Léonnie Molloy

What you do in the dark...puts you in the light

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

It's not a line.

It's a measurement.
A measurement of commitment.
A measurement of sacrifice.
A measurement of respect.
A measurement of integrity.
A measurement of fortitude.
A measurement of effort.

It's a symbol to remind us that greatness lies in the smallest of details.

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

Bill Belichick was asked:
"What are your main principles for success?"

He gave 4 rules. Simple. Clear.

These principles work in football, business, and life.

Here's what he said and why it matters:🧵

[Ball is Psych @BallisPsych]

If you use the game to make you a better person, you can’t lose. #DailyWisdom

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

Good teams have rules. 
Great teams have standards.

Rules push you.
Standards drive you.
Rules tell you what you can’t do. 
Standards define what you won’t accept.

You want to be good? Follow the rules.
You want to be great? Live the standard.

[Philosophy Pathfinder @Phi_Pathfinder]

If you lack self-discipline, read these 10 quotes:

1.

[Allistair McCaw @AllistairMcCaw]

Culture =

[Billy Oppenheimer @bpoppenheimer]

After his second year at Michigan, Tom Brady wanted to transfer.

He wasn’t playing in games, and he was so low on the depth chart that he only got 2 reps in practice.

Brady met with his coach to express his frustration, “The other quarterbacks get all the reps.”

Coach replied,

“Brady, I want you to stop worrying about what all the other players on our team are doing. All you do is worry about what the starter is doing, what the second guy is doing, what everyone else is doing. You don’t worry about what you’re doing.”

Coach reminded him, “You came here to be the best. If you’re going to be the best, you have to beat out the best.”

And then he recommended that Brady meet Greg Harden, a counselor who worked in the athletic department.

Brady went to Harden’s office and whined, “I’m never going to get my chance. They’re only giving me 2 reps.”

Harden replied, “Just go out there and focus on doing the best you can with those 2 reps. Make them as perfect as you possibly can.”

“So that’s what I did,” Brady said. “They’d put me in for those 2 reps, man, I’d sprint out there like it was Super Bowl 39. ‘Let’s go boys! Here we go! What play we got?’”

“And I started to do really well with those 2 reps. Because I brought enthusiasm, I brought energy.”

Soon, he was getting 4 reps. Then 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, “with this new mindset that Greg had instilled in me—to focus on what you can control, to focus on what you’re getting, not what anyone else is getting, to treat every rep like it’s the Super Bowl—eventually, I became the starter.”

Takeaway 1:

Greg Harden telling Brady to focus on being great during his 2 reps reminded me of a piece of advice from the entrepreneur Mark Cuban.

“People come to me all the time and tell me they’re stuck,” Cuban explained. “They’re stuck in a job they don't like. They’re stuck working for a boss they don’t like. They're stuck on a team they don't like.”

“I just tell them, ‘Be great.’”

“The reality of life is that you can’t just always quit your job. You can’t just always go to your boss and say, ‘Give me the promotion, or I’m out of here.’” You can’t just always go to your coach and say, ‘Give me more reps, or I'm transferring.’

“So when you’re stuck, you’ve gotta find it within yourself to say, ‘Ok, this is where I am. And if I’m going to be here, I’m going to be great.’

Because if you’re great at your job, typically other people and companies find out, so it creates opportunities.”

Takeaway 2:

In the field of strategic management, there is a distinction made between “lead measures” and “lag measures.”

Lag measures are the results you’re trying to achieve: getting a promotion, winning a championship, being the starting quarterback. Lead measures are the actions that predictably drive those results. 

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of “The 4 Disciplines of Execution” write, is that “a lead measure can be directly influenced by you.” To achieve your goals, they write (echoing what the Michigan Coach told Brady), “apply a disproportionate energy” to the things that are in your control.

Starting at Michigan and for the rest of his career, that’s what Brady did.

After he was selected by the New England Patriots with the 199th pick in the 2000 draft, Brady was asked: “Are you aware that [along with starting quarterback, Drew Bledsoe] there’s another quarterback here that they drafted last year?” 

Brady said he was aware of that, “and I know he’s a heck of a player. But I’ve always concerned myself just with the things I can control. I don’t put a lot of thinking into the other guys because I know I’m not at my best when I’m not just thinking about playing as well as I possibly can.”

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“I never once in my life ever said I wanted to be the best of all time. Ever. I wanted to be the best I could be, period. I learned that in college. It didn’t matter what the other guys were doing. It didn’t. It mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

Little things make a big difference. Small habits lead to long-term success.

[Allistair McCaw @AllistairMcCaw]

QOTD:

[Jamy Bechler @jamybechler]

DO YOUR JOB

"You can have all the talent in the world but if you’re not going to listen and be in the right spot every time and be accountable to do your job properly then you’re not going to play." (Julio Jones)

~ via Alabama Football #BamaCuts

[Allistair McCaw @AllistairMcCaw]

QOTD:

[Jon Beck @CoachJonBeck]

If you want to MAKE plays, then don’t miss practice, workouts, extra reps, meals, film, etc. As Navy Seals say ”Under pressure you don’t rise to the occasion. You sink to the level of your training.” You don’t fall victim to pressure. You fall victim to your lack of preparation!

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“If you practice at a high level all the time, you’ll be able to play in a game at a high level all the time. If you don’t do it in practice and you think you’ll be able to do it in a game probably not going to happen,” Nick Saban

[Ball is Psych @BallisPsych]

When your back is against the wall, it’s all up to you. #DailyWisdom

[Allistair McCaw @AllistairMcCaw]

QOTD:

[Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness @coachajkings]

John Wooden said, "A player who makes a team great is better than a great player."

Great teammates are selfless.
• They prioritize the TEAM.
• They choose to embrace their roles.
• They choose to make the team better.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

You don’t just play together—you become together.

Good teammates push each other to be great players. Greatness isn't a solo sport.

It's the result of pushing past limits, together.

Be the reason your teammate refuses to settle for anything less than their best.

[Jeff Janssen @janssenleader]

12 DAILY TO DO'S FOR TEAM LEADERS
#LeadershipMatters
#CultureWins

[Allistair McCaw @AllistairMcCaw]

QOTD:

[Léonnie Molloy @LFMolloy]

We will remember them #RemembranceDay2024