- 145 Page in depth guide of tricks
- Features how-to, troubleshooting, and other skate secrets
- Written by underground skater Tony Waters
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Goal Setting: Guaranteeing Success
How To Make Sure You Stay Committed And Get Results
Groannn! The concept of goal setting seems somewhat cliché and seems totally unrelated to skateboarding. However, it’s hard to argue against once you consider it carefully. Strongly enough, virtually everyone agrees that goals are important, yet less than 5% of the population has one…
Goals give us purpose in life. They direct us in all areas of life- personal, career, spiritual, and material. Goals give us a reason to wake up early and go to bed late at night.
They drive us to do the things we do allow us to avoid the things we do not want. In essence, goals put drive and passion in our lives.
What if we don’t have any goals? Then we are driving across the country without a map. We will wander around aimlessly, without any purpose or direction. Not having goals is why some skaters quit after they learn all the flatland tricks. They become disappointed and ask, “Is this all there is?
In addition, having a goal will dramatically facilitate anything we desire to accomplish. Traditionally, goal setting courses are geared toward helping someone achieve success in areas of finance, relationships and physical fitness.
However, I have adopted these goal setting principles and fine-tuned them to apply directly to skateboarding so you can learn tricks much, much faster, land them on a more consistent basis and have loads of fun in the process!
Apply the techniques I’m about to teach you, you will soon have a fully functional map to use to reach your skateboarding dreams and desires.
I strongly recommend you buy a notebook to use as Skateboard Success Journal and devote it to writing down your goals and using it for other techniques mentioned in this book.
I say this knowing that many of you will not take action and get a notebook. Just keep…