Carolyn Beckedorff

Alpine Ski Racing Coach | Certified Mental Performance Coach | Ex-Hedge Fund Trader

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

The older you get, the more you realize that genuine friendships are actually much rarer than life-changing financial opportunities.

[Zach Brandon @MVP_Mindset]

The best investment you can make in your team may be the investment you make in yourself.

JJ Redick credits much of his personal and leadership growth to working with a performance coach.

"I spent a lot of time after the season with my performance coach and did a lot of journaling, self-reflection...I think the biggest thing for me is having the ability to properly turn it on and off."

There may not be a more overlooked competitive advantage in coaching than a coach who is willing to be coached.

The better you lead yourself, the better you'll be able to lead everyone else.

📹: (Reddit u/shreeharis)

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The scariest thing in the world is truly going all in on something. Because it strips away every single pre-built excuse you may have for falling short. You’re completely naked. It’s terrifying. But it’s also why all the rewards in life go to those who have the courage to do it.

[Zach Brandon @MVP_Mindset]

Steve Kerr shares that one of the most valuable things he's learned as a coach is to stop beating himself up after failure.

"I've had to unlearn the tendency to beat myself up after failure...I'm going to lose. I'm going to make poor decisions that I regret later. But losing sleep over them and beating myself up is not at all productive."

A lot of coaches are great at helping players recover from mistakes, but many struggle to extend that same grace to themselves.

You can prepare relentlessly, care deeply, and still make decisions you wish you could take back.

The question isn't whether you'll make mistakes. Every coach does.

Similar to athletes, the question is how you'll choose to respond after them...For your players and yourself.

📹: Consello

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I'm convinced that 99% of success is just the ability to outlast uncertainty. The one who can tolerate the most uncertainty is the one who will eventually win.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this…

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

There are more and more people with financial freedom who struggle with purpose these days.

The problem when you spent your younger years exclusively growing your assets at the cost of your health, your talents, your relationships, your growth as a person, is that you will never be able to buy back certain things that were meant to be experienced at specific timings in life.

You thought you were winning until you looked at yourself in a mirror, and saw no joy in your eyes; then you looked around, and saw no genuine friend; then you looked back, and saw no meaningful purpose.

You don't want to be old and retired, and start discovering for the first time the joy of living that you should have experienced in your twenties, only to realize that you had been blinded by the illusion that more money would solve everything instead of leveraging the system as a mere tool.

It's so ironic that many great "investors" in a financial sense are actually struggling to build real wealth: a confident mind in a high-energy body, a loving spouse and happy kids who make the house feel alive, being useful to a community where you feel appreciated and valued, living in a neighborhood you actually love and not just as a way to maximize your networking opportunities, and a legacy that will make the next generations get a glimpse of what a meaningful life feels like.

In a society where money is the new God, always make sure you don't lose track of who you truly want to be, because the richer people are, the more confidently they will assert that their way is the right way, and you yourself will feel that way once you get rich, but that doesn't mean you are on the right path towards true wealth, and that's actually where the real test begins.

[Siddha Performance @KapilGuptaMD]

You never truly know

What the Journey will be like.

The wind may be at your back.

It may be in your face.

Sincerity is the greatest companion.

Innocence the greatest trait.

Search always for the Light of Truth

To guide your passage

Into the wilds.

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

One of the most important things you can do to increase your chances of lifelong well-being is to be part of a community of thoughtful people with no agenda who love to discuss and share what they know about health, wealth, family, purpose; you meet regularly, you grow together:

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

Adulthood is also the realization that if you still keep in touch with someone even just a few times a year, it's already a pretty good friendship. People change, they move away, they experience ups and downs that they are embarrassed to talk about, they get busy with their kids, they get health issues; but as long as they still care enough to stay in touch, don't let them go, these connections are rarer than you think.

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

Everyone needs to hear this…

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

I often wonder how many extraordinary people wasted their entire lives waiting for permission that never came. Nobody tells you this: Permission isn't granted. It's taken. You get to tap yourself in whenever you want. You can just do things.

[Carolyn Beckedorff @CBeckedorff]

Are we identifying talent — or early maturity?

~90% of elite athletes weren’t standout juniors. In alpine skiing, peak performance comes much later than our systems assume.

Thank you @SkiRacingMedia

https://t.co/dYmBhR24Tj

[Sahil Bloom @SahilBloom]

The biggest unlock of my 20s: Ask for things. The raise. The introduction. The favor. Most people never ask because they fear rejection. But your silence guarantees it. If you've done the work, ask for the crazy thing. The world rewards those who ask. Closed mouths don't get fed.

[Ian Cassel @iancassel]

Never underestimate a single word of encouragement on the trajectory of someone’s life. Most people are only told what they are doing wrong and never what they are doing right.

[Carolyn Beckedorff @CBeckedorff]

Grateful for the thoughtful coverage by Ski Racing Media: https://t.co/KORaAFu0Vb

This piece by Nicholas Unkovskoy and Sophia Tozzi highlights the long arc of development — from the junior ranks to the collegiate circuit, through the Continental Cups and beyond — and the athletes moving along this path. 🙌

[Orange Book 🍊📖 @orangebook]

The less you take yourself seriously, the "luckier" you will get in life. Get rid of your pride and fear of embarrassment. Put yourself in situations where you will grow regardless of whether you feel like it or not. No one is watching, no one cares. You're gonna live your life, die, and be vaguely remembered for one or two generations if you had a loving family, that's about it.

[The Winning Difference @thewinningdiff1]

“It’s a collaborative effort and with a strong culture you can accomplish anything.”

You don’t accomplish anything special without people buying into something bigger than themselves. When the culture’s strong, the results take care of themselves.