The Challenging Road to Success

This book is a step-by-step guide of mental training and stress management to assist you on your journey to success. This expert advice and guidance stems from many years of research and experience as a certified sport psychology coach, certified stress management coach, a former professional baseball general manager, a former college athlete, a motivational speaker, and a lifelong baseball coach.

Everyone has a different outlook on what success means to them. And many times your view of success will change as you grow and mature. When I was younger, my idea of success was signing autographs after games, winning championships, living in fancy homes, and driving expensive cars. By the time I was 26 years old, I was living my dream as a professional baseball coach. I was blessed with opportunities to live a life that other people could only dream about - autographs, getting VIP treatment at restaurants and clubs around town, living in a penthouse condo on the beach, nice vehicles, and league championships. For a moment, I was on top of the world. My goals were achieved, and my pursuit of success had been accomplished.

A few years later, I became a "victim of success”. I was depressed, going through a divorce, and no longer had a sense of direction in life. The materialistic things that were once important to me, did not matter anymore. I quit coaching professional baseball and moved back to my home state to be close to my children.