Today’s post is about a guy I met at the 2009 Australian Masters Games, his name is Dr Malcolm Simons.

Truth be told, Malcolm contacted me BEFORE the games because he heard that I was presenting “The Mindset Of A Champion” and was unfortunately unable to attend. He apologised for missing the presentation but said he was going to come watch me play one of my matches (squash) which he did.

That’s what Champions do.

He sent me this e-mail (presented here with permission):

I’m in my 70th year, so playing in the 65-69.  In a previous life I played for Oz in 1966 and was 2nd to Geoff Hunt in the Vic State team from ~’64 to ’69.  I’ve also got Multiple Myeloma, currently regarded as incurable, which I imagine I’ll transform into a chromic disease, and at which I’m not doing badly after 6 years.  So 8 weeks ago I thought I’d provide further inspiration to cancer patients and their carers by starting gym work and re-emerging into squash.  “You’re doing what” say most incredulous patients.  My 6 children counsel “don’t over do it Dad, don’t you think that’s going a bit far”.  As a physician/pathologist and a couple of other ‘ians’ and ‘ists’ I’ve diagnosed and treated patients with my affliction so I’m better connected to the process as it is known, and to the irrepressibly optimistic mindset based on a certain knowledge of the chatter between my brain and my immune system, that is much less well known.

I went on to win the Silver Medal in the Men’s 45-49 age category for squash…

Dr Marc Dussault 2009 Australian Masters Games Silver Medallist 45-49

Don’t give up on the story…

Stick with me here…

There IS A POINT TO ALL THIS…

After the competition Malcolm sends me this e-mail.

That’s what Champions do…

Well done on your success.  I took the court, so fulfilling my quest to participate, so I’m awarding my-self (body and brain) the gold medal for application after 30 years in only 9 weeks preparation.  I was easily beaten because I could barely walk let alone run.  Realising that I wouldn’t put a horse back on the track if I was aware of tendon stiffness, so I defaulted to give the opportunity for my opponent to have a substitute to play.

So that’s Phase 1.  Now for Phase 2, in Sydney next October! (The World Masters Games!!!!)

Mary Holmes told me that you are aiming for the top 16…

If you are aware of any situation where my person can contribute to the inspiration of others, do let me know.  Whether or not, give me a few weeks before proposing to get on the court, and I’ll show you and your game how to move towards top ranking without costing you more application of time than you have apportioned for yourself.  I’m aiming for number one in Sydney.

Hang on… just a little bit longer…

BE PATIENT – it’ll be worth it – I PROMISE!!!

Here’s my offer.  You are much more  mobile than me, both on the court as well as, in the context of my offer,  off.  You find a way to get to Geelong beginning from April, and I’ll  help lift your horizon to mine, which is to win my age group in October.   By April I expect to be sufficiently mobile to make it worth anyone’s  while to be on a court with me.  My time is even more valuable than  yours, because I’m living on borrowed time, now for 6 years.  When this  current chemotherapy runs its course, I currently have only one last option  available, and that has to be with an indwelling catheter.  In my  remaining time I’m fully committed to developing genetic and genomic  diagnostic technologies that will be definitive (as detailed in my website -  www.haplomictechnologies.com.  That occupies me till around midnight and from 5am, or 6am, if  I sleep in.  So I haven’t made such an offer in the last 6 years, and I  don’t expect to make it again.  The principal factor in my offer is  your mindset, capacity for application, focus, and willingness to learn.   If you have an alternative way to accept my offer that work’s better  for you, feel free to suggest.  If it doesn’t work, that’s fine too,  and I’ll see you in October, if not before.

Here’s the point.

Check out Malcolm’s squash accomplishments (in summary):

• 1964-69 Victoria State team, 2nd to Geoff Hunt, World Amateur Champion during this period (1967-69)
• 1966 Australian team to Southern Africa.
• 1970-76 Singapore Open Champion
• Beat Heather Mackay in an exhibition match during her uninterrupted 19 year championship wins.
• 1975 First Far East Asian Champion

Plus this guy’s got a colorful life history outside of squash check it out by clicking here -> Malcolm Simons – Genius of Junk (DNA).

So what’s the point?

Here’s a former Champion, multiple-times-over, battling for his life against a deadly disease and he wants to get on the court with me…

How friggin’ crazy is that?!?! C-R-A-Z-Y….!

That’s what Champions do.

I am going to make a special trip to Geelong JUST TO GET ON COURT WITH HIM. I will be honored, privileged and forever grateful for the priceless, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

This is how a MasterMind Group gets created.

It happens automatically, magically and unexpectedly BECAUSE the Law Of Attraction makes sure of it.

Put yourself out there, raise the bar and what you need to get to the next level will COME TO YOU.

Believe it.

That’s what Champions do.

Continuous And Never Ending Improvement is a concept that must be used with Transformation Vocabulary when you indulge in your self-talk. If YOU start to badger and de-motivate yourself, you are triggering and reinforcing the Vortex Of Mediocrity and you need to STOP IT!

Only YOU can STOP IT!

Because YOU are the one who started it!

Transformational Vocabulary is magically powerful in its reach and effect.

For example, when I am being coached and I learn all the ways NOT to hit the ball, NOT to approach the shot, NOT to make the stroke, NOT to setup the point, I now have a FULL recipe of things to AVOID and STOP DOING.

That is priceless AND it while it hurts the ego, it’s ONLY temporarily.

You can win now, or win later… Your choice.

I prefer to win later – at the tournament when it COUNTS. But that’s me.

The worst thing that can happen is to PAY for a lesson and find out there is no room for improvement. What a waste that would be.

That has never happened BECAUSE I tell my coaches to hold NOTHING back – if they think I’m slack, I give them the PERMISSION TO TELL ME – DIRECTLY.

And they do.

So if you have a mentor, coach, advisor or REAL friend who gives you constructive feedback – TAKE IT and REVEL in it!

It’s rare that someone will be ‘real’ or authentic with you – MOST people tell you what you WANT to hear, not what you NEED to hear…

You NEED to hear where you can IMPROVE and yes often, that is hard to hear.

GET OVER IT!

Or don’t.

If you don’t, you’ll be forever within the Vortex Of Mediocrity – not a good place to be, unless you want to be average…

But if you just wanted to settle, you wouldn’t be reading this blog post would you?

Stay tuned for transformational vocabulary suggestions coming to a blog near you!

The point of this video is to get you excited about GETTING LUCKY – THINK LUCKY and LUCK will come your way. I’ve already published a post on you get what you focus on and a follow-up post just in case you didn’t think this stuff works…

To CREATE LUCK, you have to FEEL LUCKY… Otherwise it doesn’t work.

It’s not rocket science, it just is what it is – LUCK.

Onward and upward!
Marc