by Erica Douglas | Sep 11, 2018 | BLOG, Mindset
Words can be brutal. Especially the ones that fall into the category of “You’re not good enough”. “You screwed that up”. When other people say brutal things that disappoint me and question my abilities most of the time I can use it as fuel to feed my drive to succeed....
by Erica Douglas | Jun 30, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence, Mindset
My senior year of high school, things shifted for me in my sport of track and field. I was no longer the girl chasing others. I was the girl with the target on my back. I’ll never forget one meet walking up to the starting line and two other girls, two of my...
by Erica Douglas | Apr 26, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence
Raise your hand if you have a story about mean girls. Sigh. I can raise both of my hands. Extra high. When I taught fourth grade, I was troubled by how soon this mean girl thing starts. I would conference with some of these girls and be like, “Why are you so mean?...
by Erica Douglas | Feb 18, 2018 | BLOG, Confidence, Mindset
She was stressed. Shoulders tense, brows furrowed. The smile and ever-present ease she brought to practice was missing. Every repetition, every drill was forced, scrutinized, never good enough. She was sobbing. Eyes scanning, hyper-aware of all around her. The control...
by Erica Douglas | Jan 10, 2018 | BLOG, Mindset
You’ve seen the saying on the back of T-shirts at sporting events. It’s probably on a poster in your locker room. Heck, you may have even retweeted a fancy graphic of the quote: “Hard work will beat talent, if talent doesn’t work hard.” You wear it, you display it,...
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