Author: isiah Flowers
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Love Yourself First
How can you expect anyone to love you if you don’t love yourself? I know you look at yourself in the mirror with disappointment. You need to find out where that feeling comes from. Don’t worry; I will show you where you can start. Why Did You Complicate Everything? You haven’t always hated yourself. Yes…
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Go to Bed Hungry
I’m just as bad as everyone here when it comes to late night snacks. It’s easy to finish your dinner and eat brownies, ice cream, and cereal. But, this is adding fat to your body and killing your fitness goals so STOP! Gummy Boy When I was a kid, I was really into sweets especially,…
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Constant Growth
If you are not growing, then what are you doing? We as people are drawn to complacency and comfort. If you think about all your goals, they are always a dead end. We want to get to this place called “I did it” but what happens after you’ve done it? Do you go back to…
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Redefining Success After Sports
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you.” – Fred DeVito The game is over and now you can stop competing. There isn’t a reason for you to get better now since you did all the work. You don’t have to go to the gym anymore. There’s no point in going. You can settle…
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Reignite Your Competitive Spirit Today
You can Still do it! “The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker Remember when you used to wake up at 5 am for team weights? What about cramming a study session in to pass that exam to make sure you stay eligible for the game on the Saturday?…
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Overcoming Complacency After Athletics
“The tragedy of life is not death, but what we let die inside of us while we live.” – Norman Cousins The sporting career of an athlete can feel a life time but ends very quickly. Somehow we are supposed to continue being competitive and improve like how we’re accustomed to. Or is it time…
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Consistently Inconsistent
“It’s not the lack of ability or opportunity that keeps you stagnant; it’s the lack of consistent effort.”– Darren Hardy Life after sports gives us new opportunities. Things like investing, working out (without being told to), starting a side hustle, starting a business, or eating healthy. We have so much more time now that we…
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Stop Skipping Leg Day: Embrace Your Athleticism Again
Why did you stop doing leg day? ” Once I’m done with football, I’m never squatting again” I wish this quote was from one of my mentors and then they go on to tell me how this was a huge turning point in their life but sadly this one belongs to me. I was excited…
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Why Do You Hate the World Now?
Why do you hate the world now? Remember when the world actually made sense? You went to school to see your best friends, crush on that girl or boy, laugh, act a fool at lunch, then go to practice with your true best friends. Gameday at the end of the week, and the lights were…
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Stop Comparing Yourself to Others
“Isiah, do you want to sell solar for me in Dallas, TX? I’m a sales manager out here and would like to have you come out here and work for me.” Instead of being excited about the potential opportunity to make a bunch of money, I sat there in silence. Disappointed. The guy that was…
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Hard Body Island 