by Alan Stein, Jr | May 19, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
When Michael Phelps’s goggles broke during the Beijing Olympics, he still won. Why? For the same reason that I plan for problems to arise anytime I give a keynote: If you’re prepared, stress won’t get to you. When I give a talk, I plan for my audiovisual equipment to... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | May 10, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
From 2009 to 2016, I traveled the world running my Cutting Edge Clinic series. I made a point to always arrive an hour before each workout started. Why? Because what I saw in players before we began told me as much as the clinic itself. Maybe even more. I could... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | May 2, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
Most of us are hanging onto a terrible myth. I know where you got it because I got it there too: college. But if you want to succeed and avoid burnout, this idea must go. We need to rid ourselves of the idea that being in a time crunch improves our performance. You... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Apr 29, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
In the early 1980s no rock band put on a show like Van Halen. Before anyone in music was doing complex stunts, they would rig lead singer David Lee Roth up to contraptions that would allow him to fly over the stage while also setting off various pyrotechnics.... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Apr 20, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
When I was 12 years old, I got my black belt in Tang Soo Do. The test had 3 primary components: forms, which was like a ‘dance’ of choreographed moves that required memorization along with perfect footwork and technique; sparring, which is fighting an opponent; and... 
by Alan Stein, Jr | Apr 12, 2022 | Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Performance, Success
My new book, Sustain Your Game, officially launched this morning. But the journey that led to today formally began on October 8, 2019. That was the date I sent my first email to my publisher, literary agent, and co-author to propose my book concept. My initial idea...
