Great Quotes for Coaches Podcast

Today we continue with the  series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a few weeks ago.  Today's quote comes from the former COO of Facebook/Meta, Sheryl Sandberg.

It is a quote that you have probably heard before. Heck, I think I mentioned it in the first episode of this series on Perfectionism. However, I thought it was one of those quotes that are by an unknown, anonymous source. But when I Googled the quote, Sheryl Sandberg popped up as the person this quote is most often attributed to.

It may have come from her bestselling book, "Lean In: Women, Work, & the Will to Lead," but I'm not certain of that. (Although I will be finding out because that book is in my stack of books I want to read over the course of the next year) 

No matter where she first said it or wrote it, it is an outstanding quote on how perfectionism can paralyze us into doing nothing. You'll understand what I mean by that in the episode. You'll also understand why it was the "perfect" (pun intended!) quote to do for today's episode, in particular.

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Today we continue with the  series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a few weeks ago.  Today's quotes form the final episode of three episode that make up a "Mini-Series" within the series. They are by Dr. Brene Brown from her book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.

As you heard me say in each of the last three episodes, I HIGHLY recommend you get this book! It has vaulted onto my list of Top 5 or Top 10 books that everyone should read, especially anyone who is a leader or a parent.

The quotes you hear today wrap up the mini-series by talking about some of the other problematic areas of perfectionism, but also offering a couple of ideas on how to deal with perfectionism in ways that can help us be better.

I hope you enjoyed this little series within the series. I know I enjoyed the concepts that Dr. Brown taught us about perfectionism.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we continue with the  series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a couple of weeks ago.  Today's quotes form the second of three episode that make up a "Mini-Series" within the series. They are by Dr. Brene Brown from her book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead.

As you heard me say in the episode numerous times, I HIGHLY recommend you get this book! I finished it this morning, and it has vaulted onto my list of Top 5 or Top 10 books that everyone should read, especially anyone who is a leader or a parent.

The quotes you hear today follow in the footsteps of last week's episode in which I read four bullet points that she made explaining what perfectionism IS NOT. Today you will hear four more bullet points, this time explaining what perfectionism IS.

Next week I will wrap up this mini-series with a few more quotes from Dr. Brown that offer impactful ideas on perfectionism and how to deal with it.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we continue with the new series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started a couple of weeks ago. This is a great topic for coaches because we all deal with "perfectionist athletes" at points in our careers, and for most of us we deal with them every season. The quotes that I will be discussing will get at the heart of perfectionism, why it can be crippling to performance, and what we can/should do about it to keep it from destroying our ability to grow and develop the best that we can.

Today's quotes form the beginning of a mini-series within the series. That's because for the next few weeks I will discuss quotes by Dr. Brene Brown from her book, Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent, and Lead. I HIGHLY recommend you get this book! It is so good and has so many powerful impactful ideas and lessons for all of us, especially those of us in any type of leadership position.

The quotes you hear today kick off a short section in the book on perfectionism and why perfectionism is so crippling to us in our efforts to become the best versions of ourselves that we can be.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we continue with the new series of quotes on "Perfectionism" that I started last week. As I said last week, I'm sure I have touched on the concept of perfectionism at times in different episodes of the podcast, but I don't recall ever devoting any specific episodes to the idea of perfectionism.

This is a great topic for coaches because we all deal with "perfectionist athletes" at points in our careers, and for most of us we deal with them every season. The quotes that I will be discussing will get at the heart of perfectionism, why it can be crippling to performance, and what we can/should do about it to keep it from destroying our ability to grow and develop the best that we can.

Today's quote comes to us from one of the all-time great American authors. It is also a quote that you have probably heard before. But as is so often the case, even if you've heard it, there is always something more you can learn from it or some new way to look at it, and today's quote is no exception to that.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today we start a new series of quotes on "Perfectionism." While I'm sure I have touched on the concept of perfectionism at times in different episodes of the podcast, I don't recall ever devoting any specific episodes to the idea of perfectionism, so I thought it would be a good topic to discuss.

This is also a great topic for coaches because we all deal with "perfectionist athletes" at points in our careers, and for most of us we deal with them every season. The quotes that I will be discussing will get at the heart of perfectionism, why it can be crippling to performance, and what we can/should do about it to keep it from destroying our ability to grow and develop the best that we can.

This first quote is a fairly famous one that is most often attributed to Voltaire, but it has been tweaked and changed at times through the years. It is one that you have probably heard before, and it is a good one to kick off the series.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Happy Labor Day! In honor of this holiday devoted to the American worker, I thought I would do a few quotes about the value of hard work. I have talked about some of these before, and a few of them are in my gift book for coaches to give to their graduating seniors called, "Inspiration for the Graduate." However, you will also hear a couple of quotes that are not in the book and that I have not talked about before.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Long title to today's episode, huh? That's because I cover a few different quotes from an article in The Athletic  earlier this month about the coaching staff of the US Men's Basketball Team playing in the World Cup. 

It was a great article about how unselfish each of these superstar coaches is, as they have all come together with the common goal of helping bring home a gold medal.

There were some great quotes about the five words in the title of this episode from the four coaches, so I talked about each of them. 

Those of you who coach can get a lot out of this, no matter what sport you coach. Those of you who don't coach can get a lot out of this for whatever realm you are involved in a team type of setting.

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Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

Today, we finish our series on significance with two quotes about being intentional and taking action in your pursuit of significance. I love these quotes as a wrap-up to the series, for they remind us that all the great ideas that we have talked about and heard about in this series on significance and making a difference in others lives in a positive, impactful way won't matter if you aren't intentional and don't take action on them.

Both quotes also fit right into the concepts of significance in my new SlamDunk Significance program that I told you about a few weeks ago. You can check out SlamDunk Significance at slamdunksignificance.com.

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.

This was another week of needing to "Improvise, Adapt, & Overcome," but at least this episode is coming out on the normal day of Monday (although a little later than usual). You'll hear why in the episode.

Today, we talk about two quotes on the pursuit of significance vs. success. This is a topic we have visited before, but these two quotes are so good that I felt we  needed to cover them before I finished this series on significance.

Both quotes also fit right into the concepts of significance in my new SlamDunk Significance program that I told you about a few weeks ago. You can check out SlamDunk Significance at slamdunksignificance.com.

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For more information to help you on your road to becoming your best, check us out at SlamDunkSuccess.com or email me at [email protected].

Our new background music, starting with Episode 300, is "Pulse of Time - Corporate Rock" by TunePocket.

Our background music for the first 5 years of the podcast was "Dance in the Sun" by Krisztian Vass.