Having faith in your own judgement is a vital thing for every child to practice. It requires a commitment to practice, to show up for your games, and to be the best player you can be. In doing so, your child learns the importance of being accountable. Dealing with adversity in a match is a great way for your child to improve their problem solving skills. Tennis teaches children to stop, reassess a situation, and apply a new strategy to win. This may be an obvious one, but learning sportsmanship is paramount to life and tennis.
But either way, tennis teaches your child to treat your opponent with respect and the game with honor. Since tennis is a sport based on angles, geometry and physics, your child will have to develop a mental game to be able to compete, which will only improve mental strength off the court. To become good at tennis, your child will have to practice.
And by practicing everyday, your child will develop their ability to fully dedicate themselves. Such dedication will serve any child well in school and other extracurricular activities. Tennis is a sport that demands good social skills. Clearly, the lessons keep coming. How cool is that! Take the first step towards fundamentally lifting the trajectory of your leadership.
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A terrific, timely and haunting article. I grew up in Florida and learned to play tennis on real red clay courts. Like you, I spent endless hours using the backboard and also had a temper I was an early version of McEnroe! Enjoyed this! My mother taught me and my siblings the joy of tennis at an early age — she said we could play it for a lifetime. Now, my children all play the game and our games of family doubles are the best! Lessons taught in tennis have indeed helped me to be a better competitor but more importantly, it has infused the journey with sheer joy.
Thanks for another great post by you. Great insights Doug. Unfortunately my lack of hand eye coordination cut short my tennis career but in my 10 years learning, competing and teaching dancing taught me the same universal lessons. Great reminders about what go you here! Doug — Great article. I had the same privilege to compete for Northwestern University, and currently coach at ND. Our coaching staff enjoyed your article especially the insight of 3 and 10 and shared it with our squad today.
On a personal note, thank you for your continuous support of Northwestern tennis. I know that my experience was richer because of your support and involvement! I have no doubt you and your colleagues have picked up just as many of your own valuable insights from your experiences with the sport of tennis to share and discuss smile.
Doug — As a business person, a father, a husband and also a long life tennis player, this struck 13 amazing chords and was immediately shared with all 3 of my daughters and my wife who are also tennis players and fans. In my experience in tennis and leadership, there is an additional lesson, the lesson of resilience. As you know better than most, the best tennis players know that whether they won a big point or lost a heartbreaking point, they need to have an extraordinarily short memory so they can be ready to focus on the very next point as if its an all new battle.
As you mentioned, my life and career has been peaks and troughs, but our human capacity for resilience always amazes me. Take care!! Colin Watts A very insightful comment about the powerful lesson of resilience — thanks for sharing. Subscribe to Newsletter. The Blueprint. By Douglas Conant with Amy Federman. Learn More. Upcoming Events.
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I am saying one thing that I am thankful each day for until Thanksgiving. You try it to it will bring you joy. November 1st, I am thankful for God and Jesus. I put my faith in them, they protect and help me through the happy and the sad in life. I could not imagine a world without them.
November 2nd, I am thankful for sweets. I love them. Sweets can make me joyful when I am upset. They make my sweet tooth go at ease. Especially Lava Cakes. November 3rd, I love my family. They push me to be the best I can be. My family supports me and always cheers me up when I am down. My family cares so much about me and will do anything for me if it is legal.
I really couldn't imagine a world without them. November 4th, I am thankful for my teachers. They might give me a lot of hassle and work to do. Yet they come through by trying to help however they can. Teachers can be funny and kind of cool. November 5th, I am thankful for my character traits.
My hard-working trait, my try to be amazing at things trait, my sweet trait, my fashion trait, and my smart trait, and my love trait. But I also am thankful for those who stick around when my bad traits come out like my sassiness, my moody trait, my sensitiveness, my grumpy trait, my angry trait over dumb things, and even my trying to be amazing at things trait because I always try to be perfect.
Thanks, friends, and family for sticking around. Arthur Bozikas has penned a memoir that is heart-breaking and gutsy, as well as being full of hope and gratitude.
This book is guaranteed to lift up readers and have them believing in the resilience and transcendence of the human spirit, making it a must read for years to come. When reaching adolescence, most teenagers want more freedom, independence and control in their lives. For Arthur, it was the opposite, as he discovered that his lifespan would only last up to adulthood. After becoming an adult, Arthur was waiting for his death.
It was at the eleventh hour, at the age of twenty-one, when Arthur was introduced to a miracle treatment, but only after the damage of iron overload from all the blood transfusion was done to his body. Grateful to be given a chance to survive for a few more years, Arthur decided to do something with his life; to get married, buy a house and also to have children, knowing he had no prospect of any future for himself.
At the age of sixty, Arthur and his wife Helen celebrated their thirty-five-year marriage anniversary. Recently we caught up with Bozikas so we could learn more about this amazing human and very talented writer. Why was you story Iron Boy one that you felt you needed to share with the world?
I promised myself if I made it to the age of 40 years old, I would put it all down in writing. I didn't know it will take me another twenty years to do it? When reading Iron Boy, the book struck me as a story on struggle, but more so about survival and endurance. How has that challenges you faced growing up helped shape you as an individual today especially as it pertains to business and entrepreneurship? This is the first of its kind worldwide, from the prospective of a patients' point of view and not from a specialist or doctor.
I wish I had something like Iron Boy when I was young and very afraid of my prospects! As a professional CEO for over twenty years, the challenges in business is that you need to equip yourself with the right information or you are dead in the water!
People with my condition now do have my book to prepare for the future because there is one and it's up to the individual to believe! Being married for 35 years is a huge accomplishment, what is the secret to your success that you can share with younger couples looking to hopefully have the same success in their marriages?
I think if both couples feel like they can't wait to share a new idea with one another or are not prepared to go anywhere without their partner by their side, then this is the only secret that any younger couples must desire for a successful marriage! These two examples will resolve all arguments that every couples get into a marriage too or later!
From a life lesson perspective what are some of the key points that you hope others can take away from your story 'Iron Boy' and even more so what is something that you hope you leave behind to your children that you hope they can apply to their own lives?
My children have been raised to see the person, and not the disability, that they have. I would like for a life lesson that the world can refer to us as "people first" regardless the disability one has. People with a disability and not disabled people…always put "people" first. See the person and not the disability! How do you feel now? How is life after the 'miracle' treatment and is there any message that you would like to share with others who are struggling with the same challenges that you faced but that you are also facing here today?
I feel very grateful and life is wonderful for me and my family. Although health issue will continue to always be a big issue for me, I will deal with them each one at a time.
The important thing is that young people worldwide with my condition can inspire others to do great things would something I would love to inspire! Aging can make getting around much harder. Make sure your parents are safe in their own home by following these tips.
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