Make the most powerful investment in yourself. Craft your life. Author David Mamet told his children to do something for your craft and something for your business every day.
Shape your daily "winning process."
"Eat that frog." Do the one thing that you don't want to do first. Pay the bill, finish the chapter, go for a long walk, have the hard conversation.
Be memorable. When you put yourself out there, you'll be memorable. Everyone won't like everything you share. Remember that freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from accountability.
"Make friends with the dead." I never met Coach Wooden, Carril, Dean Smith, Newell, Knight, or Abraham Lincoln. But I've studied them closely and consider them 'friends'. I need to know Margaret Mead better. I recently read a bio on the anthropologist.
"Most copies are poor reproductions of the original." - Pete Newell Be yourself not a copy of your coach or any other coach.
Work on character and competence. Neither on its own is sufficient.
"The easy bus is not coming around." - Kara Lawson This monologue screams reality, "You have to scratch and claw and it never f–-ing ends. And it doesn’t get better, it just gets harder. So don’t complain to me that I’m making your life hard. You don’t even know what that means." - Deborah Vance in Hacks, Episode 2
"Be willing to fight for what you believe." But consider carefully whether the values or the person you believe in deserve that belief.
Lagniappe. Sacrifice was the word ingrained in our high school team.
Teamwork means sacrifice. #DailyWisdom pic.twitter.com/UTYPBUodAW
— Ball is Psych (@BallisPsych) December 22, 2024
Lagniappe 2. Ask players to explain how to impact winning without big statistics.
You don’t need the ball in your hands to make an impact on the court.
— Coach Mac 🏀 (@BballCoachMac) December 23, 2024
Box out.
Set screens.
Cut hard.
Be ready to help.
Lagniappe 3. Attention to detail makes all the difference.
I see too many players getting the ball poked away once they get into the paint. A high pickup can be avoid to avoid the swipe down. pic.twitter.com/UKhNfzrxE0
— Reid Ouse (@reidouse) December 23, 2024
