When was the last time you “stepped up to the plate” or had an event come “out of left field?” To all-star third baseman Nathan Brenowitz, who grew up in Brooklyn in the 50’s and who fondly recalls watching baseball for many, many hours with his father, baseball is life itself! Now, Nathan teaches how baseball relates to everyone’s life regarding how we deal with failure, defeat, fear and joy. I had the pleasure of interviewing this avid baseball fan for whom baseball is life’s best metaphor. Here are some examples.
Champion gymnast Simone Biles suffered the “twisties” the first week of the Olympics and dropped out of the competition, only to return a week later with her needed mental reset to win a bronze medal. The “twisties” is a condition in gymnastics where the brain and body go out of sync, making it extremely dangerous if you have to twist in the air and land on your feet. The “twisties” can happen in sales as well when your mind and your performance go equally out of sync. When that happens, here are some thoughts on what to do and what NOT to do.