On Tough Shots, Relationships, and Understanding Success
Dec. 30 | The 3-Point Play
BASKETBALL TIP
Forget tough lay-ups and fade-aways.
They don’t help you win games.
In fact, they help the other team beat you.
Get balanced. Balance is better.
Balance helps you make more shots.
Balance communicates to your teammates you care about them, because you care about the best shot for the team.
LEADERSHIP LESSON
Relationships are your currency.
When you have a tough conversation, give a critique, or hold a teammate accountable, it will work in direct proportion to how strong that relationship is.
Strong relationship = strong influence
Weak relationship = weak influence
Connect before you correct.
LIFE PRINCIPLE
“We see trophies, not sweat. Diplomas, not homework. Performances, not rehearsals.
When we witness extraordinary feats of sporting or artistic prowess, we are witnessing the end product of a process measured in years. What is invisible to us – the submerged evidence, as it were – is the countless hours of practice that have gone into the making of the virtuoso performance: the relentless drills, the mastery of technique and form, the solitary concentration that have, literally, altered the anatomical and neurological structures of the master performer.
What we do not see is what we might call the hidden logic of success.”
– Matthew Syed
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