Regardless of success or failure, do the work. Stick to the basics. Repeat the 'boring' fundamentals. The science tells us that repetition strengthens the speed and accuracy of neural pathways. It's not "muscle memory" but "myelin memory."
"Empty your cup."
Learning implies openness, a willingness to add to our metaphorical cup of knowledge. Watch video looking for evidence. Is a team doing more of what works and less of what doesn't? What hard-to-defend actions manifest or don't appear?
A simple test examines whether and how a team runs and defends ball screens. If it's good enough for professional basketball, why does a high school team ignore it?
"Beginner's mind."
Shunryu Suzuki, the author of Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind, wrote, "In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few." He elaborates, "If your mind is empty, it is always ready for anything; it is open to everything."
Celebrate childlike curiosity instead of worshipping the arrogance of authority.
Decades ago a colleague told me, "When I was a trainee, you told me to learn five things every day." And soon, I began to accumulate knowledge.
Don't be a know it all; become a learn it all.
Warren Buffett's partner, Charlie Munger said, “In my whole life, I have known no wise people (over a broad subject matter area) who didn’t read all the time—none, zero.”
Socrates famously said, "I know that I know nothing."
Winners are trackers. Don Meyer kept three notebooks each year - one for general knowledge, one for basketball, and a gratitude journal for his wife.
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