. It is a great read, and contrary
to popular belief it applies to much more than
money. It's about riches of all kinds.

And Napolean Hill says the starting point for all
achievement is having a burning desire. That's
where the "winning spirit" get's it's fuel.

Have you ever thought about your passions and
your burning desires? If not, make some time
this week to do that.

If one is to be a great shooter I'm very excited
about your future. You have the right stuff. If
you learn how to keep feeding that fire you'll
shoot with the stars.

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Just as you invest time in practicing your shot,
don't forget to feed the fire by build up your shooting
IQ too. A great way to do that is with Coach Tom
Nordlands's comprehensive double length Swish 2
DVD. It's a true bargain at:

http://www.deandelker.com/swish2.html

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

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