Neuro Enhancement

By Jeff Schoener

Vince Lombardi, the inspirational Green Bay Packers coach has been credited as saying:

“It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get up.” He also said, “The greatest accomplishment is not in never falling, but in rising again after you fall.”

There are some motivational coaches who will wind their clients up emotionally and as if an arrow removed from a quiver, shoot them in a direction.

“I shot an arrow into the air, It fell to earth, I knew not where;For, so swiftly it flew, the sight could not follow it in its flight.” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Vince Lombardi also said “The harder you work, the harder it is to surrender.”

This may work well for some.  Consider the approach we take towards success in any area of our lives.  Keep our eye-on-the-prize attitude is a simplistic metaphor.  I encourage you to add an additional one from boxing.  How many of us will immediately get back up and as soon as our eyes regain focus we seem to be knocked down again?

In incorporating metaphors, Vince Lombardi also said, “We didn’t lose the game; we just ran out of time.” Boxers are taught how to pay attention to the seconds between reengaging their opponent and taking a few extra moments.  If we take just a few extra seconds, we can refocus as well as readjust our strategies that will bring us closer to our goal.  This will also bring us a level of awareness of where our oppositions lay.  Take the time.