Steven S

Just a Retired Army Helicopter Pilot and Auburn Guy with two awesome kids.

[Steven S @SCUBA_Steve1120]

@OFrye84 I was stuck in this last night and it f*cking sucked. At the gate almost an hour before kickoff and walked in as kickoff was happening. Never even made it to my actual seats.

[Steven S @SCUBA_Steve1120]

@KatAUversion

[Steven S @SCUBA_Steve1120]

@Allie_Davison That's exactly what I keep doing because of @colecubelic

[Anonymous @YourAnonNews]

Republicans shared evidence that actually proves Democrats were telling the truth and presented it as proof they were lying—counting on their followers not to read or understand it. [IF THOSE KIDS COULD READ]

[Steven S @SCUBA_Steve1120]

How do you keep SMU out after losing on a last second FG of the longest FG in ACC championship history? #CFBPlayoff #CFP2024 #SMUvsClemson

[Nancy Pelosi Stock Tracker ♟ @pelositracker]

Fun Fact: This is actually now a thing

Here's how to Autopilot Nancy Pelosi's investments🫡

https://t.co/utx1v47w9X

Bc if you can't beat them, why not join them

[Auburn Dad @AuburnDad]

Me at work today:

[Auburn Basketball @AuburnMBB]

2024 SEC Tournament Champions🏆

[Sir Barnsalot @barnsalot]

Dear Florida fans,

We Auburn fans absolutely hate that your guy got injured. No positive spin. Injuries suck. Hope he gets better soon and is able to play at an even higher level.

With love,
Auburn fans

[Auburn Football @AuburnFootball]

The rivalry continues in 2️⃣4️⃣ hours.

[Auburn University Ginn College of Engineering @AuburnEngineers]

We are deeply saddened by the loss of American hero and astronaut TK Mattingly, who earned his bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering from @AuburnU in 1958 and later went on to earn his doctorate in the same discipline in 1986.

[Brian Stultz @brianjstultz]

Picture of the Day!

📸 by Robin Conn

[BaseballHistoryNut @nut_history]

Words Tim Wakefield wrote in his phone before he passed away. Posted by his wife. Powerful words we should all live by.

[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 start meeting with Greg Harden, a sports psychologist who worked in Michigan's 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 simply 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, it went from getting 2 reps to getting 4 reps. Then from 4 to 10, “and before you knew it,” Brady said, with this new mindset that Greg 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 just 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:

I've written before about “lead measures”—the actions and behaviors that predictably drive success.

The core characteristic of a lead measure, the authors of The 4 Disciplines of Execution (4DX) write, is that “a lead measure is influenceable; it can be directly influenced by you.”

To achieve your goals, they recommend (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, that’s what drove his success.

In his first media call 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,” Brady said. “But I’ve always really 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.”

- - -

“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 mattered what I was doing.” — Tom Brady

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[Greg Berge @GregBerge]

🎥 Peyton Manning on being a Leader.

- Lead by example.
- Be the 1st in and last to leave.
- Be the hardest worker on the team.
- Be accountable to your teammates.
- Blame yourself before you blame others.

All Leadership begins with Self-Leadership.

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

Fight as one.

#AsOneATL

[Atlanta Braves @Braves]

BAH GAWD THAT’S AUSTIN RILEY’S MUSIC

#AsOneATL

[Kyle @AllAubarn]

This is how we all feel

[Derrick Brown @DerrickBrownAU5]

Truly Honored to be nominated for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award. It wouldn’t have been possible without all the amazing people behind the scenes and all the Amazing partners that have helped in so many events and helped bring my vision to life in numerous ways!

[Derick Hall II @derick_hall9]

To The Auburn Family…Thank You!!!
🦅❤️