Do Thanksgiving Right

Have you read any of the Richard Marcinko Rogue
Warrior books? Marcinko is a tough-as-nails retired
Navy Seal team leader who writes semi-fictional
accounts of missions he and his teams could have
been involved in. I have no idea what is fiction and
what is real, but it sure makes an exciting read.

I was reading last night the Rogue Warrior's Ten
Commandments of Special Ops. And number six
goes like this:

"Thou hast not to like it - thou hast just to do it".

Happy Thanksgiving to those who live in the USA.
But everybody else doesn't have to get left out.
You too can be as happy as you want to be. All
you have to do is give thanks. You don't even
have to like it. You just have to do it, and if you
do you will find yourself growing more thankful
and even feeling more thankful.

I'm convinced happiness and thanksgiving are so
closely joined they can't be separated. Show me
an unhappy person, and I'll show you someone
who is also ungrateful. Someone who does not
count their blessings. Someone who doesn't
appreciate what they have.

Whether you're shooting hoops, building a
business, parenting a family, going to school or
even trying out for American Idol you are doing
it all because you believe it will make you happy.

Am I right?

Nothing wrong with that, but believe me when I
tell you - cultivating an attitude of thankfullness
and gratitude is the quickest way I've ever seen
to make yourself happy.

Today is a good day to start putting that into
practice. You could keep a gratitude journal and
write in it every night before going to sleep. Then
in the morning mentally run through a list of what
you are am grateful for.

Try it. You'll find a happy shooter is a better
shooter.

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. One of the things I'm most grateful for in
this life is the opportunity to touch your lives
through this e-letter and deandelker.com.

I hope you will find much to be thankful for as
you spend this day with your family and
friends.

Oh, by the way. Another gift I find myself
continually being thankful for is music. If
you've been the least bit curious about
classical music and the benefits it can have on
your body and soul my friend Tania Gabrielle
French wants to teach you and help you
experience a calming, uplifting musical
cleansing. It's good for what ails you, and it's
available today (and tomorrow after you've
recovered from your holiday) at:

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

And a big thanks to all of youl.

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

How To Get The Most Out Of Your Workouts

Do you know how to get the most out of your
workout?

You may not believe me now because it goes
gainst common practice, but it's not by listening to
hard driving, fast-paced music.

My friend Tania explains it this way:

Fast pumping music will raise your heartbeat,
adrenaline, and stress hormones artificially
which nobody needs. And it will make it next to
impossible to do quality, deep, controlled
breathing.

It will also rev up your brain and make it harder
to focus, concentrate, and center on what your
body is doing.

Mindless movement to mindless music
will dumb you down.

And when its the mental game that separates
champions from pretenders, don't you want your
mind to get sharper every workout not duller?

In contrast, slow, controlled, high frequency music
will relax you and allow you to breathe more deeply
and concentrate more fully. You will be more in
touch with your body, feel more together, and get
the most out of your training in both body and
mind.

Try listening to classical music for a change and
even better learn more about how to reach peak
performance from Tania today at:

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

Shoot For The Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. Tania and I have a coach who understands
aligning mind and body through exercise. Matt
Furey is his name and his conditioning program
develops grace, mental power, functional strength,
toughness, and stamina like nothing else I've ever
tried.

Give a look see, and you're sure to find something
you need to take your fitness to the next level at:

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