THE MONDAY LEADOFF
Hi my friend 🫡
"Each moment puts you in a better or worse position to handle the future"
The book Clear Thinking poses these questions:
- Why do people make bad decisions?
- What is the connection between leadership and clear thinking?
- How can we get better at reasoning?
- Why do some people consistently get better results than others despite having the same information?
- How can I be right more often?
And these ideas:
- Decisions made through clear thinking will put you in increasingly better positions, and success will compound from there
- When we react without reasoning, our positioning is weakened, and our options worsen
- Emotions can multiply all of your progress by zero
- Doing something different means you might underperform, but it also means you might change the game entirely
- Mastering the basics is the key to being ruthlessly effective
- The longer we avoid the hard thing we know we should do, the harder it becomes to do
- Understanding what you do and don't know is the key to playing games you can win
- Inspiration and excitement might get you going, but persistence and routine keep you going until you reach your goals
RULE OF THUMB
(Credit: Shane Parrish)
Never say yes to something important without thinking it over for a day.
WHAT'S BEEN WORKING
1.
Energy > Time
Time has no value, no valence, and no force. Time is nothing unless combined with energy. To me, energy consists of presence, focus, and attention. Life is much more full when I am in the present moment. Full immersion has helped me be a better coach, leader, teacher, etc.
2.
Self-talk
What kind of a coach am I to myself? Do I want my athletes to have the same self-talk that I have? Is how I talk to myself helpful? These questions wake me up. They help me to stay intentional with my self-talk; the inner voice controls our destiny.
3.
Asking questions to help others reframe
A few days ago, a senior dropped a routine fly ball in the first inning. When he came off the field, we talked. I told him to take a few deep breaths. I asked him what his self-talk was. Next, I asked him how many fly balls he's caught in his lifetime. This quick conversation made an impact by helping him to reset and reframe. It allowed him to get some confidence back. He made every play the rest of the game.
QUOTE I'M PONDERING
"How can I succeed even if I fail?" -Carl Jung
Nothing but the best,
Matt 🎯
P.S. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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