Category: Success Principles
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Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone
Get comfortable being uncomfortable.⠀-⠀In order to be our absolute best, we cannot stay in our comfort zone, or we will not have the opportunity to grow and stretch. However, it seems to be human nature to seek comfort and to work to not stand out in a crowd.⠀-⠀As a coach, I am constantly asking our…
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Lessons Learned from the Marines
A couple of years ago, I had the privilege of spending a few days learning from Marine Corps officers about leadership. It was an incredibly humbling experience to say the least.⠀-⠀One of my greatest takeaways was how important the concept of team is to the Marines. Most of us have heard the mantra, “No marine…
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Take the Next Step
The only way to get to the top is to take one step at a time.⠀-⠀Goals and vision are critically important to success. However, the only way to get to those goals or vision is to take one step at a time. When we lose sight of the next step and start looking at the…
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The Power of Team Sports
“A good team, like a good show, comes into being when the separate individuals working together create, in essence, another separate higher entity – the team – the show – which is better than any of those individuals can ever be on their own.” ~Gary David Goldberg⠀-⠀I thought I’d throw it back to my freshman…
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Choose to Dance
“I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean, Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens, Promise me that you’ll give faith a fighting chance, And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance, I hope you dance, I hope you dance, I hope you never fear…
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Any Job Worth Doing…
There truly are no shortcuts to success. I was fortunate to grow up with parents who understood that and instilled that in me from a young age. “Any job worth doing is worth doing right” was one of my dad’s favorite sayings. As a kid who was sent back to redo a chore, it wasn’t…
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Make the Vision Real
“Most people chasing their dreams don’t see the bigger picture, they just see the silhouette. Make the vision real!”~Joel Brown⠀-⠀One of the hardest tasks for a leader is getting people to look beyond the work, sacrifice, and discipline of any given day to see the bigger vision. With a team, this means pushing a player…
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Excellence is in the Details and the Mundane
The difference between a good team and a championship team is often not talent or even skill. It is often the amount of times they are willing to do the boring, mundane details in order to create habits that allow them to win the long rallies and perform under pressure. Championships aren’t won in one…
