How many times have you heard this phrase, “If you love what you do, you will be successful”?. That is so true in so many different ways. This phrase is the reason I decided to leave a career in Finance to pursue my coaching business, and I haven’t looked back since.

After each wrestling season I usually sit down and talk to my students about how they believe their season went and what they want to accomplish next year. A not-so-shocking discovery is that majority of the kids who love what they do have the most success. That’s why from an early age, I try to develop a student’s love for the sport. If a kid loves the sport he will ultimately become successful.   

A great philosophy is to treat the sport like a game. If I score more points than you, I win. If you get taken down, get up and say nice shot and make sure it doesn’t happen again. If you lose a big match, analyze film and work on your problem areas to get better so it doesn’t happen again. The more you have fun with...