Comments on: Mental Toughness Secret # 1 http://mentaltoughnessblog.com/mental-toughness-secret-1/ The Podcast and Video Blog From Steve Siebold Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:02:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mike Michelozzi http://mentaltoughnessblog.com/mental-toughness-secret-1/comment-page-1/#comment-1588 Mike Michelozzi Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:54:13 +0000 http://mentaltoughnessblog.com/?p=72#comment-1588 You describe me stuck in a working class and middle class thinking pattern for many decades of my life, Steve. I was accomplishing things and taking care of my family BUT looking back as I began to realize I was missing something the big delusion was that something almost magical was just going to happen or fall out of the sky into my lap and change things. I wasn't doing what I needed to do to change things. People get stuck like that for many reasons: igonrance, fear, feelings of inferiority, lack of confidence. And those things often remain unaddressed because of: lack of motivation, lack of awareness, lack of skill in addressing them. Two things we need more of are: 1. better public school teaching that addresses these things. When I was a public school teacher I became aware of this big gap in teaching. AND 2. more of the kind of coaching you and others do today, Steve. Mike Michelozzi You describe me stuck in a working class and middle class thinking pattern for many decades of my life, Steve. I was accomplishing things and taking care of my family BUT looking back as I began to realize I was missing something the big delusion was that something almost magical was just going to happen or fall out of the sky into my lap and change things.

I wasn’t doing what I needed to do to change things. People get stuck like that for many reasons: igonrance, fear, feelings of inferiority, lack of confidence. And those things often remain unaddressed because of: lack of motivation, lack of awareness, lack of skill in addressing them.

Two things we need more of are: 1. better public school teaching that addresses these things. When I was a public school teacher I became aware of this big gap in teaching. AND 2. more of the kind of coaching you and others do today, Steve.

Mike Michelozzi

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