110% 110 Strategies for Feeling Great Every Day

by Croce, Pat

• ISBN13: 9780743235143
• ISBN10: 0743235142
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-02
• Publisher: Touchstone

Summary

DO YOU GET 110% OUT OF YOUR LIFE?Nationally bestselling author Pat Croce knows that feeling great is the key to all of life's treasures. He said "I feel great!" when he bought the Philadelphia 76ers; he said it on his regular radio show, and he was even able to say it after nearly loosing his leg in a motorcycle accident.This little book of wisdome contaims Croce's personal stategies to remove mental blocks, elevate your mood, and stimulate positive thoughts. With the same high-energy, unconventional style that has made him one of the most dynamic NBA team owners and a favorite motivational speaker for Fortune 500 companies, Pat Croce reveals how you too can get 110 percent out of life every day. What are you waiting for? Tinker with your thinking and feel great, starting right now.

Author Biography

Pat Croce is the founder of Sports Physical Therapists, Inc., a motivational speaker, an international karate champion, and former president of the Philadelphia 76ers. He lives in suburban Philadelphia with his wife and two children.

Excerpts

Introduction So, how are you?These are the standard replies:"Not bad.""Okay.""Pretty good.""Hangin' in.""Hangin' on.""Fine."Just once, try this instead: "I feel great!" Say it with gusto, with conviction, with wattage.And then watch the other person recoil. The reaction will be somewhere between disbelief and envy.I've been shouting "I feel great!" for so long now that people shout it to me before I can open my mouth.And, yes, I know exactly what you're thinking:Oh, please. It is not possible for anyone to feel great, to be in such an effervescent mood, all the time.Well, of course it's not.But in the bleak moments, there are thoughts you can summon to help overcome depression, pain, sorrow, and negativity. Because for the most part, we -- and not our circumstances -- determine how we feel.We all have our low-tide days. We all have our moods, low points when it is so tempting to succumb to discouragement and despair. It's in these moments of vulnerability that our thinking can become distorted.It doesn't take much effort to think yourself into a real funk. Have you ever twisted and tossed in the sheets and let your imagination magnify whatever problems you might be having? Isn't it amazing how swiftly that mole hill can blossom into Mount Everest just by percolating in your own mental juices?If we can create our own angst, we can also create our own happiness. There is an old saying that happiness comes from within, but sometimes we need help to coax it out.Which is what this book is intended to do.One hundred ten...well, 110 what, exactly?Techniques? Tricks? Tactics?Secrets? Strategies?Yes, yes, yes.Yes and yes.But there are no magic potions within these pages. No instant cures. No snap-your-fingers-and-your-problems-are-gone guarantees.You will not arise from one reading and suddenly reside in Eden or Utopia, content beyond all expectations, anxieties nowhere to be found.But what110%can do is help to remove some of the psychological blocks that bedevil you daily. These are one hundred ten suggestions for elevating your mood, and I suspect that you already have a few strategies of your own to add to the list.And if you do, then by all means share, share, share.The ironic thing about happiness is that we make the pursuit of it harder than it has to be. We go about it backasswards. We chase after happiness when what we should be doing is eliminating unhappiness. Just let go of the negative and the depressing. People who make studies of these things report that you can access your inner happiness at will.Any place.Any time.Happiness is one state of being where you are in control. You have the power to think:Know what? I feel great!And you have the power to give that thought voice, to say it out loud, which is the first step in convincing yourself that it is true.Years ago I did a daily one-hour radio show in Philadelphia. It was concerned with health and fitness. I used "I feel great!" as my signature line. It caught on with the public. But it was more than a gimmick. It was my motivation.And at every watershed moment in my life, I have found reason to shout it. Sometimes in moments of unbridled joy. Sometimes in moments of unendurable pain.When my kids were born, I cried it.When the deal was sealed to purchase the Philadelphia 76ers, I screamed it.When we won the NBA draft lottery, I shrieked it.When a paramedic leaned over me on a rain-swept stretch of highway, where my bones were scattered like pebbles, I croaked it.When I was discharged from the hospital, and was fortunate to have avoided amputation, I whispered it.When my first book made theNew York TimesBestseller List, I yelped it. And every day -- sometimes hundreds of times -- I respond with it whenever anyone asks me how I'm doing.It has become habit. Reflex. But it never grows old and it is