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“I Suck:” Coping with Disappointment

“I Suck:” Coping with Disappointment
You weren’t invited to the party. You didn’t qualify to the championship meet. You were rejected from your first choice college. You didn’t get the job. All of these are disappointing moments in a person’s life.  And I certainly know that  when you are disappointed you feel sad, maybe even a little sorry for yourself that things didn’t go your way.   After a little while of licking your wounds, you might begin the post-mortim, dissecting every ...

I Don’t Trust Myself

I Don’t Trust Myself
I don’t trust myself.   As a result, I consistently plan for failure.  To be clear, I don’t plan to fail, but I plan my reaction to failure and actions when it inevitably occurs. In fact, I am a huge believer in planning for failure.  Yes, that goes against the positive thinking model that stresses thinking optimistically in order to achieve the result or goal we are striving to reach.  And, while I agree that an optimistic outlook is useful in helping ...

What is the “Best”?

What is the “Best”?
Over the past few weeks, our USAG Optional teams and USAG Rhythmic teams have been competing in their respective state meets.  To be crowned a state champion is a huge honor and an awesome achievement, to be sure.  That athlete is crowned “the best.”  JAG is very pleased to announce that JAG athletes earned 14 said titles.  But what often strikes me when reviewing the results is the quite often the person who made the most progress or overcame the largest challenge may not be ...

15 Things I Know About Willpower

15 Things I Know About Willpower
“I generally avoid temptation unless I can’t resist it.”  -Mae West Recently, I have been doing a good amount of reading on the topic of willpower.  A couple of the book I enjoyed were The Willpower Instinct: How Self Control Works, Why it Mattersby Kelly McGonigal, Willpower: Rediscovering the Greatest Human Strength by Roy Bauermeister and The Skinny on Willpower: How to Develop Self Discipline by Jim Randel. My fascination with the topic is two-fold.  First, I took the VIA Survey of Character ...
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Academy Testing
Academy Testing Week begins Monday, May 14th and will continue through Sunday, May 20th. For one ...

10 Reasons to Sign up for Summer Camp
Summer Break will be here before you know it and what better way for your child ...

USAG Optional Team News!
Congratulations to all of our USAG Optional Team Girls who have had an amazing season! Two ...

Kids’ Night Out
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Why not sign up your child for our Handspring Clinic, Cartwheel Clinic, or both happening this weekend, Sunday May 20th! These will be our last clinics for the month of May, so be sure to call our front office today!--- Join us this Saturday, for Kids' Night Out! Drop your kids off at JAG Gym for 4 hours of fun and exercise while YOU have a well-deserved Night Out!--- Register your child for JAG Gym's Summer Camp today!!---
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