Dr Marc Dussault 2009 Australian Masters Silver Medal Squash

Thanks for all the great encouragement and don’t forget to go for YOUR GOALS and DREAMS!

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.

That’s not quite the same number of athletes as the Olympics, but it sure is close!

I competed in the Men’s 45-49 age category in Squash.

My competition started bright and early on Friday morning with a 9:00 AM game that I won 9-0, 9-1 and 9-0 followed by a mid-afternoon match I also won 9-2, 9-1 and 9-0.

What a start to the competition!

My third match of the tournament was on Saturday morning, I won that one 9-2, 9-2, 9-4, putting me into at least a Silver Medal position and into the Gold Medal Match on Sunday.

This was the confirmation I needed that the drills and routines I’d been focusing on are working. I explain in my Mindset Of A Champion Program that you either win now or win later – if you win now (during training) you won’t necessarily win when the competition comes around. By practicing what you CAN’T DO very well, means you’ll lose points now, but you’ll start to win – hopefully in time for the upcoming tournament – later.

The Gold Medal Match didn’t go my way at all, I lost 9-6, 9-2, 9-4.

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

I spent two hours writing a detailed synopsis of the Gold Medal match (terrible refereeing), but have chosen not to include it here, because out of context, no matter how it’s written, it appears like a poor loser winging about losing which isn’t the point. There are countless lessons learned – the post was originally 4 pages long.

So instead I’ll simply tell you a story from a high jumper who competed at the Olympics (not sure which one).

He was the only one in his sport who trained in the rain for the high jump – JUST IN CASE IT RAINED at the Olympics…

It rained at the Olympics.

He won the Gold.

I will start ‘playing squash in the rain’ so that I am ready the next time it gets messy on the court!

“The Mindset Of A Champion”

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• The audio CD of the Mindset Of A Champion: An Introduction, recorded at Geelong’s Re-Creation Health Club on Saturday 31 January.
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• The audio CD of the Mindset Of A Champion: Peak Performance Strategies For the Elite and Mature Sport Athlete, to be recorded when you attend.
• The full word-for-word transcript of the Mindset of A Champion Presentation: Peak Performance Strategies For the Elite and Mature Sport Athlete so you can focus on the presentation and not worry about taking notes. In the first presentation, one person took 4 full pages of notes!
  1. The 4 Keys To Success: How to create any outcome you want and reproduce it over and over again, effortlessly.
  2. The 3 Ways To Get To A Destination: How ONE simple decision at the beginning of your training will affect whether or not you’ll ever win a tournament, competition or lose those extra kilos.
  3. Your Decision–Making Horizon: How it affects your training regimen, motivation and chances for success. You might be setting yourself up to fail and not even know it.
  4. How To Quickly Learn Any New Skill: Regardless of the sport or fitness regimen you’re involved in, there are skills to be learnt. Understanding HOW you learn will help you learn faster, reduce costly mistakes and most importantly avoid injuries.
  5. Leveraging a MasterMind Group: All elite athletes have a group of advisors, coaches and mentors, but the trick is to decipher and organise conflicting information that is supposed to help, not confuse you.
  • Fitness buff who wants to learn a few cool things that will make your workouts more fun, engaging and motivating – getting into the mindset of a champion is exhilarating and all the time spent training can be put to optimal use with Concentration of Focus strategies that will be covered.
  • Casual Sport Athlete who wants to learn ‘shortcuts’ without cutting corners to improve your performance and most importantly avoid injury and soreness.
  • Elite Athlete who wants the ‘edge’ over your competitors. Dr Dussault can outplay competitors who have been playing for 30 years even though he only picked up squash in his late 30’s. That is an edge that every elite or competitive athlete wants to have – you’ll get that edge at this presentation.
  • Mature Athlete who wants to extend your sports career, reduce risk of injury and improve your recovery times. Dr Dussault’s strategies are disarmingly simple and effective for people of all ages and sports.
  • Motivational Personal Development ‘junkie’ always looking to attend a fun presentation where you’ll something new in a setting with other super–achievers who all want the same thing – learn how to win with the least amount of effort!

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“The Mindset Of A Champion”

Find out the key thoughts, ideas and patterns super–achievers use to produce Gold–Medal, World Championship Results

Geelong Re-Creation Health Club

11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

Saturday, 31 January 2009

Seating Limited to 40 Participants

In this action–packed 1–hour presentation, Dr Marc Dussault a self–made multi–millionaire business and Internet entrepreneur and squash fanatic will reveal the tips, tricks and techniques that catapulted him from a 38–year old first–time novice to a ‘top 50’ world ranking in Masters Squash in less than 7 years.

Creator of Squash Lessons For Marketing™, Dr Dussault has agreed to give this presentation as a first–time exclusive to Geelong Re-Creation Health Club Members and guests where he will reveal his personal training and motivational secrets which include:

1. The 4 Keys To Success: How to create any outcome you want and reproduce it over and over again, effortlessly.
2. The 3 Ways To Get To A Destination: How ONE simple decision at the beginning of your training will affect whether or not you’ll ever win a tournament, competition or lose those extra kilos.
3. Your Decision–Making Horizon: How it affects your training regimen, motivation and chances for success. You might be setting yourself up to fail and not even know it.
4. How To Quickly Learn Any New Skill: Regardless of the sport or fitness regimen you’re involved in, there are skills to be learnt. Understanding HOW you learn will help you learn faster, reduce costly mistakes and most importantly avoid injuries.
5. Leveraging a MasterMind Group: All elite athletes have a group of advisors, coaches and mentors, but the trick is to decipher and organise conflicting information that is supposed to help, not confuse you.

You should attend if you’re a:

• Fitness buff who wants to learn a few cool things that will make your workouts more fun, engaging and motivating – getting into the mindset of a champion is exhilarating and all the time spent training can be put to optimal use with Concentration of Focus strategies that will be covered.
• Casual Sport Athlete who wants to learn ‘shortcuts’ without cutting corners to improve your performance and most importantly avoid injury and soreness.
• Elite Athlete who wants the ‘edge’ over your competitors. Dr Dussault can outplay competitors who have been playing for 30 years even though he only picked up squash in his late 30’s. That is an edge that every elite or competitive athlete wants to have – you’ll get that edge at this presentation.
• Mature Athlete who wants to extend your sports career, reduce risk of injury and improve your recovery times. Dr Dussault’s strategies are disarmingly simple and effective for people of all ages and sports.
• Motivational Personal Development ‘junkie’ always looking to attend a fun presentation where you’ll something new in a setting with other super–achievers who all want the same thing – learn how to win with the least amount of effort!

This is a fun, interactive session organised exclusively for Geelong Re-Creation Health Club Members. It is not a ‘canned speech’, rather a personal revelation of strategies that will help you out–perform your opponents with minimal effort.

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As Australia’s #1 Exponential Growth Strategist, Dr Dussault is an accomplished and polished professional speaker. At this session, he will not be wearing a suit and tie nor will he be presenting using PowerPoint, preferring to keep the conversation light and filled with anecdotes and stories that will captivate your attention and expand your belief in what you’re capable of. In so doing, Dr Dussault will present using only a whiteboard to allow for questions and answers to encourage active audience participation.

This presentation, valued at $297 is our gift to you – you can bring a friend as long as you promise to let us know if for any reason you and your guest are not able to attend on the day so that we can release your seat to someone else. Spaces are limited to 40 participants and we expect to have a waiting list for this one–time–only session.

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When you attend, you’ll have the opportunity to win some door prizes as well as the full audio recording of Dr Dussault’s presentation. Whenever you get down and need a little motivation, you’ll want to listen to it from time to time to get back into “The Mindset Of A Champion”…

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