YOUR Mental Toughness Playbook

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When you are inspired by some great purpose, some

extraordinary project, all your thoughts break their bonds: Your

mind transcends limitations, your consciousness expands in

every direction, and you find yourself in a new, great, and

wonderful world. Dormant forces, faculties and talents become

alive, and you will discover yourself to be a greater person by

far than you ever dreamed yourself to be.

-Patanjali

YOUR success is not just about changing YOUR habits, its

about changing the way you think.

-Ben Newman


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Dedicated to the three people who clearly help me realize what I am

fighting for every day, and for whom I am willing to sacrifice anything: my

wife, Ami, my son, J. Isaac, and my daughter,

Kennedy Rose.

In loving memory ofJanet Fishman Newman


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Copyright 2014 by Ben Newman and The Continued Fight, LLC, All rights reserved.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication or video series may be reproduced,

stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic,

mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the written permission of

the author.

The United States of America


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Praise for Ben Newmans Mental Training Tools

Thanks for being a part of making Top 20. Prizefighter Days make it Happen.

Armen KhadiwalaManaging Director

Top 20 Advisor for a Fortune 100 Financial Firm, Denver, CO

The energy and enthusiasm for life in the room was off the charts during Bens presentation. TheLEGACY and mental toughness message that was delivered inspired all of us to strive for our potential as

we prepare together for the next chapter of our Creighton Basketball program.

Steve MerfeldCreighton Mens Basketball

Assistant Head Coach

Fight the Good Fight, is one of those quick reads that I had trouble putting down. The heart getsinvolved as Ben Newman exposes his own, with the tragedies that motivated him to help others. The ideaof persistence, and legacy are right on track with every successful athlete, and business man I know, andthe insights in this book will hit the competitor in each of us, right between the eyes.

Mike MathenyManager of the St. Louis Cardinals

4-Time Gold Glove Catcher Major League Baseball

Own Your Success connects you to your lifes purpose. Leave Your Legacy will redefine yourthinking to embrace change and leave an impact on others.

Will Compton

Washington Redskins LinebackerFormer Nebraska Cornhusker Captain


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I re-read Own Your Successbefore the Xterra Triathlon World Championship on 10.27.2014 and Iam convinced the mental component is what brought HUGE success at the race. I went from notqualifying last year to coming in 4th!!! 4th IN THE WORLD in my age group!!!!! It was magical. Thebeauty is knowing I couldnt have pushed harder mentally or physically that day and having anunbelievable result.

Jeanine SnyderTriathlete and Financial Advisor

Boulder, CO

Ben, your talk was a life changer! The athletes that you talked to at the University of Iowa were blown

away from your amazing presentation. Even by being a swimmer, I was able to relate to every story that

you told. I AM AN 19.22 SPRINT FREESTYLER! Thanks again and hope to see you again soon.

Brian DonatelliMens Swim Team

The University of Iowa

Ben has a fantastic message. The emphasis of working hard on the process and MAXIMUM EFFORT

hit home with Wolves Football. His positive, high-energy attitude is contagious and inspiring.

Tom Dosch

Head Football CoachNorthern State University

Ben Newman is truly inspiring, knowledgeable, giving and energetic. He believes in what he says, he

believes in who he is saying it to and he wants any and everyone to reach their highest potential. I would

cherish an opportunity to have him come back some day and cannot recommend him highly enough to

anyone wanting to improve their current energy situation. I would like to end this simply, he is really

good at what he does!

Tom Billeter

Head Basketball Coach

Augustana College
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Table of Contents

About the Author 9

About the Videographer 10

Introduction 11

YOUR Pre-Assessment 13

Phase I 14Attaining Belief in YOURSELF & YOUR Purpose

Phase II 16The Power to REFRAME

Phase III 18YOUR "I AM" Statement

Phase IV 20YOUR Prizefighter Day

Phase V 21YOUR Legacy Statement

Phase VI 27ACTION PLAN. Create YOUR Environment for GREATNESS.

YOUR Post Assessment 29

Resources Pages 30

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About the Author

Ben NewmanThe Ben Newman Companieswww.BenNewman.net

Ben Newman is a Best-Selling Author, International Speaker and highly regarded

Performance Coach whose clients include Fortune 500 companies, business executives,

high performing sales people and professional athletes in the NFL and PGA as well as

the NCAA. Bens most recent book, Own Your Successwas ranked by CEO READ as

their #13 business book of 2012!

In addition, the Napoleon Hill Foundation & Nightingale-Conant selected Ben as a top

thought leader and author in the world to help produce their latest audio book

Napoleon Hills 17 Principles of Success.

Known for his ability to inspire and motivate with actionable steps, Ben has presented

to numerous FORTUNE 500 companies and other notable organizations, including The

St. Louis Cardinals, The United States Army, the University of Iowa, Boston Medical

Center, Australian Gold, NAIFA, AFA Singapore, MARS Snack Foods, the MinnesotaVikings and more helping their leaders grow and develop successful national sales

teams for years. His corporate speaking events have included financial firms, religious

groups, health care groups, charitable organizations, national sales organizations, sports

teams, and communication companies.

Bens authentic, powerful, and engaging presentations have become nationally

recognized.Ben has shared the stage with Tony Dungy, Colin Powell, Brian Tracy, Ken

Blanchard, Jon Gordon, Dr. Jason Selk, Floyd Little, Aeneas Williams, Tony LaRussa,

Walt Jocketty, Tom Hegna and other leaders and legends in the world.

Ben lives in his hometown of St. Louis, Missouri with the true measure of his success,

his wife, Ami, and their children, J. Isaac and Kennedy Rose.
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About the Videographer

Michael Gebbenwww.MichaelGebben.com

There are three words people use to describe Michael Gebben Positive, Inspirational, ENERGY!

His passion is to help people like YOU have those lightbulb moments To realize that ANYTHING isPOSSIBLE! Its just a matter of believing and taking action. I know this because its exactly what

happened to me.

His Story: I was a small town boy who finished high school but didnt continue college. It was a personaldecision I made but dont get me wrong: education is very, very important. I just believe that learningshouldnt end in school and in my case,I had big dreams and felt in my heart that I can do it. I was drivento achieve those dreams in any way possible even when some people told me that I should have a collegedegree to become successful.

Regardless of the obstacles and criticisms that came my way, I continued to pursue my goal. My journeystarted from a small beginning. I didnt fly anywhere untilI was 22, but as I kept going, I discovered awhole new chapter of my life. I got to travel the world. Ive been to places and hung out with successfulpeople that never in my wildest imagination would be possible to even happen to me. Everyone has a

different journey but what makes it great is the people, places and experiences we encounter along theway. If we go about it equipped with passion, dedication and hard work, well achieve what we oncethought impossible.

Michael Gebbs Gebben started his video production company Gebbs Wedding Films at a ge 19. Thecompany grew to become GebbsTV where explored his epic talent at shooting not only weddings butevents for huge names like Tim Ferriss, Tony Robbinsand SirRichard Bransonamong others.

Of all the wicked awesome honors Gebbs has attained (including winning Gold in the WEVA CreativeExcellence Awards for his Same Day Edit work in 2012, as well as presenting The Power of the SameDay Edit, to thousands of attending videographers at WEVA Institute), he says that there is no greaterachievement or award than the opportunity to inspire someone. And Gebbs does just that in epicproportions, no less.

Through his Youtube Channel and speaking engagements, hes now spreading inspiration andmotivation to individuals so more people would realize that they can achieve anything, become happyand successful. What they think, believe and dream of will happen.
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Introduction

Are you ready for the next level of YOUR success?

One of the first rules of sport psychology is that for an athlete to perform at theirhighest level, they cant solely rely on their natural talents and abilities, they have tounderstand the mental toughness side of what it takes to achieve peak performance.

I believe this is the same for all of us in our lives. This does not just apply to athletes.This applies to teachers, Fortune 500 executives, salespeople, professionals, thoseleading others in business and in life. This concept applies to all individuals fighting toachieve peak performance in their lives.

This playbook and video series is about YOUR mental toughness and embracing the

fact, that your success is not just about changing your habits it's about changing the wayyou think. The most successful people are those who exemplify the importance ofcombining great habits and passion for the process with their ability to embraceadversity and challenge, to remain strong in driving their goals to completion.

In this program we will explore six phases of YOUR Mental Toughness: Attaining Beliefin Yourself, The Power to REFRAME, YOUR I AM statements, YOUR PrizefighterDay, YOUR Legacy Statement, and creating YOUR Environment for Greatness.

Get ready for your pre-assessment to test your current level of mental toughness. Aftercompletion of the playbook and video series, you will have a post assessment to apply

what you have learned through the course. This program has seen proven results withathletes in the NFL, PGA and NCAA as well as Fortune 500 executives and top businessprofessionals all over the world. Are you ready to embrace YOUR mental toughness?

Harvard Business Review in July of 2008, did research that showed that all individualsthat experience change will go through turmoil, even if the change is positive. Not 2 outof 10, not 6 out of 10, not 8 out of 10, but all people that go through change willexperience turmoil. Change is never easy but often times necessary to drive YOURpeak performance.

This playbook will test your mental toughness and empower you to attack your fears,attack your comfort zone and drive you to achieve peak performance by identifyingyour passion for the process. Often times we hold on too tightly to results that we can tcontrol rather than identifying the daily behaviors that will drive performance. YOUwill learn to shift YOUR mindset to focus on the process that will drive YOUR success.


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For Optimal Performance:

YOUR Playbook course is to

be used in conjunction with

the online videos that

correspond to each phase ofthe playbook.

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With YOUR open mind and willingness to identify these behaviors you will create morecertainty in your life. If adding additional dollars to your bottom line is important, youwill see it happen. If having a greater impact on other people is important, you will seeit happen. If becoming a stronger leader is important, you will see it happen. If havinga more significant legacy that you leave behind is important, you will see that happen

as well. This is about YOUR life and YOUR legacy.

This is YOUR opportunity to drive more significant results in YOUR life by couplingthe mental toughness side of what it takes to achieve peak performance with YOURnatural talents and abilities to serve others and make a difference on the world.

Go Do Great Things,

Ben


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Pre-Assessment

YOUR Pre-Playbook Mental Toughness Assessment

QUESTIONS(5 is strongly agree; 1 is strongly disagree)

5 4 3 2 1

I have a Purpose statement for my athletic careeror business?

I rely on my core values when facing challengesor setbacks to keep me centered?

I measure my success by my effort and dailybehaviors rather than by my results?

I have a vision statement for my future andregularly reflect on it?

I have a bulleted list of daily behaviors I track tomeasure my performance and progress.

I focus on solutions when faced with adversityrather than focusing on the problem?

I am connected to what I want my LEGACY tobe?

I have an annual business plan to establishclarity and focus?

TOTAL

40-36= Peak Performer! 35-28 Mentally Tough! 28-20 Opportunity for Growth


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Phase I

Five Key Factors for Attaining Belief in Yourself

1.

Accept the truth: Realizing and identifying with the person you are today is the key tobecoming the person you want to be. We never actuallyfailin life, we just dont always

get the results that we want. You cannot live a lie. You have to acknowledge and

identify with what is most important in your life to ultimately, Attain Belief in

Yourself.

2. Speak the truth: You may be reluctant even scared -- to talk about or acknowledge

past behavior and habits that you regret. However, avoiding it only serves to amplify

the pain and makes us feel like victims. Get the truth out into the light by talking about

your experiences with a trusted friend or a professional.

3. Breathe through the truth: Even though every fiber of your being wants to react by

believing that your actions up to this point have been correct, know that you can change.

Avoid acting from a place of pain or anger. The best way to prevent blow ups is to

behave rationally and treat yourself lovingly which will keep you from self-

destructing.

4. Process the truth: Give yourself time and space to find your equilibrium. Believe

confidently and wholeheartedly that making these changes will prompt you to develop

a stronger foundation. However, recognize that this will take time and give yourselfthat time.

5. Create a plan based on the truth: Dont expect things to be perfect right away. You cant

simply flip a switch and have a new life. Old behaviors and mindsets often come back

into your realm. Stay strong and acknowledge that you must continue to believe and

actively engage in this process in order to experience concrete change for your future.

With this in mind, define how do you want to live your life from now on.

On page 15, write out YOUR Purpose Statement, Personal and Professional goals andideas about the person you want to be and the life you want to live. Once you have

clarity on this, you can take concrete steps toward realizing your goals and Attaining

Belief in Yourself.

For Optimal

Performance:

watch the video

that corresponds

to Phase I


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YOUR Vision

YOUR Purpose Statement:

Personal Goals:

Professional Goals:


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Phase II

The Power to REFRAME

When faced with adversity, REFRAME the negative response and choose the

positive SOLUTION to keep YOU on YOUR path to greatness.

My mother Janet Fishman Newman, taught me the greatest life lesson of all: It's not how long

you live its how you choose to live your life.

As a young boy I watched my mother battle a rare disease called Amyloidosis. I also watchedas she unleashed her positive mental attitude on to the world through a journal that she kept.She recognized that she still had to lead my brother and me, in order to show us that we couldfight adversity and challenge to be the best we couldbe in our lives.

Oftentimes, my mother would receive phone calls from the Boston Medical Center and Dr.Martha Skinner, telling her that she needed to come to Boston for painful procedures. It got sobad that at one point, she had to wear jobst stockings around her legs to control the swellingand a mask to be able to go outside. As a single mom, divorced when I was 6 months old, my

mother would hang up the phone and immediately pick the phone back up and call herboyfriend Alan. She was focused on a solution recognizing she was still leading my brotherand me. She knew we were watching her response to her adversity.

Her focus was to turn the medical trip to Boston into a family trip. Because her boys likedChinese food, she planned visits to Chinatown. Because we liked bowling, we would gocandlestick bowling. My mother made a conscious choice to focus on the positive solutionrather than holding on too tightly to the negative results that she couldn't control from herprognosis.

I believe that this exemplifies for all of us The Power to REFRAME.The next time you face

adversity or challenge in your life, focus on REFRAMING,rather than holding on too tightlyor spending too much time on the negativity. Choose to always focus on a positive response tomaintain a path of success.

There is a psychology principle called expectancy theory which states; that which you focuson expands. If you focus on the positive you get more positive and if you choose to focus onnegative you get more negative. This is a choice for you when you face challenge or adversity.What will you choose the next time you face adversity? Will you choose to REFRAME?

For Optimal

Performance:

watch the video

that corresponds

to Phase II


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When faced with adversity, REFRAME the negative response and choose the positive

SOLUTION to keep YOU on YOUR path to greatness.

In the box below, identify a recent time in which you faced adversity or challenge andcould have responded more favorably by focusing on solutions. Then, REFRAME yourpast reaction and identify the better response that would have kept you on a path to

success.


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Phase III

YOUR I AM Statements

YOUR I AM Statements, are the answers to the Who are YOU?? question. Youhave the ability to answer this question based on the person that you are or based onthe person that you believe you have the talent to become. Get yourself FIRED UP asyou explore these videos and stories within the playbook to drive your belief towardthinking bigger for yourself.

Remember the key is challenging yourself to think beyondthe person that you currently are and the things that youhave already achieved. Connect to the person you desireto be and grab your future and bring it to today.

Take the example of Muhammad Ali. Ali had theunbelievable confidence in himself to believe, I AM theheavyweight champion of the world before he achievedthat goal. Nobody else thought that would be possible, butMuhammad Ali believed in himself. He surrounded himself with advocates whobelieved in him, supported him, loved on him and inspired him to grow. For Ali thiswas more productive than surrounding himself with adversaries who believed againsthim.

When you look at the story of Muhammad Ali, not only did he become theheavyweight champion of the world, but also he is now recognized as one of thegreatest athletes to ever walk the face of the earth.

What do you believe YOU are capable of achieving?? What are YOUR I AMStatements??

On page 19, empower YOURSELF to answer the Who are YOU?? questions withYOUR I AM Statements.

For Optimal

Performance:

watch the video

that corresponds

to Phase III


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YOUR I AM Statements


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Phase IV

Choosing Passion for the Process over Results:

Create YOUR Prizefighter Day

The world we live in today has become so complex- it moves so fast. Financial markets are upand down. We have pressures from work. We face obstacles with friends and family and thenatural ebb and flow of life. What if there was a way that you could target EACH and EVERYday as a victory by focusing on daily activities rather than trying to hold on too tightly to resultsthat we can't control?

Several years ago, I realized that when I felt stressed and anxious, it was usually a culminationof intense focus on the results of the tasks at hand rather than focusing on being passionateabout the processof what I was doing. I developed a process called YOURPrizefighter Day to

give individuals the opportunity to make every single day a triumph. Here comes YOURPrizefighter Day. Every single day can be a victory if that's what you choose. The mostsuccessful individuals find great success when they focus on having a passion for the processand they drive their daily behaviors.

The key: Identify three things that are activity driven for you and your life that if youaccomplish today, makes today victorious (regardless of any obstacles that come your way).Hearing from individuals from around the country who have successfully implemented theseongoing goals, theyve chosen one that's personal, one thats business or athletic related and onethats all about helpingsomeone else:

1. Personal activity example: waking up every morning and getting in your morning

workout because it makes you feel good (endorphins) and confident (strong) about yourability to go out and do great things.2. Business related example (in a sales career): setting a specific goal for the number of

phone calls that you have to make every day knowing that (regardless of the results)will further your business and your success.Athletic related example: following through in the daily process of studying yourplaybook, completing your workout and making the right choices with your dailynutrition.

3. Example of being in service of another: random act of kindness for another (i.e. buyinga cup of coffee anonymously for the next person in line at the coffee shop).

Find what fires YOU up without exception and ignite that passion so that you routinely createYOUR Prizefighter day. Take your time. Create your three focal points after watching the videothat are activity driven to give you the sense of accomplishment in creating a balanced lifepersonally and professionally.

Before you know it, you will imperceptibly start to pull away from old disempoweringconversations, noting that even an ordinary day is aPrizefighter Dayon your individual pathof GREATNESS. On page 21, it is YOUR turn to build YOUR Prizefighter Day!

For Optimal

Performance:

watch the video

that corresponds

to Phase IV


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YOUR Prizefighter Day


1. Personal Activity:

2. Business or Athletic Activity:

3. Service Activity:

Thanks for being a part of making Top 20. Prizefighter Days make it happen!

Armen KhadiwalaTOP 20 financial advisor for a FORTUNE 100 financial firm


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YOUR Prizefighter Day Morning

Research shows that the most highly successful people wake up very early in themorning. Often times well before 8 a.m. as they are preparing themselves to be

victorious for the day.

What time do you currently wake up?

One of the things that many authors and speakers are writing about today is givingindividuals a time that they should wake up. I don't believe in the type of coachingwhere someone is telling somebody what they need to do.

YOUR Prizefighter Day Morning is all about identifying behaviors that will put you in aposition to be mentally prepared to take on your day. The most important aspect of thisis YOU choosing a new time to get up? The choice is yours.

Whatever time you are currently getting up, ask yourself the question, if you were toget up 15 minutes earlier? 30 minutes earlier? And started building your habits to wakeup more intentionally, how would it impact your performance?

If you take the example of somebody waking up 30 minutes earlier, on 5 work days in aweek, that individual would have an additional two and a half hours per week of timeto prepare. For an entire month, that is 10 additional hours, over an extra day of timethat person would have for driving their performance.

The individuals who are organized and focused in their mornings are prepared to takeon their day, face adversity, challenge and create victories. YOUR Prizefighter DayMorning is all about identifying your ideal morning to put yourself on a path toperform irrespective of any obstacles or challenges that come your way.

Enjoy the video regarding this concept and on the following worksheet on Page 23,examples are provided as to what YOUR Prizefighter Day Morning could look like, interms of habits performed to prepare for YOUR day. After watching the video, pleasenote, that the design of YOUR morning, is YOUR choice!!!


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YOUR Prizefighter Day Morning

1.

Get Going.set a new time to wake up in the morning?

2. Build YOUR Morning Habits

-Take YOUR Vitamin B (Belief)

-Exercise

-Reading & Motivational Videos (i.e. YOUR Daily Battle Cry or NewMan

NewWoman NewWeek)

-Other

3. Read YOUR Legacy Statement (create YOUR Legacy Statement in Phase V)


(connect to YOUR Prizefighter Day activities)

1.

Personal Activity-

2. Business or Athletic Activity-

3. Service Activity-

4.

Visualization-(Visualize your daily performance before it occurs and create

YOUR VICTORIES in your minds eye!)

5. Continually refine YOUR Prizefighter Day Morning!


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The YOUR Prizefighter Day App Instructions

The "YOUR Prizefighter Day" App is here and now ready for YOU to use! This app will allow

you to track YOUR Prizefighter Day and share reports with individuals you work with and

who are your accountability partners!

Instructions to download YOUR Prizefighter Day App:

On your cell phone:

1. Type in:www.YourPrizefighterDay.com2. Sign up

a. Put in your First, last name and email address

b.

Accept terms3. Youll get a confirmation # sent to your email address & you can clink on the linkprovided and it will direct you to activate your account.

4. Create a password5. If you have an iPhone, youll click on export icon & Add to Home Screen

(This is a web based app and cannot be found in app stores)

Start creating YOUR daily victories with YOUR Prizefighter Day!

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Phase V

YOUR Legacy Statement

This is the mental training tool that connects you to YOUR LEGACY. It's time to create

YOUR blueprint for success in YOUR future. This is the tool that ties together all of

YOUR mental training tools.

You will notice that YOUR Legacy Statement includes:

YOUR Purpose Statement, YOUR "I AM" statements,

YOUR 5 year vision and one your vision, YOUR

Prizefighter Day, charity and service to others, quotes

that FIRE YOU UP, the true measure of YOUR successand once again reconnecting to YOUR "I AM"

statements.

Once you complete YOUR Legacy Statement, you will have the tool to take action in

order to feed your mind the positivity that lies within the statement to drive YOUR

performance. At what point during the day would it make sense for you to read YOUR

Legacy Statement?

We've seen business professionals and athletes drive significant success by reading and

connecting to their Legacy Statement in the morning. In addition, they choose to read it

when they feel like they have been knocked down during the day or when they face

adversity or challenge. In addition, many find great fuel by once again revisiting their

statement in the evening before they go to bed.

Staying deeply connected to the reasons WHYyou want to continue to drive your

performance is critical to achieve success on YOUR journey. YOUR Legacy Statement

connects you to the reasons WHY,you want to continue to make a difference. Take

your time on this exercise and enjoy connecting to what drives YOU. Allow this to

become the action step to fuel YOUR daily behaviors and drive peak performance in

YOUR life.

Ignite YOUR daily FIRE each day by constructing YOUR Legacy Statement on page 26.

Please note that once complete, feel free to make copies of YOUR Legacy Statement and

keep it in a convenient location for review.

For Optimal

Performance:

watch the video

that corresponds

to Phase V


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YOUR Legacy Statement

Purpose Statement

Who are YOU??? (YOUR I Am Statements)

5 year vision or 1 year vision


1. Personal Activity

2. Business or Athletic Activity3. Service Activity

Charity/Serving Others

Quotes that FIRE YOU UP!

1.

2.

What is the TRUE MEASURE of YOUR Success??

Who are YOU??? (YOUR I Am Statements)

GO DO GREAT THINGS! Leave YOUR Legacy!

"It's not how long you live....it's how YOU choose to live YOUR life."

Janet Fishman Newman

"YOUR success is not just about changing YOUR habits, it's about changing how YOU think!"


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Phase VI

YOUR Action Plan

YOUR Environment for GREATNESS

YOU have reached the end of "YOUR Mental Toughness Playbook." However, in your

life, this is just the beginning of your journey to peak performance and leaving your

LEGACY. This is the point in the YOUR Playbook when you have the opportunity to

identify the most significant action steps to drive YOUR performance.

What are the most significant lessons you have learned from YOUR Playbook and this

video series?

How will you choose to implement the mental training tools to impact YOUR

performance? What will drive YOUR success in the future?

Take your time on page 28 in this section to uncover the concrete action steps that you

will choose to become relentlessly accountable to success in YOUR life. The most

successful individuals drive their daily behaviors by understanding the environment

that enables them to choose GREATNESS every day.

Our team looks forward to staying in your corner on your journey. There are resources

available to you at the end of the YOUR Playbook to stay connected with our team to

continue to drive YOUR performance. Let's continue all of the high-energy and learning

from this experience to drive the legacy and impact you will have on others as well as

YOUR performance personally and professionally.

Also enjoy the Post Assessment to connect YOU to what you have learned and to build

YOUR belief in yourself as you prepare to implement YOUR Action Plan while creating

YOUR environment for GREATNESS.

Always in YOUR corner!!!

Go Do Great Things,

Ben

For Optimal

Performance:

watch the video

that corresponds

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YOUR Action Plan

I re-read Own Your Success before the Xterra Triathlon World Championship on 10.27.2014

and I am convinced the mental component is what brought HUGE success at the race. I wentfrom not qualifying last year to coming in 4th!!! 4th IN THE WORLD in my age group!!!!! Itwas magical. The beauty is knowing I couldnt have pushed harder mentally or physically thatday and having an unbelievable result.

Jeanine SnyderTriathlete and Financial Advisor

Boulder, CO

YOUR Action Steps
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Post- Assessment

YOUR Post Playbook Mental Toughness Assessment

QUESTIONS(5 is strongly agree; 1 is strongly disagree)

5 4 3 2 1

I have a Purpose statement for my athleticcareer or business?

I rely on my MENTAL TOUGHNESS whenfacing challenges or setbacks to keep mecentered?

I measure my success by my effort and dailybehaviors rather than by my results?

I recognize the opportunity to REFRAMEchallenges and adversity and to focus onsolutions to drive performance?

I have I AM Statements that FIRE ME UPabout the person I am becoming?

I have a Prizefighter Day of daily behaviors Imust execute each day to drive the achievementof my vision?

I have a LEGACY statement for my future andregularly reflect on it?

I have an ACTION PLAN that is easy to followand that I can consistently look at to drive myperformance?

TOTAL

40-36= Peak Performer! 35-28 Mentally Tough 28-20 Opportunity for Growth


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Resources available for YOU:

YOUR success is not just about changing YOUR habits, its about changing the way you

think.

Ben Newman speaks to conventions and organizations all over the world. The Ben Newman

Companies, a professional speaking and consulting company, conducts boot camps, seminars

and in-depth training in the areas of mental toughness, high performance sales, teamwork,

leadership, and relationship building.

Bens customized speaking and coachingleaves audiences inspired, educated, AND

empowered! Participants are able to uncover their true potential, readying them to

create the life they are meant to fight for and enjoy. Emerging poised to take onTHEIR

relentless pursuit of greatness: Their Prizefighter day!

If you are interested in purpose driven programs, based upon the principles of YOUR Mental

Toughness Playbook, contact The Ben Newman Companies.

[email protected]
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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What if you could make each and every day victorious byfocusing on daily activities rather than obsessing over resultsthat you can't control? Based on author Ben Newman'spopular program, Own YOUR Successgives you the power tomake each day a triumph. The most successful people findgreat success when they focus on having a passion for theprocess. The key: make today victorious regardless of theobstacles that come your way. Figure out what fires YOU up

without exception and ignite that passion so that you canroutinely create your prizefighter day.

Own YOUR Successwill lead you to uncover your truepotential and create a life that belongs to YOU.

Other books by Ben Newman

Own YOUR Success: The Power to Choose Greatness and Make EverydayVictorious

~National Bestseller and named by CEO Read as their #13 Business Book of 2012!

I firmly believe that we are where we are in life because of our choices. Being great is also a choice and it

helps if there are resources that would help us understand the process that causes one to be great. Well

now you have it!Own Your Success is one of those resources. Read it and it will help you release your

potential.

Aeneas Williams

NFL Hall-of-Fame Cornerback

14 year NFL Veteran and 8 time Pro-bowler
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Fight the Good Fight: A Mothers Legacy Lives On

Fight the Good Fightis one of those quick reads that I had trouble putting down. The heart gets

involved as Ben Newman exposes his own, with the tragedies that motivated him to helpothers. The idea of persistence, and legacy are right on track with every successful athlete andbusiness man I know, and the insights in this book will hit the competitor in each of us, rightbetween the eyes."

Mike MathenyManager of the St. Louis Cardinals

Pocket Truths for Success: 365 Daily Principles to Become the Most Successful

Person You Know

Pocket Truths will inspire you to lead yourself, to lead others, and to make positive waves ofchange in the future. This book will concisely enable you to define your LEGACY!

Jon GordonNew York Times Bestseller of The Energy Bus

Fight the Good Fight provides inspiration for individuals whochoose to embrace adversity in order to reach success. Over

twenty years ago Ben Newman suffered the loss of his motherafter years of watching her health deteriorate. After her tragicpassing, his grandmother gave him an unexpected gift, in theform of a journal his mother left behind... A journey that ispoignant, emotional, and sometimes heartbreaking, this is a storythat you will remember forever in your soul.

Pocket Truths for Success is your succinct guide to establishingpriorities and achieving success in life. Pocket Truths for Successwas written to be an inspiration for anyone facing the seeminglyinsurmountable challenges on the road to life's great successes.Personally and professionally, success is a difficult endeavorand possibly even harder to sustain once achieved. This bookwas written to address the two pivotal issues of achieving andsustaining success, in the complex ever-changing world we livein today. Pocket Truthsdelivers simple and powerful quotes for

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