Life is incredibly short. Don’t waste it doing things that don’t bring you joy. Get outside. Leave your phone behind. Be content with your own thoughts in silence more. Surround yourself with people who make you better. Say yes to random adventures and don’t neglect your health.
Believe it or not it’s still ok to tell players…
“That’s not good enough. Do it again.”
“Try harder. You’re moving too slow.”
“Start listening or leave.”
ATTENTION leaders! If you say ‘I’ and ‘me’ more than you say ‘us’ and ‘we’ you will create a subconscious gap and barrier between you and your team. You will appear ‘me’ driven and not ‘we’ driven.
Everything you do should be tied to your purpose. Don’t confuse function with purpose. A chair’s function is to provide a place for someone to sit down. A chair’s purpose is to provide comfort.
Derek Jeter said, "Failure is essential. If I can promise you one thing for certain you will fail."
"I wouldn't have had the success without the failures."
Failure isn't a destination, it's a checkpoint.
It is where growth begins.
“That’s the problem w/ losing habits—once they infiltrate this circle, they’re hard to kill. So we have to stop them before they become habits…It ain’t a Halloween costume. You can’t just wake up & put it on. You have to be that every single day in your approach & execution.”