The High School Swimmers Who Were Willing To Brave The First Day Of Practice (65 Degrees)
A few weeks ago I started coaching the Steeple Station Stingrays Swim Team again. This is my 12th summer season as a head coach (10th with this team). I’m working with 170 swimmers ages 4-18. You can read more about our Swim Team here.
One thing I love about coaching the Steeple Station Stingrays (try saying that 10x fast) is working with our teenage swimmers. It’s not just about stroke technique with these swimmers. It’s about life skills. And one life skill I try to teach and model is goal setting. How to set personal goals and team goals. How to set short term goals and long term goals. How to achieve goals and objectives. Goal setting. Goal setting. Goal setting!
Several years ago I attended a training conference where an expert shared a marketing strategy he called ABM… Always Be Marketing. If you are an entrepreneur or in sales, you know the importance of having a good marketing mix. You probably even realize that ABM is an important marketing concept and likely a key to success for your business. However, when you first hear ABM, does it make you ask the question: what is marketing in the first place?
How do you answer the question what is marketing? To me, the definition of marketing is not primarily selling. The definition of marketing is serving and sharing first, selling second. Therefore, ABM is a good marketing approach IF it focuses on serving and sharing first, selling second. And notice…this IF is big and bold!
Do you love good quotes about life as much as I do?
Good quotes about life cause us to look at things in a new way. Good quotes about life challenge us to think different. And the best motivational quotes about life inspire us to consider new possibilities.
I am a quote collector and have collected pages and pages of inspirational quotes. Here are 10 of my favorite quotes about life that have pushed me to think different and moved me to action.
Kent is exceptionally good at what he does! His inside-out approach and methods are very powerful and really enable you to breakthrough barriers by getting at the core issue(s), yet he keeps things simple enough that you can remain focused and not get overwhelmed with details. I walked away from the process with a much stronger, more confident sense of myself and what I am best suited to do. One other thing...Kent is very personable and has genuineness with his clients, which shows he cares about helping you "Live It Forward.
Aaron Harris
