Make sure your worst enemy doesn’t live between your own two ears.
-- Laird Hamilton
For more about Laird Hamilton, keep reading....
About the Quote
We are our own worse critics. We're with ourselves literally all the time. We see what we do, then we analyze and overanalyze what we did. We can even analyze an action so much before it takes place that we never take that action. If we don't have our minds set right, we end up harming ourselves in many ways.
Garbage in, garbage out is a computer scence term, but it's just as true when it comes to nutrition. The nutrition we need isn't only physical for our bodies. We also need proper nutrition for our minds and our spirits. Without denying the existence of adversity and unfairness and difficulty and pure bad luck, we need to develop mindsets which help us overcome all those obstacles so that we can achieve great things.
Even if we fail, we don't get paralyzed by the failure. Instead, we figure out why we failed and adjust accordingly before we try again. Instead of curling up in the fetal position on the floor or on a bed, we rise up again and continue as if nothing happened.
Some Information about Laird Hamilton
Laird John Zerfas was born in San Francisco, California, US on 1964-March-2.
Better known as Laird Hamilton, he is a big wave surfer, an innovator in surfing and water sports, an occasional actor and model, and an entrepreneur. Among his innovations in water sports are tow-in surfing, stand-up paddle boarding, and hydrofoil boarding.
His parents were JoAnn Zyriek Zerfas and L. G. Zerfas. Before he was a year old, his father left him and his mother. While still very young, the family relocated to Oahu, Hawai'i, US. As a young boy, the younger Zerfas met Bill Hamilton, a legendary big-wave surfer. The young boy introduced future stepfather Hamilton to his mother. After ten years of mariage, Bill and JoAnn Hamilton divorced. During his mother's second marriage, she gave birth to younger half-brother Lyon Hamilton. In 1997 his mother died of a brain aneurysm.
Even though the marriage to his mother ended in divorce, Bill Hamilton was a strong influence on Laird Hamilton. Following in his stepfather's footsteps, he became a big-wave surfer. Later in life he would take his own place among legendary big-wave surfers.
When he was 16, Laird Hamilton left school to pursue a career as a model. When he was 17, he was discovered on a beach in Kauai, Hawai'i, US by a photographer for {L'Umomo Vogue} (the Italian edition of Men's Vogue). a short time after that discoery, he landed a contract with the magazine. In 1893 he landed a photo shoot with actress Brooke Shields.
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