Success seduces us. We emphasize our wins and minimize setbacks. Life brings us both. Ryan Holiday, author of Ego Is the Enemy, cautions us to keep our ego grounded in process.
1. Become a learning machine. Learn every day. Kevin Eastman says, "Don't be a know-it-all, be a learn-it-all." Grab information from mentors, from other domains, from daily reading. With investment in ourselves, our best version improves daily.
2. Use time wisely. Holiday talks about Alive or Dead time. Malcolm Little went to prison and read himself into Malcolm X.
It embeds the "five more" concept into something bigger. Five more pages, five more minutes, five more reps translates into aggregation of marginal gains. I watched part of a star pupil's AAU game recently. She was 12 for 12 from the line. That meant she attacked the basket and took advantage of fouls.
3. Put purpose over passion. Passion is about us. Purpose is about others. Some people become a force of nature, like Dashrath Manjhi. He spent 22 YEARS from 1960 to 1982 literally cutting through a mountain with a hammer and chisel to create a pass for his village.
4. Plus, minus, equals. MMA fighter Frank Shamrock preached the Plus, Minus, and Equals system.
5. Find balance. Aristotle preached finding balance in our lives. Find balance between work and home life. Balance training and rest. Is courage the opposite of fear or the balance between fear and recklessness?
Summary:
- Become a learning machine
- Use our Alive Time like Malcolm Little
- Put purpose over passion
- Plus, Minus, Equals
- Aristotelian balance
Lagniappe. We have to be good in the pick-and-roll on offense and defense. Today's player development steals a look at Professor Pick-and-Roll, CP3. "He's not looking for open teammates; he's looking for rotating defenders."
