Discover, edit, and share your rules.
1. The magic is in the work. We may not have more size, athleticism, and skill but we can prepare, practice, and play harder to level the playing field.
2. Be positive. Bring more enthusiasm, energy, and positivity to players. "Nothing great is ever accomplished without enthusiasm."
3. Be curious. Read, read, read, read, read. Read better. "Nicholas Carr writes in The Shallows: “In the quiet spaces opened up by the prolonged, undistracted reading of a book, people made their own associations, drew their own inferences and analogies, fostered their own ideas. They thought deeply as they read deeply.”"
Frank Gehry's Bilbao Museum
4. Learn across disciplines. Keep your eyes and ears open. Immerse ourselves in the sights, sounds, and smells around us.
5. Ask better questions. Find them, steal them, write them down. Make a list of your top questions:
- What does our team need now?
- Would that help?
- What went well?
- What is the enduring lesson?
- Can we find a simpler solution?
7. Take your work seriously. Don't take yourself so seriously. "Remember man..."
8. Share something great. Be a giver. “The more I help out, the more successful I become. But I measure success in what it has done for the people around me. That is the real accolade.”
― Give and Take: A Revolutionary Approach to Success
9. Add value. We cannot expect our team to follow us blindly. They 'buy in' according to us adding value to their experience and their lives.
10. Let people know, "I believe in you." Then, thank them. "Thanks is the cheapest form of compensation," wrote Robert Townsend in Up the Organization. Belief foreshadows success.
Lagniappe: "Aim high." Sara Blakely, founder of Spanx, explains. In an adventure 'seminar' attendees jumped from a ledge over Victoria Falls to a partner suspended about ten feet away. If you missed, you fell 380 feet with a bungee cord. She aimed for a spot three feet over her target, who caught her. She did not miss because she aims high.
- Differentiate yourself
- Be authentic
- Be fair
- Embrace what you don't know
- Don't seek validation
Lagniappe 2: Villanova Fundamentals (a toolbox of finishes)
Layups, floaters, pullups, pivots, and more. Excellence is intentional.