Reading expands our world if we absorb the concepts. The four books on my workspace now are:
Tuesday Morning Coaching* (David Cottrell)
Team of Teams (Stanley McChrystal)
Sapiens (Yuval Harari)
Contagious* (Jonah Berger)
*Rereading
1. "No matter what." Focus. Restate the top priority, the 'raison d'etre' the MUST. Take care of your family, finish the master's thesis, whatever. Show up on time and don't be a jerk.
Hooplication: Mindfulness improves attention, as early as in elementary school children.
2. "And then some." What separates us is extra effort, unrequired work, lagniappe. The talented teammate who always prepares and brings something special to the program. I shared Gerald Stokes' success formula, Q + A = C. Quality of service plus attitude = compensation.
Hooplication: Study more video.
3. "Consider it done." When I was in the Navy, 'the Boss,' CAPT Tom Walsh would tell us, "handle it." "Right away, Boss." Do it now, do it right. Report back. Thomas Crane's The Heart of Coaching shares be "performance-focused, feedback-rich" to achieve sustainable competitive advantage.
Hooplication: "Act with integrity, no matter what."
4. "Above all else." Establish your non-negotiables, your absolutes. That might mean getting to all of your children's games, recitals, or PTO meetings. "Complacency is the root of mediocrity."
Hooplication: Too many rules will make them impossible to follow.
5. "From now on." Change is neither good nor bad. Change is what we make it. From now on, I'll stick to my morning routine, or eat healthy foods, exercise, get enough sleep. From now on, I'll hold that "hot letter" or email for twenty-four hours before I send it. FROM NOW ON commits to be better.
From now on addresses problem solving:
- what is the problem?
- what is the impact?
- what is the desired end-state?
- why does the problem exist?
- what are a range of solutions?
Hooplication: "Always do your best."
6. "See it, feel it, trust it, do it." Have the discipline to see actions through, having thought through the plan, execution, and consequences. I was on a Board of Trustees and resigned because I didn't have confidence in the plan and proposed execution.
Hooplication: "The magic is in the work."
7. "Focus inside your boat." This extends the lessons that Charlie Jones learned covering Olympic rowing. And it repackages the Stoic philosophy, "control what you can control." Have priorities, say "no" when appropriate, and do it now.
Hooplication: Do a few things exceptionally well.
8. "Knowledge is power." Learners own more success, make better decisions, and enjoy the spoils, higher compensation. "Knowledge will not come looking for us." We perform to the level of our training. Knowledge saves lives. Our education is always a work in progress. Our final assignment is "to share with others what we have learned."
Hooplication: "Share something great."
Lagniappe: from the world of medicine... COVID-19 inputs...but why doesn't everyone get sick? Each of us interacts differently with other individuals and society.
From Cevik et al., SARS-CoV-2 transmission dynamics should inform policy, September, 2020
Lagniappe 2: Bubble Vision
“I think one of the things that we’ve tried to do is we’ve talked about when we got here – using an opportunity to inspire, empower, and find joy playing a kid’s game together." - Brad Stevens
Lagniappe 3: Louis Side Ball Screen, another way to get entry.
Lagniappe 4: You can run a lot from horns, including Flex
Denver runs HORNS, and they run flex action on weakside. Number 23 doesn’t switch and MPJ gets layup pic.twitter.com/u6nPEHWzBb
— BBALLBREAKDOWN (@bballbreakdown) September 23, 2020