TRUE SUCCESS IN SPORT AND LIFE
MY LIFE AND CAREER CREDOS
LORENZO BELTRAME
PTR INTL. TENNIS SYMPOSIUM
STEP 1
DISCOVER AND DEFINE YOUR VALUES
Your values reveal what you consider important, meaningful and worthy. They reflect who and
what really matter to you. They indicate the way you would like to carry yourself, treat others,
and interact with the environment you live in.
Values differ from person to person and they might change during an individual’s lifetime.
Read the areas of your life listed below and answer the questions. Reflect on what “life success”
really means to you based on what gives you happiness, pride, and fulfillment.
FAMILY:
What kind of relationship do you want to have with your family?
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What kind of son, brother, etc. would you like to be?
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FRIENDSHIP/ SOCIAL LIFE:
What does it mean to you to be a good friend?
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What kind of friendships do you want to cultivate?
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How important is social life for you?
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What do you find enjoyable and fun?
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CAREER:
What kind of coach do you want to be?
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How important is success for you?
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How committed are you to your career?
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EDUCATION/ PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT:
What kind of skills would you like to develop?
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How much are you willing to invest in yourself?
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Which areas of your life would you like to dedicate more time and energy?
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SPIRITUALITY:
How important is your spiritual life?
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COMMUNITY:
How do you want to contribute to your community?
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What kind of citizen do you want to be?
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How important for you is the environment in which you live?
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OTHER:
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STEP 2
YOUR MOST-NEEDED CHARACTER MUSCLES
Determine the character muscle you mostly need to strengthen to be true to your values.
Use the following list of common character muscles to help you get started – and aim for 4 top
muscles.
ADVENTUROUSNESS: Being motivated to take on new and daring initiatives.
ALTRUISM: Caring concern for the well-being of others.
AMBITION: Having a strong desire to achieve something and to differentiate oneself from other
people.
AUTHENTICITY: The ability to align one’s public and private voice. The ability to be genuine and
real.
ADAPTABILITY: The ability to change to fit new circumstances.
CARING FOR OTHERS: The desire to provide physical needs, help, or comfort to others.
COMPASSION: Deep awareness of the suffering of another accompanied by desire to relieve it.
CIVILITY: The act of showing respect for others by being courteous and polite.
SELF-CONFIDENCE: Believe in one's own abilities. Being comfortable with self.
COURAGE: The ability to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with composure, confidence, and
determination.
CREATIVITY: The ability to be imaginative and have originality of thought.
CURIOSITY: Being eager to learn; to be inquisitive
CLEVERNESS: The ability to be mentally quick, original, and ingenuous.
DETERMINATION: The ability to apply full strength and concentration to a task with
persistence, resolution and tenacity.
DILIGENCE: Steady effort and persistent application to a mission or a task.
DISCIPLINE: Self-control needed to learn something, change a behavior or training.
DECISIVENESS: The ability to make definite and firm decisions.
EFFECTIVENESS: The ability to deliver a planned and expected result.
ENTHUSIASM: The ability to show great excitement for or a lively concern in a matter or cause.
EMPATHY: The ability to identify with and be sensitive of another's situation, feelings, and
mindset.
FORTITUDE: Mental and emotional strength in facing adversity, danger, or temptation with
courage.
FORGIVENESS: The ability to excuse a fault or an offense; to renounce anger or resentment
against someone.
GRATITUDE: Being appreciative of benefits received. Feeling of genuine appreciation for what
one has.
GENEROSITY: The quality of having the willingness to give.
HONESTY: The quality to tell the truth.
HONOR: Having ethical worthiness of character and personal integrity.
HUMILITY: The ability to be modest and highly aware of one’s shortcomings.
HUMOR: The ability to recognize, enjoy, or express what is amusing, comical, incongruous, or
absurd.
INTEGRITY: The quality of being honest and having strong moral principles; moral uprightness.
INITIATIVE: The ability to take the first step or to follow through with a plan or task.
JUSTICE: The quality of being fair and reasonable.
JOYFULNESS: The ability to experience, cause, or show joy.
KINDNESS: The quality of being friendly, generous, and warmhearted.
LOYALTY: The quality of being faithful to a person, ideal, custom, cause, or duty.
LOVE: A deep feeling of affection, concern, and care toward a person or something.
ORGANIZATION: The ability to give organic structure or character to something.
OBEDIENCE: Dutifully complying with the commands, orders, or instructions of one in authority.
OPTIMISM: The inclination to expect the best possible result or focus on the most hopeful
aspects of a situation.
OPEN-MINDNESS: Being receptive to new and different ideas or the opinions of others.
PATIENCE: The capacity for calmly enduring pain, frustrating situations, aggravation, or
misfortune without complaint, negativity, or anger.
PERSEVERANCE: Firm persistence in adhering to a course of action, a belief, or a purpose in
spite of challenges, obstacles, or discouragement.
POSITIVE ATTITUDE: The ability to have a positive state of mind, perspective, or disposition.
RESOURCEFULNESS: Ability to act effectively, especially in difficult or unusual situations.
RESPECT: The ability to treat everyone with dignity and consideration, recognizing their
importance and value.
RESILIENCE: The ability to recover quickly from illness, change, or misfortune.
RESPONSIBILITY: The state or fact of being accountable for something within one's power, or
control.
SELF-CONTROL: the ability to govern oneself; control temper, regulate passion, resist
temptation, and delay gratification.
SERVICE: The quality to be ready to help or be useful.
SELF-AWARENESS: The quality of being conscious of oneself, including one's traits, feelings, and
behaviors.
TOLERANCE: A reasonable, objective, and accommodating approach toward opinions and
practices different from one's own.
TRUSTWORTHINESS: The quality of being reliable and to deserve trust and confidence.
WISDOM: The ability to think and act making use of knowledge, experience, common sense,
and insight.
OTHER CHARACTER MUSCLE:
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