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My dad and stepmom were both [4-H](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-H) agents, so I grew up saying [the 4-H pledge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-H#Pledge): [ ![](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66582945-856b-4db5-9cd0-1c0b6c92a1b7_359x362.jpeg) ](https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F66582945-856b-4db5-9cd0-1c0b6c92a1b7_359x362.jpeg) > “I pledge my head to clearer thinking, > My heart to greater loyalty, > My hands to larger service, > and my health to better living, > for my club, my community, my country, and my world.”

Head, heart, hands

Austin Kleon

The lesson from childhood, then, is that if you want to win the war for attention, don’t try to say “no” to the trivial distractions you find on the information smorgasbord; try to say “yes” to the subject that arouses a terrifying longing, and let the terrifying longing crowd out everything else.

The Art of Focus

nytimes.com

Overemphasising competition in the early phases of training will always cause shortcomings in athletic abilities later in an athlete's career' (Balyi & Hamilton, 2004), the ASM divides the different phases of motor development as follows: A mover who is having fun; A multifaceted good mover; A multifaceted good mover becomes an athlete; the athlete develops a specialization; the athlete becomes the specialist; and the specialist is an athlete.

The Athletic Skills Model

René Wormhoudt, Geert J.P. Savelsbergh, Jan Willem Teunissen, Keith Davids

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