The Pathway to Uncommon Excellence
The mindset in the wider culture that is shaping most of the individuals on our team is one of expediency: we want things fast, cheap, and easy. But, developing true greatness takes persistence and fortitude over a long period of time. How can we as coaches combat this expectation of “easy” within our teams so that they can achieve uncommon excellence? Tune in as we discuss the practices and mindsets that will reshape our understanding of what it really takes to become great.
Learn how to:
- Align ambitions around how mastery really works, including a proper understanding of the deliberate practice required to become great.
- Formulate a mindset of ultra-realism that allows us to accept things as they are without playing the victim and asking questions like, “why me?”
- Expect the ruts and plateaus that threaten to scare us but are important and inevitable parts of the journey.
- Acclimatize your team by going up in pressure to get an honest assessment of where they really are and what they need to do better or differently.
- Close the energy loop by focusing effort and intensity on a manageable time period.
Mentioned:
- Outliers, by Malcolm Gladwell
- Peak, by Anders Ericsson
- Brendon Little, Toronto Blue Jays
- Acclimatizing Team Culture