Another book I have read and found useful is Training Camp:What the Best Do Better Than Everyone Else. The book details a Playbook in how to be successful. This playbook has 11 things that can be done to help you achieve your goals.
It is a fictional book done from the perspective of a mid-major, to small college football player (Martin) trying to make his NFL team. He sprains his ankle, then taken under the wing of one of the Assistant coaches who gives/reveals the Playbook to the player to be successful. Martin has spent his entire life proving critics wrong. His sprained ankle in pre-season ends his dream, or so he thinks. The player believes the help and the Playbook are for making the team, but ultimately it is about how to be successful in life and to be the best of the best.
Some of the virtues it touches on is that success isn't often how well you do something, but just sustainability. Meaning, you get up every day and go to work and often you will succeed because so many people will not do that simple thing, they will give up. Arriving at work early and leaving late, and finally "mental toughness". In fact, the comment is made in the book that "mental toughness is everything" when wanting to be successful. Mental toughness is that ability to continue on when your mind and/or body are telling you to stop. The book even lists ways to become more mentally tough. Too often, in today's world, we never want to get out of our comfort zone and by never doing so, we cannot live a fulfilled life in every aspect of life.
It is an inspirational story using real world wisdom on what it takes to reach true success and how you, your team, your school team, your church, your family can achieve it. The book ends happily, but also sadly which is ultimately turned into a success. When you experience failure, use it as a defining moment for some success that will come in the future.
Training Camp is a Great book which can be read by everyone to improve themselves. Put down the remote control, the XBOX, or game tape and read. Read this book (again, I get zero dollars for writing this for you to purchase) or read something else. If you are not moving forward in trying to improve yourself, you are standing still which is, in effect, moving backwards. Feel free to email me at anytime which can be found on my blog listed below. I would love to discuss this book, any book, or anything I have written in the past and your thoughts. Just no anonymous emails, let me know who you are.
