On reacting to getting beat, successful givers, and having discipline

The most common – to turn and watch as their rear-end gets farther and farther away from you.
To realize you are getting beaten, turn quickly and low and get your mouth down where you could gnaw, or bite, their pocket if it were sticking out.

Having this second reaction allows the opportunity to get a lot more steals.

The only reason there are not more steals from behind like this is that players who are lackadaisical enough on defense to let themselves get beaten are usually too lackadaisical to think about recovering aggressively and “gnawing at that pocket”.

LEADERSHIP LESSON
“This is what I find most magnetic about successful givers: they get to the top without cutting others down, finding ways of expanding the pie that benefit themselves and the people around them. Whereas success is zero-sum in a group of takers, in groups of givers, it may be true that the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.”

– Adam Grant

LIFE PRINCIPLE
“Discipline is about doing what you know you’ve got to do even when you don’t feel like it. But for your efforts to make a difference, you must be consistent. Slacking off every other day isn’t going to get you to your destination any more quickly.”

– Daniel Walter