MAX POTENTIAL PLAYBOOK: MY FIRST EBOOK
Over the last quarter century, I have been moving forward. Constant forward motion. What started as a passion became a gateway to the world…different cultures, different experiences and, most importantly, amazing people spanning the globe. Without an off-season in the professional indoor calendar, there was never a built-in rest period. There was no time to reflect, just constant forward motion.
Recently, though, I have been able to pause and reflect. It wasn’t intentional. Following the Olympic Games in Rio I was asked to fill in for two different friends, Matt Anderson and Casey Patterson. One occasion was a boys junior volleyball camp in North LA and the other was a speaking engagement at my home golf course in Huntington Beach. Those two outings led to other opportunities which, in turn, led to more. I connected with people on a new level and found the interaction to be very gratifying as I shared my experiences over the last 25 years.
In preparation for a 4-day intensive volleyball event in Phoenix for junior boys, girls and coaches, I put pen to paper and attempted to articulate the things I think are important when trying to get better at volleyball. That bullet list grew to several pages which then grew even more. I began to look through my 20 years of journals and incorporated some of those entries as well. The most surprising part of it all, I loved it!
I found it really enjoyable to look back and see the stories unfold and the major themes surface. Volleyball was my passion, but it had become so much more! It became a training ground. As I worked to master the game, the game had a way of working on me…my character, how I handle pressure, and so much more. Those are the things that I carry with me today. The medals and trophies are all great, but it’s the man I have become that is enduring, and volleyball was my internal training ground. It helped me develop the ability to be a good learner, how to work with others, how to adapt and change, how to overcome fear – that is the real GOLD that I carry around my neck today.
I have no intention of keeping this to myself. As I have begun to share my experience publicly, both the good times and the bad, I have found great joy and I’m finding that it resonates with others’ life experiences as well. So, I am currently making a few tweaks to the mini-book that came from the event held in Phoenix a few weeks ago, and I am giving it away as a Free E-Book. If you are interested in a getting a copy, simply click HERE.
Can’t wait to buy the book of your 25years in the sport from kindergarten to Olympic Podium and beyond, should it become that. Not enough volleyball biographies around!!!