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Being a Champion

Author: Bill Spreitzer

In the book, The Way of the Champion, by Jerry Lynch, Ph.D, Dr. Lynch explores in depth, what it takes to be a champion – not only in sports but in life. 

In the book, The Way of the Champion, by Jerry Lynch, Ph.D, Dr. Lynch explores in depth, what it takes to be a champion – not only in sports but in life.  He writes that it is “the heart and the head that make the champion.”  A champion “demonstrates courage, tenacity, fearlessness, and the willingness to suffer pain.”  The way of the champion “demands high self-esteem, self-awareness, integrity, and the ability to take the risks to improve while using failure as a teacher on the road to self-discovery.”  Dr. Lynch goes on to say that “champions fully grasp the difference between what they can and can’t control and choose to focus on the former.”

Over the past two years it has been painfully evident that our world, our country, our businesses and organizations, and our families are in dire need of true warrior champions to battle for the less fortunate and to fearlessly defend that which is right.  I encourage all of us to embrace the way of the champion as we head into the new year.