Mindset Matters

They knew that whether the criticism was positive or negative, they just needed the information so they could get better. The great one’s always want the info. Some coaches, and some bosses for that matter, are better at delivering criticism than others. Why do you care? I ask athletes all the time what the difference is between constructive criticism and criticism. Do you know? The difference is simply HOW YOU RECEIVE IT.

If you are leading a team, or if you are coaching yourself, know what the strengths and weaknesses are. If you are the coach, put the players in positions to succeed based on their strengths. If you are your own coach, make sure that you are focused on developing your strengths as much, if not more, than you focus on your weaknesses. Finding these talents can contribute greatly to the success of your team, and more importantly, to your own performance.

The great one's break down complex subjects and tasks into simplified parts. How have you simpilfied lately? How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. Don't overanalyze, get to work.

When was the last time you took inventory about how you talk to yourself? What did you think? Are you positive with yourself? Are you patient with yourself? Recent studies reveal interesting feedback as to what you say when you talk to yourself.

What do you want to do? Why do you want to do it? How are you going to start? These are great questions that can lead to great performance. The answers can unlock performance.

Are you getting enough sleep? Chances are that you aren't. It's also important to be consistent with your sleep habits? Make the change today!

Adversity hits everyone, what's your plan?

I was involve in a car accident last week. I tried really hard not to stay in the suck. Sometimes it's hard not to stay in the suck. Sometimes you gotta give yourself a time limit.

What you are focusing on matters. What do you focus on each day? The Good? The Bad? There has never been a better time to be alive, and there has never been a better time to seek out good things on the internet, in books, and through connections to social media. Find the good, be the good. You could make all the difference.

While I didn’t know Ken Ravizza like others did, I still feel the sting of this loss. I read about him in my textbooks while I was in school in the field, I heard about him from my peers, and when I finally met him in January of 2017, he was everything that all my peers had told me he was. He was kind, he was funny, he was authentic, he was intelligent, and he was a delight to be around.