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Reset, Refocus, Rise: Skater’s Back-to-School Blueprint · The Nadia Chapman Show

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  Music.
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  Hello, skaters, coaches, and parents. Welcome back to a brand new episode of
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  the Nadia Chapman Show, the figure skaters edition.
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  Before we dive in today, I want to share with you something brand new that I've never done before.
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  And honestly, this could be the smartest move you make all year.
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  It's called Back to School Mindset Coaching for Figure Skaters.
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  And it's for every skater, tween, teen to adult, from beginner to advanced,
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  who needs to juggle school, training, and life all together.
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  We are in August right now. Some of you started school this week.
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  Some of you it's next week.
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  The lucky ones start in September. But this is basically an invitation,
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  a once-in-a-lifetime invitation to start the season with the clearest,
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  strongest mental foundation that you've ever had. This is my offer.
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  We'll spend one powerful hour together building a mindset game plan just for you.
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  You'll get my printable workbook so you can track your progress all season.
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  And then later in the fall, we're going to meet again one-on-one for a 30-minute
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  accountability session to keep you on track and, most importantly, motivated.
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  Parents, this is the kind of coaching that saves you months of frustration.
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  Skaters, this is your unfair advantage.
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  Spots are limited because this is one-on-one coaching and I want to work closely
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  with each skater. So head to TheMentalEdgeAcademy.com and grab your spot before it's gone.
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  And today, we're going to be talking about just that. Back to school mindset reset for skaters.
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  Here we are, back to school. This is a brand new school year,
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  brand new skating season for some of you.
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  And this means a brand new chance to reinvent yourself.
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  Let's be honest, the start of the school year can be a little bit overwhelming.
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  Suddenly you've got new class schedule, new teachers, homework,
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  maybe new choreographies, new program, competitions coming up.
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  And sometimes in all of that, you're still supposed to have your social life,
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  your friends, your good night's sleep. I don't know, maybe eating between all this.
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  So today I want to talk about how to step into this new chapter,
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  not feeling overwhelmed, overwhelm, but feeling focused, prepared, and unstoppable.
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  And here's what most people do when new seasons start. They just go.
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  They shop at practice. They shop at school.
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  They start running in autopilot without even thinking, what do I actually want this year?
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  What do I want this year to look like? And if you don't define it yourself.
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  Well, life is going to define it for you.
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  You get swept into other people's plan, other people's priorities.
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  And before you know it, you're halfway through the season wondering,
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  how did I get here? How come I'm not making progress?
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  I always say it, and I'm going to say it again. If you want different result
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  this year, you've got to do things differently.
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  You've got to show up differently. You need a different mindset,
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  new goals, and maybe have an honest look at your habits and change some of them.
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  Now, before you get lost in the shuffle, I want you to stop for a second and do a year-in review.
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  Yes, I want you to go back from a year ago, now that one year has passed,
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  and maybe the season is over for you, but the lessons aren't.
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  And there's valuable lessons for you to learn.
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  Stuff that happened within the last 12 months that you can use right now to
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  set the stepping stones into a new year and get better results, new results.
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  So I want you to ask yourself, and if you want to journal about this,
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  go ahead and grab a pen and a paper.
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  What worked for me last year?
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  What went well? What is something that really served you well?
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  Maybe it's a habit you've built.
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  Maybe it's a way of showing up to training.
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  What worked for me last year? Another question to ask, where did I waste time or energy?
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  Go back 12 months ago. if you had to redo the whole year, how would you do things differently?
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  Where did you waste time? Did you maybe hesitate?
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  Did you maybe not play full out?
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  Should you have tried more jumps? Maybe you should have competed in more competitions.
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  Did you hold back a little too much?
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  Where did you waste time and energy? My third question for you is,
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  what challenges knock me off course and how can I prepare for them this year?
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  We learn from our mistakes, guys, always.
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  So what are some of the challenges you had? Maybe it's an injury.
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  Maybe it's feeling unmotivated. Maybe fear got in the way.
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  How are you going to use that knowledge and move forward differently this year
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  so you don't repeat that pattern again?
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  My last question, what made me feel unstoppable?
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  What is something that made you feel on purpose, positive, so good inside and got you results.
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  And we're not doing this to beat ourself up. I always say coaching comes from a place of curiosity.
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  We don't judge yourself. We come with a place of curiosity. Why am I behaving
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  this way instead of beating ourself down?
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  We're doing this to make sure that you walk into this next year armed with clarity.
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  And this is what my coaching is all about, bringing insights and clarity.
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  Because I'm going to tell you, clarity gives you power, power to change and do things differently.
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  When you know where you're going, you stop wasting time wandering in circles.
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  Your next step is to define your vision. Now that we've looked back together, let's look forward.
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  I want you to picture yourself at the very end of this season.
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  So I imagine it's the final day before summer break.
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  How do you want to feel? What do you want to be proud of?
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  What's the story that you want to be able to tell yourself about how you showed
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  up this year? That's a great question.
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  That's your vision. It's not about the medals, the grades or the titles.
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  It's about who you become in the process.
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  And here's the truth about your goals, guys. They don't just magically happen because you want them.
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  Wanting isn't enough. You want to build that bridge between where I am and where I want to be.
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  And that bridge, it's built out of habits.
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  And I love to talk about habit change because that is the foundation of who
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  we are, how we behave, what we do on a regular basis and the results we get in return.
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  Habits are those little daily actions that when we repeat over time, shape who we are.
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  If you've ever wondered why some people seem to crush every single year,
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  it's not because of more talent or they're lucky.
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  It's because they've built habits and those habits keep them moving forward
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  even on days they don't feel like it.
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  And here's a coaching truth for you. You don't rise to the level of your goals.
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  You fall to the level of your habits.
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  And perhaps that's your writer downer today.
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  You don't rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your habits.
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  So if you want to rise higher this year, you've got to upgrade your habits.
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  So ask yourself, what habits will move me forward towards my vision?
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  Which habit will hold me back if I keep them?
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  Some habits no longer serve you. How can I replace my bad habits with something better?
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  This is about changing everything overnight, guys. You need to start small, but start.
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  Little hinges swing big door. You hear me say that all the time.
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  So choose one habit, maybe this month, and nail it. Then you add another. and then another.
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  I did a whole podcast a few years ago about New Year's resolution.
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  And one of the big reasons why a lot of people don't keep the New Year resolutions,
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  it's because they make too many.
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  They create so many goals and so many resolutions and they get lost.
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  The trick is to go one at a time. Because I'm going to tell you,
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  if you're a figure skater and you're at school right now. You might be working.
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  You might be involved in other activities. You might have a social life.
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  And the way to handle it all is not by trying to do more. It's to do what matters the most right now.
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  Protect your time and energy like it's gold. And this is how you do it. You prioritize.
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  So decide what is it in your life that's going to get your best energy and what can wait.
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  You can batch your work so that's when you group similar tasks together so you're
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  not constantly switching gears.
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  You need to protect your focus. So when it's time to train, you train.
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  When it's time to study, you study and learn to remove distractions.
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  And you have to create a schedule recovery.
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  Your rest is not optional as a figure skater. It is fuel for performance.
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  When you start treating your time like it's valuable, you start showing up with
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  more intention and things get more organized.
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  Another advice I want to remind everybody of is to protect your mindset.
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  Your mind is your control center. You can have the best plan in the world,
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  but if your head's a mess, your performance will follow.
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  So this year, I want this to be your job. Your job is to create mental clarity
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  every single week. I always call it mental fitness.
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  You might want to start journaling, taking a quiet walk before practice and
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  setting your intention. Or maybe you want to start writing down your goals and
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  keeping track. Whatever it is, you need to keep mental clarity and do the mental work.
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  And here's my favorite exercise for this.
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  Write a personal statement for the year.
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  Start with, this year I will dot dot dot and finish the sentence.
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  Make it bold, make it clear, and make it yours. And at any time that you feel
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  lost or you feel like you're falling off track, go back to that statement.
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  Stay strong. Stay positive. even when things don't go your way.
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  This whole new school year and this whole new season are not something to be scared of.
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  It's not something that you've got to survive and overcome.
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  It's really an invitation and opportunity for you to grow and prove to yourself
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  what you're able to achieve.
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  Make this the year you show yourself you can balance big things.
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  Make this the year that you stop letting last year's mistake or disappointments
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  define you. Learn to let go.
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  Make this year the year where you build momentum on purpose.
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  And I promise you, the version of you standing at the end of the season will
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  thank you for the decisions you make right now, for the seeds you're planting right now. Okay?
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  So take a big, deep breath and set your vision, build your habit,
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  and make this year the one you'll look back on and say, oh my gosh,
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  that's when I decide to level up.
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  Before we wrap it up, I want you to really think about this.
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  If you step into this year doing the exact same thing you did last year,
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  so same mindset, same habits,
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  same training, same way of handling your schedule, you're going to get the exact
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  same results that you got last year.
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  And maybe, I don't know, last year's results were good. But here's the thing.
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  You're not here to repeat what happened last year.
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  You're here to grow and you're here to level up. You're here to see what else is possible for you.
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  Growth is not about working harder. That's a big no-no. It's about working differently.
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  It's about asking yourself, what's one change I can make right now,
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  starting today, that would change everything else later?
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  Because sometimes the smallest shift that you do creates the big ol' ripple effect.
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  A new habit, a new way of planning your week, a new way of thinking about yourself,
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  a new way of seeing yourself, really.
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  You're not just changing your schedule. You're training your brain to see new
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  possibilities. You're teaching yourself.
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  You're not locked into one way of being, if I can say.
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  So think about it, okay? Every skater you admire, yes, every champion that you've
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  ever looked up to, they didn't get there by doing the same thing year after year.
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  They experimented. They adjusted.
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  They tried. They failed. I'm sure they did. And they tried again.
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  They were willing to pivot when something wasn't working.
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  So as you head into this school year and this new skating season,
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  ask yourself, what if I approach my training with a whole new level of focus?
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  What if I handle challenges with more curiosity instead of judgment and frustration?
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  And you know, what if I stop doing the things that drain my energy all the time
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  and just double down on what fuel me instead?
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  You don't have to change everything, guys, but you have to change something
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  because when you do, you send that powerful message to yourself.
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  You know what? I'm not stuck. I'm able to create something different,
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  get different results. I'm in control of my own growth.
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  And here's the best part. When you start showing up differently,
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  the results don't just change in skating.
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  They change in school, in friendships, in relationships, and in the way you
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  carry yourself, in the way you see your own potential.
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  So this is your reset button. This is your fresh page, your clean sheet of ice.
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  And this is your chance to make sure that when you look back at the end of the
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  year, you can say, hmm, that's the year I decided to shop differently.
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  And wow, everything changed because of it.
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  Okay now go out there take
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  that first step and let's make this year
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  absolutely unforgettable and don't
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  forget my back to school one-on-one coaching sessions
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  that i'm offering a powerful opportunities for you to set your goals and break
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  them down with me and creating a plan that you can stick with it's a good chance
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  to have a coach in your corner helping you to create those changes now instead
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  of waiting and wasting another year for a while.
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  Music.