Be a Leader

I use the third principle in HTWFAIP, talk about your own mistakes before criticizing the other person, mostly when I talking to younger kids about tennis. When I am at home, my job is a tennis coach at my tennis club and I encounter all kinds of kids  that need help on some aspect of their game. A lot of them have mental issues on court, often losing focus and becoming hot-headed. I can relate to them because as a junior, I was much the same and it cost me a lot of matches. After learning how to calm down and focus I got myself in check and I am in a great position tennis-wise now. When I talk to these kids, I always tell them how I was exactly the same and sometimes I flare up on court now and then, but after I say that I can go on to how they are acting and try to help them solve their problems on the court.