On painting imaginary lines, leading like a gardener, and habitual thinking
June 6 | The 3-Point Play
BASKETBALL TIP
Paint imaginary lines in your mind—three feet in from the real lines, all around the court, and eight inches to a foot around the three-second lane.
Then use those lines.
Play just as if your lines were the referees’ lines.
There is no need to have more than one career turnover due to stepping on a line or being “forced” out of bounds.
LEADERSHIP LESSON
“The temptation to lead as a chess master, controlling each move of the organization, must give way to an approach as a gardener, enabling rather than directing. A gardening approach to leadership is anything but passive. The leader acts as an “Eyes-On, Hands-Off” enabler who creates and maintains an ecosystem in which the organization operates.”
– Stanley McChrystal
LIFE PRINCIPLE
“If you constantly think thoughts of boldness and courage and self-assertion, you become progressively bolder and more courageous and more self-assertive.
The more you dwell on the person you would like to be, with the qualities you would like to have, the more you implant those deep into your subconscious mind where they become part of your ongoing evolution.
What you habitually think about eventually becomes a part of your character and your personality.”
– Brian Tracy
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