I'd Give My Right Arm For...

My friend Clayton Haslop who is a world-class
violinist told me this little story the other day.

Fritz Kreisler was a legendary Austrian violinist
and composer, one of the most famous of his day
(1965-1962). At the height of his popularity a
woman came backstage after one of his concerts
and enthusiastically gushed at him.

'Sir, I'd give my life to play like that.'

Kreisler responded simply, 'Madam, I did.'

It's true. There's no way around it. If you want to
be one of the greatest of all time at anything, you
WILL devote your life to it. Not forever, but as
long as you want to stay at the top and your body
and soul cooperate. Ask Michael Jordan. Ask
Picasso. Ask Jerry Rice. Ask Wayne Gretsky. Ask
Walter Payton and Emmitt Smith. Ask Larry Bird.

If you want to be among the best shooters on the
planet it's going to take single-minded dedication.

If, however, you want to derive personal pleasure,
a feeling of accomplishment, and personal growth
from playing basketball and especially shooting,
you can give less. And don't feel guilty about that.
Those are all worthy pursuits, and your training
will put you in great stead in any other field you
enter.

Learning to shoot is learning to hit targets.
Learning to hit targets is a learning to hit goals.
And training like that goes to the core of who we
are. It is priceless.

Dr. Maxwell Maltz pointed this out in 'Psycho-
Cybernetics' his classical book on the workings the
mind, success, achievement, and happiness.
When we learn how to work with the internal
tools we've been given by the Creator life WORKS,
and it's not a struggle. In fact, one of the key themes
running through Dr. Maltz' stuff is how what was
once hard can be made easy.

If you want to learn how to find the 'Easy'
button in your life you would do well to study any
of Dr. Maltz' works. There is a new version of the
original book out which I really like. It's updated
and edited by noted direct marketing ace, speaker,
and business coach Dan Kennedy, and it's called,
'The New Psycho-Cybernetics'.

But if you are really serious about wanting to get
the most out of your life there is a 12 week course
in a massive workbook and CD format which gives
you the most comprehensive exposure to what Dr.
Maltz has put in print or the spoken word.

Shoot For the Stars,

Dean - The Dean of Shooting Hoops

P.S. In the 60's Coach Stan Kellner read Psycho-
Cybernetics, and ever since he's been putting it's
powerful ideas in play on the basketball court.
If you want the easy way to take your shooting
to the next level there's nothing else out there
like Stan's "Prime-Time Shooting Machine" DVD.

Give it a spin today unless you don't mind getting
left in somebody else's dust.

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

Copyright 2006 Delker Enterprises, Inc.

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.