{"id":3324,"date":"2011-01-15T19:55:36","date_gmt":"2011-01-16T01:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/?p=3324"},"modified":"2011-01-15T19:55:36","modified_gmt":"2011-01-16T01:55:36","slug":"thirty-one-tips-15-stay-positive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/2011\/01\/15\/thirty-one-tips-15-stay-positive","title":{"rendered":"Thirty-One Tips: 15. Stay Positive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Always Stay Positive and Keep Your Sense of Humor<\/strong><br \/>\nAfter weeks of waiting, Johnny finally received the break cue I sold him.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ve all been beside ourselves with excitement to run to the pool room and try out a new cue.\u00c2\u00a0 The break cue arrived last Wednesday, but Johnny had to put the party on ice for one more night.\u00c2\u00a0 He had to take his gal out to dinner on her birthday.\u00c2\u00a0 What strength!\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure I could have resisted slipping in a few minutes at the table to christen the new gear.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally on Thursday, he gets his big break.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=18774615&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=18774615&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=00ADEF&amp;fullscreen=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;loop=0\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/18774615\">Miscue on break sends tip flying<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/johnny101\">Johnny101<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I felt the pain.\u00c2\u00a0 I also had an uncontrollable urge to laugh my butt off!\u00c2\u00a0 Shadenfreude! We had a phone call the next morning and I assured him we&#8217;d get everything fixed as quickly as possible and we had a great laugh over the crazy situation.\u00c2\u00a0 I also told John that I had the greatest respect for his ability to post the video and have a laugh at himself.<\/p>\n<p>Video viewers: the two parts that send me through the roof is when at  around 1:22 he does the &#8220;Charlie Brown&#8221; move.\u00c2\u00a0 Priceless!\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 Then, I love how John optimistically checks the pockets for his tip.\u00c2\u00a0 He knows it was an exceedingly bad break, yet he hopes he pocketed <em>something<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I believe making the best of a tough situation is the mark of a true winner.\u00c2\u00a0 Johnny shows a great attitude dealing with this bad luck.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re the best Johnny!\u00c2\u00a0 You show us all how to take a tough blow, be proud of it, and trudge onward with a smile.<\/p>\n<p><em>Be sure to check out Johnny&#8217;s web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnny101.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Journey Into Billiards<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Always Stay Positive and Keep Your Sense of Humor After weeks of waiting, Johnny finally received the break cue I sold him.\u00c2\u00a0 We&#8217;ve all been beside ourselves with excitement to run to the pool room and try out a new cue.\u00c2\u00a0 The break cue arrived last Wednesday, but Johnny had to put the party on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,5],"tags":[86],"class_list":["post-3324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-equipment","category-mental-theory","tag-31-tips-in-31-days"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3324"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3331,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3324\/revisions\/3331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.billiardcoach.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}