Comments on: Is Football Really Like Life? http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/ Stress Hardiness, Optimizing Stress, Being Fully Alive Sat, 13 Mar 2010 22:06:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Jean Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:26:34 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/#comment-1335 <strong>Todd</strong>, I'm not a football fan, but I was blown away by the Super Bowl. I always turn it on and essentially stop watching it once it becomes too one-sided. Instead I got hooked and was rooting for the Giants, too. But I think it takes more than belief. It takes talent and a lot of coercion from the coach. Would you be willing to give up your creativity and put yourself under the control of someone else? Judging from your post, <a href="http://www.wethechange.com/the-benefits-of-flexible-goal-setting/#more-290" rel="nofollow">The Benefits of Flexible Goal Setting</a>, your answer would be no. In your post you say you motivate yourself by setting lofty, exciting goals. "Be wary of the relentless pursuit of achieving your goals. This mindset can be detrimental and may blind you to bigger and better opportunities that present themselves." It seems to me that's just the opposite of the football approach, where you drill, drill, drill and keep pushing yourself within a more narrow mindset. So I don't see how football is like your life. :) Thanks for coming by! Todd,
I’m not a football fan, but I was blown away by the Super Bowl. I always turn it on and essentially stop watching it once it becomes too one-sided. Instead I got hooked and was rooting for the Giants, too. But I think it takes more than belief. It takes talent and a lot of coercion from the coach. Would you be willing to give up your creativity and put yourself under the control of someone else? Judging from your post, The Benefits of Flexible Goal Setting, your answer would be no. In your post you say you motivate yourself by setting lofty, exciting goals. “Be wary of the relentless pursuit of achieving your goals. This mindset can be detrimental and may blind you to bigger and better opportunities that present themselves.” It seems to me that’s just the opposite of the football approach, where you drill, drill, drill and keep pushing yourself within a more narrow mindset. So I don’t see how football is like your life.

:) Thanks for coming by!

]]> By: Todd http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 Todd Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:03:53 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/#comment-1333 Well, I am a HUGE Giant fan....and I have learned a lot the last 5 weeks about what a team can accomplish when they have belief, and play together. Yes, Football IS like life....I am not sure if I believed it before the SB, but now I DEF do... Todd Well, I am a HUGE Giant fan….and I have learned a lot the last 5 weeks about what a team can accomplish when they have belief, and play together.

Yes, Football IS like life….I am not sure if I believed it before the SB, but now I DEF do…
Todd

]]> By: Jean http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1268 Jean Mon, 04 Feb 2008 05:22:00 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/#comment-1268 <strong>bikehikebabe</strong>, :) Thanks for coming by and commenting. There's nothing wrong with competition, it's just not one of my main motivators. The reason I love the picture of the two kids competing is it shows that the urge for competition is a strong motivator for a lot of people. This site is about sharing our honest reactions so we understand ourselves and others better. I, too, love to see people happy. And not just people...I'm working with a dog at the local shelter now and it warms my heart to think of him smiling. He was scared when he was dumped there, and he acts as if he's been abused. Even though he knows me, he still will drop to the ground and cower if I move my hand too fast. When I first started giving him little massages he trusted me and accepted the touch, but he trembled while I was doing it. Now he loves them and asks for more. bikehikebabe,
:) Thanks for coming by and commenting. There’s nothing wrong with competition, it’s just not one of my main motivators. The reason I love the picture of the two kids competing is it shows that the urge for competition is a strong motivator for a lot of people. This site is about sharing our honest reactions so we understand ourselves and others better.

I, too, love to see people happy. And not just people…I’m working with a dog at the local shelter now and it warms my heart to think of him smiling. He was scared when he was dumped there, and he acts as if he’s been abused. Even though he knows me, he still will drop to the ground and cower if I move my hand too fast. When I first started giving him little massages he trusted me and accepted the touch, but he trembled while I was doing it. Now he loves them and asks for more.

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1266 bikehikebabe Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:09:19 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/#comment-1266 What motivates me? Anything that makes me strong. Things that make other people happy-especially my kids & grandkids. What motivates me? Anything that makes me strong. Things that make other people happy-especially my kids & grandkids.

]]> By: bikehikebabe http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 bikehikebabe Mon, 04 Feb 2008 02:04:33 +0000 http://stresstopower.com/blog/2008/02/03/is-football-really-like-life/#comment-1265 I don't like competition. I'd volley tennis balls but didn't feel good enough to play a game. I did compete biking. I'd train by myself so that I'd do well in my bike group. If my husband had done a hike that I didn't do, I'd try to do the same amount later. I'd only compete to win. Sorry to admit that! That's no fun. :( About the coach in the video--Nobody can drive me. It has to come from me. I don’t like competition. I’d volley tennis balls but didn’t feel good enough to play a game. I did compete biking. I’d train by myself so that I’d do well in my bike group. If my husband had done a hike that I didn’t do, I’d try to do the same amount later. I’d only compete to win. Sorry to admit that! That’s no fun. :(
About the coach in the video–Nobody can drive me. It has to come from me.

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