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Hola! Mi nombre es Nick Northcut. Tengo quience años. Mi vivo en Texas y Ohio. Tengo una Hermana pequeña. Tengo dos cachorros. Tengo el pelo castaño. Tengo seis pies y doscientas y cinco libras. Tengo alto y guapo. Tengo fuerte y divertido. Tengo una buena ética de trabjo. Yo estoy feliz.

Me gusta es beisbol. Me gusta te dulce. Me gusta sol. Me gusta conduccion. Me gusta caza y guitarra.   

Mind Gym Book Review

 First of all, this book its a must read for athletes! every chapter is filled with ways to improve to mental game in any sport. This book has helped me gain self confidence and "trust my stuff". you can even apply this to you everyday life not just a sport. I believe this book has made me become a better person. It gives you real life scenarios that you can relate to. Also, professional athletes speak about how they over come a lot of things that we have trouble overcoming.

 My rating for this book is a 5 of 5. I strongly believe that this book can help you achieve short term goals and change the way you think about life. It has helped me grow upon my mindset for everyday struggles. This booked helped me an i believe it can help you too!

Attitude Is Everything

I made a text to self connection with this chapter in Mind Gym. The Chapter is titled " Attitude is everything". When you think about this, this is so true! Having the luxury of traveling the country play baseball against many talented guys, you start to build relationships and see theses guys all the time at different tournaments. You see many different personalities and attitudes. Some are highly competitive and some are hot heads. I've played with a guy who has attitude issues and when we played together at USA, i could tell that scouts we turned off by the way he acted and carried himself. My dad has been on my case since day one about how you need to be respectful to everyone one around you and how you can't let you emotions show.

Getting Over Yourself

One thing i've noticed in this book is that its not a chapter book. Its more like a topic or definition that has a "chapter" of very valuable information about that topic. One of the topics in this book is "Getting Over Your self". There is 9 key definitions in this topic that they cover and express excellent examples to your everyday life.

- Fear
- Anger
- Anxiety
- Self-consciousness
- Perfectionism
- Stubbornness
- Lack of motivation
- Competitiveness
- Distractions
- Persistence

Theses 9 key factors are the elements to getting over your self. You can look at this book in many ways. I view it mostly as a guide but it can also be a "how to" when you think about it. This book is a MUST read for elite athletes. This book has already helped me with my everyday life and I'm only on part 2 of 3.

Mind Gym Text-Self

 I honestly can relate to every single topic that this book talks about. I always try to find a way to apply this information to my every day life and my work ethic. So far this book has consistently talked about the mental approach to your specific craft. It talks about how you have to block out all negative noise. When playing a baseball game, i don't hear any noise besides the crack of the bat and the pop in the glove. This book also talks a lot about not letting your mind hold you back.

  I sometimes compare my mind to the devils because when I'm working out my mind is constantly telling me to stop or you can't do this. When i work out, i try not to think about anything besides my form on lifts I'm preforming. Spending most of my summer in Texas, I'm very familiar with all the big colleges. I was invited to a Top 50 Prospects camp that would have every big name college in the south. At the end of the camp, coach would have each college coach come out and talk 5 minutes on what it takes to play college baseball. I listened to all of the coaches and one thing they all had in common was the mental game is a big factor in progressing in your career.

 Texas Christian University ( TCU ) head coach talked a lot about the mental game. He gave us all a youtube video to watch that his players put together in 2012. I would like to share this very inspirational video with y'all.

Mind Gym- AN Athletes Guide To Inner Excellence

As an Elite Athlete, Its important to have a strong mental game. As the great Yogi Berra once said "The game is 90% mental".
 The reason i chose this book is because i want to improve upon my mental game. I travel the country playing baseball. My second home is Houston, Texas. during the summer i live down their and play baseball from May-August. The team i play for is the #1 team in the nation and is loaded with a bunch of highly trained athletes. So with that being said, I'm constantly improving my Physical game. When your constantly improving your physical game, when do u work on your mental game?
When every i travel, I'm constantly watching documentaries or reading other books about improving my mental approach on the airplane or riding in the car. This book grabbed my attention because its "An Athletes Guide To Inner Excellence". It hope this book helps me gain an edge of the mental game of baseball

The Blind Side- Michael Lewis

The theme of The Blind Side is to never give up. This is the theme because Michael never gave up on the football field or in the classroom despite his learning disabilities. He always looked for help if he was having trouble with something. 

“ So often given the benefit of doubts, Michael Oher now set out to confirm the wisdom of the people who showed so much faith in him.”

(Pg. 286 Lewis)
"Never give up" not only for Michael but also for the Tuohy family because Leigh Anne Tuohy was determined to make sure Michael had a nice home to live in, have new clothes, plenty of food and water to survive, and most importantly a family to love and care for.
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