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Message #93 - Are You Holding Back?

Lee Kemp | Profile
October 22, 2009

The next question is WHAT are you holding back? For example; energy, effort and love, ect. We all hold something back. Holding back is the key reason we have Mediocre performances and experiences.

Giving all you've got is the Key to Exceptional performance and experiences. Do you want to be EXCEPTIONAL ... or ... average?

Just by waking up in the morning...You've Made it to the "Average" Club. What you do after that makes all the difference.

Holding back is why people sometimes fail. When you hold back you never fully know what may have happened if you went "all out". Have you ever seen a person Passionate about something 'holding back"?

Great Desire and Intentions are wonderful things to have... but ... Great Effort is more important. This is the classic "thinking about doing something versus actually doing it".

"Remember Doing Something and Thinking about Doing Something Yields Entirely Different Results."

The reason why some people don't "go all out" and give (what ever it is) all they've got is because they have a belief that what ever it is they are giving; energy, effort, love etc., is LIMITED and needs to be conserved and rationed, for fear it is going to run out (kind of like time in a day). By having this belief we gauge, on a case by case basis, how much we're going to give to something.

Another reason for not going "all out" is Fear of Faliure. I'll address that in a later blog entry.

IF WE GUESS WRONG BY GIVING "TOO LITTLE" .... often times WE FAIL at what ever it is we're doing! This scenario is especially bad because if fosters failure and mediocrity, and if we succeed it's just as bad because if fosters an attitude of low output EXPECTING good results.

Strangely enough... WHAT DRAINS US OF OUR; ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever) is the act of holding it back... not giving it 100%.

WATCH THIS.... The more you hold back, or conserve something i.e., your ENERGY, EFFORT, LOVE (what ever), the more NARROW the channels through which "it" can flow WHEN YOU REALLY NEED IT or WANT IT!

If you give it all at 100% the channel opens and flows freely. Example; if you hold back physical effort in athletic practices... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need it - to have the desired performance outcome. Another EXAMPLE; the more you hold back love... the more difficult it is to give it (and express it) when you need to.

This applies to everything. Think about it... People that freely and fully give 100% of their Effort towards something seem to have an unending supply of it... and are usually successful at what ever they're doing.

YOU DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT AND THEN GIVE IT EVERYTHING YOU'VE GOT...EVERY DAY!

www.LeeKemp.com



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#12
Jim Harshaw   October 27 at 7:50pm
Just by waking up in the morning...You've Made it to the "Average" Club.
Love that line. Great post Mr. Kemp.
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focus   October 25 at 12:13pm
Great Stuff! Don't answer to the coward. If you do you are giving him what he wants. Attention. Ignore him and he will go to another board.

This will defintaley go on the wall!
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Kdoug   October 23 at 7:09pm
Kemp your messages got me into medical school and I wish you had them before I may have been a more competetive wrestler. I really love to still read them, keep them up.
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Bville-Bud   October 23 at 10:59am
GREAT post! I hope a bunch of young men (not just wrestlers) talk a close look at Lee Kemp, and a great deal of other wrestlers; and see what can happen in life, not just the mat, when you give it your all and refuse to quit.
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Kfjlsa   October 23 at 10:59am
yes post 5 definitley needs to wake up and smell the coffee!!!
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Leroy Kemp Rocks   October 22 at 10:15pm
#5 post on this wall is ridiculous I agree with Do Your Homework. Lee Kemp didn't even wrestle Varsity until he was a Soph, but by giving everything and not holding back, he was in the NCAA finals three years later as a true freshman at Wisconsin. But Lee Kemp played basketball until he was a freshman in HS and still is a 3x WORLD CHAMP. Post #5 is embarrassing themselves. Next time educate yourself or keep quiet.
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Do Your Homework   October 22 at 10:07pm
"He grew up in wrestling"?? NOOO Lee Kemp did NOT grow up wrestling. Fact: Lee Kemp ALSO started wrestling Freshman year of high school. You sound like you gave up on your career before it started just because you started late. Maybe you should read some more of his blogs (especially the one on mental toughness), unless you think he has a "stupid, mindless mentality". Do your research before you criticize one of the best philosophers in the sport.
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Anonymous Coward   October 22 at 8:21pm
not to hate or anything... but when I tried to give life my all, I burned out, and kept spiraling into dissapointment. Then a coach or player would help to motivate me to "give it my all" again, and I would wrestle really well for a couple of weeks, and then I would start doing stupid tecnique in practice just because I got frustrated, or I would get sick, or just lose sight of my goals and give up.

As inspirational as this sounds, it really doesn't make practical sense. And some stupid person is going to comment and say, "Well he is good and you're not." Well he also grew up in wrestling, and I first heard of the sport in freshmen year.
Plus I made it to state junior and senior years. So don't be ed.
I think its important to conserve yourself and not get burned out, as all wrestlers do at one time. This stupid mindless mentality only works if you are a machine and not a person. Just my opinion.
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Larry Marchionda   October 22 at 2:57pm
Lee we are so happy to have you back on the wrestling scene. Your advice and wisdom certainly is right on. I only hope all those who wish to succeed take what you say to heart. God Bless ! !
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TJ X   October 22 at 2:47pm
This piece is going up on the wall! Thank you Coach Kemp.
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Studentofthesport/cali   October 22 at 1:54pm
Somehow Mr Kemp always seems to hit it right on the head. With wisdom as great as his its no wonder why he was so great in life.....
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Bulgarian_ WHRHS   October 22 at 12:33pm
inspirational
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