3 Off the Tee: No Excuses: The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book (Volume 3)

This book is dedicated to my daughter, Jill, and all who endeavor to fuel and protect their minds and bodies against the environment, the test of time, and unnecessary, unwarranted excuses.

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People are complex and diverse beings, and our minds are amazing and powerful tools that need to be “worked.”

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Put some action on your good intentions!

The human mind and body are truly extraordinary. They are the quintessence of excellence in motion. We talk, touch, see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. We dream, aspire, and become. All that we are is mind and body and spirit—that is our universe.

If you are going to become limitless, you must summon the explorer within you.

Successful continual learning means maintaining a balance and variety of success-oriented attributes, the most prominent being awareness, confidence, persistence, determination, courage, and focus. But curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity may be even more important as it is these traits that fuel the desire to continue to question and challenge the status quo.

Becoming limitless involves mental agility; the ability to quickly grasp and incorporate new ideas and concepts with confidence.

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How can you possibly do everything you want to do in life if you start doing a bunch of things twice?

You become limitless when you overcome what holds you back.

Extend beyond your preconceived limits!

Your success is your responsibility. Take the initiative, do the work, and persist to the end.

Think in terms of opportunities and solutions instead of problems, disappointment, and failure.

Value the effort you put forward. Be determined, committed, and involved.

Keep an open mind and know that you can always learn more.

Believe that your hard work, dedication and persistence will pay off; improve through continual learning and believe in your future.

If you are afraid to fail, your successes will be few, common, and unmemorable.

Don't make excuses for why you're not doing what you have already deemed critical to your success.

The limitless mind lets us dream and examine and explore. It opens us up to opportunity. We come up with a desire, a clear, fresh perspective, and a potential goal to observe from afar. And we wonder, is this it, the right choice, the best choice to follow?

Live in the present, but live for the future.

The promise of aspiration is that it is evolutionary. The human condition is such that we are always aspiring to be something more, something better, something nobler. It starts as a thought, a want, a need, or a desire and then grows and evolves with intention and direction, upward with lust and hunger. The continued drive feeds the rise.

People aspire, learn, and grow when they are ready to commit to the process.

People rise to the occasion without hesitation when they feel inspired and challenged.

When aspirations are perceived to be achievable, ambition and drive can erase excuses.

Core passions and aspirations should be consistent and in sync.

When we watch pro golfers, we expect them to play well, to make the shots we know we can’t, and to be entertaining. Their expectation, however, is very different. They expect to succeed!

You must be grounded to take flight.

An aspirational diet will have you dreaming of success; but it’s the attachment of expectations and tangible goals that feeds the desire, persistence, and fortitude required to make the win.

I have been thinking about the idea of excuses for some time now. They are like menacing demons that creep into our lives without us knowing. They are roadblocks, white lies to ourselves, a reason to set the bar lower, and self-justification for achieving less than our full potential.

Managing excuses means not excusing yourself from the responsibility you need to take with your thought, words, and actions.

Excuses fall silent behind self-control, focus, and direction.

Once your excuses are gone, you will simply have to settle for being awesome!

The BIG push means being able to develop and sustain momentum toward your goal; it is the process of actively replacing excuses with winning habits, the ultimate excuses blockers. Moreover, it is being willing to go to the wall for what you want or believe in, to push beyond your previous mental and physical limits, no matter what it takes.

Push today for what you want tomorrow!

This is about me being ready to succeed. When I win in my mind, I truly win. Anything worthwhile deserves some time. I will do it this time! No excuses!

Go BIG or go BIG...there is nothing else!

Let your passion in life be as conspicuous as the devilish grin on your face.

Keep a positive mind. Remember, a failed attempt doesn’t make you a failure—giving up does.

Aspire to high standards, expect strong results, offer self praise, and stack your confidence.

Tell yourself often: I am going to tackle my aspirations head on with the passion and dedication necessary to exceed even my expectations.

From within the mind we look out and envision, contemplating and interpreting each new challenge and the action we will take.

Visualization engages the mind and encourages the body.

For every forward action, there is an equally important forward reaction.

If you give up, you reward failure.

When you begin to expect that there is always room for improvement, you put yourself in the driver’s seat. Why wait for someone else to figure it out or do it? Expect that you are the one. Expect great outcomes. Expect that you are the best candidate and that you will achieve your goals.

Set aside your repertoire of objections and own 100 percent of your focus.

Push hard and expect rapid results.

Don’t expect to be perfect, but work hard nonetheless.

Don’t be tempted to break momentum—work through it.

Don’t hesitate and second-guess yourself. Just be the best you can be in every step you take toward your goal.

Don’t compromise your focus by comparing what you are trying to learn to what you already know. Focus in the moment, on what you are trying to learn now.

Own 100 percent of your focus. The most challenging of endurance drills will bring you to a level of optimal mental and physical performance.

If you wanted to be average, you would not be reading this book.

Think proactively and dynamically. Be realistic, but set your sights high.

Expectations are made to be exceeded!

Most of us are continually engaged in some form of pursuit. We are seeking excellence within one or more areas in our lives, and that is the basis of our motivation. It is human nature to have a need to get ahead, need a little something more—it’s in our DNA. Although we may not be certain of what we need at any given moment, we know there’s something. It’s a competitive itch and desire to improve that never goes away.

A show of confidence raises the bar.

Motivation: to think myself successful!

Resilience is not a commodity you are born with, waiting silently on tap. It is self-manufactured painstakingly over time by working through your problems and never giving up, even in the face of difficulty or failure.

Winners in life visualize their success and look forward to reaping and enjoying the rewards of their accomplishments. They revel in their hard-earned victory, and that reinforces their superior level of self-confidence.

At that point where you have decided to upgrade from aspiration to expectation and have begun to visualize an outcome, something incredibly important has happened, you have committed to the process of change

Struggle strengthens the human bond and lightens the burden of the human condition.

Visualization engages the mind and encourages the body.

With your visualization intact, commit to act.

It’s not the win that matters so much as recognizing and respecting its value.

True confidence is born of experiencing your hard work and seeing your determination pay off.

Live today as if there will be many tomorrows!

Sustenance! Your health is always the best prescription.

I don't ever want to be a fair-weather anything. Playing through the elements is always better than sitting on the sidelines.

When there is no distraction, there is clarity.

Success is not random.

Haphazard actions don’t bring results!

You only live once. But if you live your life right, once can mean everything!

True sportsmanship is… Knowing that you need your opponent because without him or her, there is no game. Acknowledging that your opponent holds the same deep-rooted aspirations and expectations as you. Knowing that, win or lose, you will walk off the course with pride Always taking the high road. And always, always, always being a good sport.

True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!

When I think of excellence in motion, I think of the big picture. Because of the magnitude of this concept, I look at it from an aerial perspective. It is a mindset that challenges the boundaries of self-induced limits—that point where you aspire to exceed your expectations, where the mind-body-achievement connection resides and wins time and time again.

Our bodies are more than just a vehicle for our minds. They are the inspiration!

It’s not enough to fill your head with wondrous ideas—you must initiate action.

Life’s best coaches are those who believe in you and your potential, sometimes even before you do.

Excellence prospers in the absence of excuses.

Explore, experience, evolve, and exceed your expectations! - No Excuses!

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3 Off the Tee: No Excuses: The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book by Lorii Myers (Copyright 2013)

In life, as in golf, you should approach every day as if it’s a new round. By strategizing how to get the maximum impact, or best shot, for that day, you ensure that you are on a path of continual improvement as you move toward your ultimate goal. By teaching this invaluable process of improvement, this enlightening new guide shows readers everywhere that by living smart, practicing, planning, and removing excuses, you can’t help but succeed. Designed to teach readers how to exercise their minds and bodies in a new way, this one-of-a-kind resource proves that in order to achieve great things in life, your body and mind must work in unison.

3 Off the Tee: No Excuses, The Fit Mind-Fit Body Strategy Book is a motivational new self-help guide that leads readers down the path of success and toward the mind-body achievement connection. A casual yet detailed guide to mental and physical makeover strategies, this invaluable resource helps readers everywhere build a “no excuse” lifestyle. Showing readers how to say no to day-to-day excuses, this life-changing guide helps us all conquer one of the toughest challenges there is and become unstoppable in whatever we choose to tackle.

Using golf analogies to demonstrate important lessons in life, 3 Off the Tee: No Excuses offers an entertaining and approachable look at how to build a better lifestyle for yourself. With a “front nine” dedicated to explaining the No Excuses Success Action Plan and a “back nine” dedicated to explaining the resulting lifestyle prototype, this entertaining book uses easily graspable and universal sports analogies to convey life-changing concepts held within. A priceless guide toward developing a strong mind, sleek physique, and optimal health, this tool is a must-read for anyone looking to get the most out of life.

With an undeniable focus on being the best you can be, 3 Off the Tee: No Excuses is a unique motivational guide that helps readers achieve greatness. Combining great business with sports appeal, this insightful resource urges readers everywhere to embrace healthy competition and take a good, hard look at what is important in their life. By taking responsibility for the good and bad in life, planning for improvement, and taking the hazards out of play, this fantastic guide shows us all that we can truly reinvent our world.

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