I'm A First Round Pick!

Today is Draft Day! For football fans, this is a day that is longed for year after year. Some are rooting for their favorite players to be picked early. The top question to be asked by the choosing team is, "How will player X help our team to succeed?"

Here are also some questions that we must ask ourselves."What makes me valuable to a team that is wanting to select me?" "What am I doing to make myself desired?" "What am I doing to improve my chances of selection?"

In the NFL draft, players are examined, prodded, poked, measured and analyzed in every possible way. They take a timed logic and reasoning test that is used to gauge calm and critical thinking in high pressure situations.

A test that is used and has become one of prominence is the PACE - (Performance After A Critical Error) test. It looks to see what a player does immediately after making a mistake.

It may not be as easy to quantify as how fast the player can run a certain distance or how much weight that player can lift, but it may be more critical in determining who can make the team better. PACE is a silent determiner in examining how the shadow of a past mistake affects future performance.

Players who demonstrate a high quality PACE find themselves as favorites in the front offices just like those who know how to handle difficult moments are highly valued in other businesses.

Imagine you have just made a mistake in a key situation that could be detrimental to your teammates. How will you respond immediately after when you are called upon to deliver the goods? Do you lose focus and compound the problem with additional errors or do you move on and focus on the next play?

If you want to increase your value and potential for success, increase your PACE. It is the ultimate show of that characteristic that everyone wants: mental toughness. Will you play scared, or will you play through? Don't let that mistake cost you another play! Understand that any error you make, the most important thing is your performance on the next play.

“Well, we all make mistakes, dear, so just put it behind you. We should regret our mistakes and learn from them, but never carry them forward into the future with us.” ― L.M. Montgomery

 Blessed,
Dr. Tim

PACE is the silent determiner in examining how the shadow of a past mistake affects future performance.  - See more at: http://www.success.com/blog/the-pace-how-mentally-tough-are-you#sthash.ZWeRdv3X.dpuf

PACE is the silent determiner in examining how the shadow of a past mistake affects future performance.  - See more at: http://www.success.com/blog/the-pace-how-mentally-tough-are-you#sthash.ZWeRdv3X.dpuf

"Here Am I, Lord! Send Me!

In every battle and every war, there are those who are reliable. Many wear the uniform, but only a handful stand out as heroes—those who go beyond the call of duty and are a rare breed indeed.

The church produces the same kind of heroes from its battlefields. They, too, are the ones who accept the road less traveled. They're uncommon men and women whom the world was—and is—not worthy. They're reliable champions.

Every century has those on whom the Savior can depend. Francis of Assisi walked away from wealth in order to kiss the hands of lepers. John Knox endured the ridicule of Mary Queen of Scots in his effort to save Scotland. Dietrich Bonhoeffer turned his silent pulpit into a megaphone in Nazi Germany before suffering Hitler's wrath.

It's a frightening world to which we minister. The scoreboard rarely shows us in the lead. There's a great temptation to take the easy way out, slow down, water down or calm down.

Still, our assignment never has changed: "To fight the good fight, to finish the course, to keep the faith"…to be able to say to our Master, "Yours to count on, Lord!"

Lord, help me to Fight the good Fight, Finish the Course, and to Keep the Faith!

Blessed,

Dr. Tim