Victory Sheet

I highly recommend typing up a Victory Sheet or a list of greatest accomplishments.
Reading your victory sheet before a challenging product is an excellent idea.


Column By Mike Brescia
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Tracking Your Progress

Even though you don't want to live in the past, it can bean invaluable tool to you.Throughout our lives, every single one of us have had timeswhere we did something great, or at least really good...someone gave us an approving glance, a promotion, a newclient. Perhaps we dated someone hot! Wedding day, givingbirth, scoring a touchdown, winning a medal. You simplyhelped someone out that needed it. These events made youfeel good.

A very effective way to put yourself into a great mood anytime you want, especially at times where exceptionalperformance is needed NOW is to create... Your victory log.

A victory log is merely a sheet of paper that you havenearby any time you need to be reminded of past successes of ANY kind. By reminding yourself about your successes, bypulling out that little sheet, you'll often be able to go onand reach down and grab your greatest performance ever evenfrom the depths of despair. Often times, you just need to beable to REMEMBER that you can do it, when your thinking isreally cloudy.

If you get depressed, pull out your Victory Log and you'll feel a whole lot better. I absolutely guarantee it. Yes,this is simple. That's why it works.

Do you think that the doers - the real winners in life - arethat much different than you? Mostly, with exceptional people, they just keep their victories just below their consciousness, so that magical confidence is right therewhen they need it.

So PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE do this exercise. Don't put itoff. If now isn't good, do it later today. It's easy. It'sfun. And you'll feel great about yourself when you're done.And... you'll have it forever.

What a great gift to yourself. Please take a few minutes and do this! This silly littlesheet of paper can pull you out of the deepest hole fasterthan anything you've ever seen.

Here's how. In the areas listed below we want to create abig list of even the tiniest successes. I often look at mylist when I'm feeling not up to a task. Hey, no one can beat their best all the time. Write down just a few words to jog the memory so that whenyou look at it, you'll know.

Many people type these outafterwards. Go back to as far as you can remember.

Even kindergarten is fair game.Learning - tests, quizzes, semester averages, awards, scholarships, I.Q., diploma. Include all grades and college.

The opposite sex - dated a "hottie," got the glance in themall, had a particularly romantic night/week/month, had 'emall after you, summer camp, phone call, poems, cards, gotwhistled at. Go back as far as you need to.Sports (even backyard sports) - touchdowns, hits, baskets,goals, blocks, double plays, great shots. Include boardgames and cards, too.

Work - promotions, sales, raises, pats on the back,contests, trips, saved money for the company, teamwork,great days, winning, solving a problem, saving a life, got elected, a finalist for the job, made the big sale, got thelisting.

Personal - convinced someone to a new way of thinking,landscaping, painting, art, cleaning the house, new clothes,great dinners, children in plays or sports, losing weight,eliminating a bad habit, building/fixing something, tuningup the car, new car day, new home, getting aletter/notification, made dinner, helped a friend.Social - kept your temper, you were elegant, gave a greatspeech, the party was a success.

Health - cholesterol is down, stopped smoking, lost weight,ran 100 yards/one mile/three miles, climbed the mountain,changed your diet, walked by the chips in the store, etc.Do this for every area of your life. I have one for kickinga 50 yard field goal. Don't you believe I'll ever forget it.Not when NFL kickers have missed 30 yarders to lose games!But even the small ones like walking by the potato chips today. That's a victory and shouldn't be discounted. Becauseyou were strong just then, and deserve recognition. No oneelse is likely to do it, so you MUST.Don't think little things are not important. They're everything -- everything.

Watch during sporting events, when a player makes a mistakeand the other team scores as a result. Momentum shifts.Why?Because after mistakes they begin focusing on what wentwrong... instantly.And the team that scored is focused on their scoring.They're pumped up. Confidence rises. You need thatconfidence, too, to do your best every day and every minute.

So focus on what you've done right, and you'll develop it.How can you do this? Your Victory Log... the fastest way in the world to buildyour confidence and increase your skills.______________What if you had the same minute-by-minute thoughts as thesuper successful? Mike Brescia has developed the ultimatemental conditioning programs that can help anyone wipe outintense fears and enjoy huge successes in all areas of life.Details at

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