On Exit Cuts, Candles, and a Big Secret

Aug. 11 | The 3-Point Play

BASKETBALL TIP
When you drive to the paint, get stopped & make a pass out, don’t stand.

That’s what most players do. 

Instead, exit cut to the three point line.

This will:

Finish every drive and kick with an exit cut and watch how many more shots you get per game!

LEADERSHIP LESSON
“A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.”

– Unknown

LIFE PRINCIPLE
“A big secret is that you can bend the world to your will a surprising percentage of the time—most people don’t even try, and just accept that things are the way that they are. People have an enormous capacity to make things happen. A combination of self-doubt, giving up too early, and not pushing hard enough prevents most people from ever reaching anywhere near their potential.

Ask for what you want. You usually won’t get it, and often the rejection will be painful. But when this works, it works surprisingly well. Almost always, the people who say “I am going to keep going until this works, and no matter what the challenges are I’m going to figure them out”, and mean it, go on to succeed. They are persistent long enough to give themselves a chance for luck to go their way.”

– Sam Altman