Hercules' 12 Labors and the Mental Game

Hey TAH Team,

The busy, booming month has started, and aren’t we all in for a ride!? March truly is madness… so let’s ride along and make the most of it!

Week Theme:

Learning From History—Greek Mythology & Mental Performance

Weekly Info:

It’s a shame there aren’t more schools named like the movie, Remember the Titans.

There’s something powerful and intriguing about Greek mythology. My old history-major roommate may claim it holds no valid truth, but the stories, lessons, and symbolism are timeless.

A place where all fairytales, fictions, and morals originate.

Good and bad, heroes and villains, dark and light, it all stems from mythology.

Any Disney movie with a moral lesson? You can trace it back to mythology. Any performance lesson or mental exercise? It can be conceptualized from these stories. Just like our podcast guest, Dr. Derek Alessi, who began training athletes in New York before personal training was even a thing, or this week’s Deep Dive into 5 T’s from Greek mythology and mental performance.

The old creates the new, whether it’s Remember the Titans making history, the rise of personal training as a profession, or the mental gym of performance training following suite .

So let’s take a lesson from one of these classic stories.

Exclusive Trick: 12X It

Hercules is famously known for his 12 grueling Labors, and only after completing them was he finally free to live as he wished.

Exclusive Action Tools:

1. Do it once – The first attempt is often the hardest, but starting is everything.

2. Study it – Learn from what’s been done to ensure we improve each time, because we will…

3. Repeat it 12 times – Then step back, zoom out, and recognize the macroscopic change in our performance.

In Action:

I was re-reminded of this when I went back to the golf range.

At the start of last summer, I made it a goal to hit the range once a week. Each time, I got a little better, but at times, it was discouraging.

But when I looked back after weeks and months of consistency, I saw the massive progress I had made over time.

Closing:

Whether it’s the Titans uniting during a turning point in history, the rise of personal training before it was a thing, or being a TAH Titan and changing the mental performance game, we all have the power to elevate.

Keep living,

Gabe

P.S. New branding is on a slow rollout! Now that we’re learning more about trademarking our services and copyrighting our concepts, I’m so excited to integrate it into the madness of March. Stay tuned!