Icebergs have two parts: what people see (above the surface) and what people don’t see (below the surface). Success Is An Iceberg We often get mesmerized by someone’s above the surface success and don’t factor in all the below the surface opportunity-costs they paid to achieve that success. This is the ‘iceberg illusion’. It’s been a …
This might be outside the box for many of you, but there’s so much to discover once we get outside of our own sandbox to play. I stumbled upon The Exuberant Animal by chance. And since, have loved experimenting with their ideas and its application to player development. A lot of this may appear very …
“Back in the day” before email (…okay, I officially feel old writing that, but it’s true…), my college basketball coach photocopied the chapter below and gave it to me and my teammates. It resonated true for me then as an athlete, as still does for me now. It’s worth printing off and passing along to …
Carol Dweck in her book Mindset: The New Psychology of Success speaks to what she calls a “fixed mind-set” versus a “growth mind-set”. Her work has been instrumental in outlining the transformational power that comes from changing how we – as coaches and athletes – think about failure. Watch this short video that shows the …
Those driven toward excellence and winning, should never view failure as something that saps your energy, enthusiasm and vitality. Instead, it provides an opportunity to respond famously by animating, increasing your focus, and viewing the experience itself as an opportunity to learn, develop and adapt. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying significant failures won’t …
“Almost all of us waste 90% of our time, resources and learning time, because we don’t understand a simple concept called the Learning Pyramid.” This was a line in an email that popped up in my inbox from Sean D’Souza of Psychotactics. Sean’s message was directed towards marketers, but I think its application holds true …
I’m not endeavouring to get into the post-Obama-speech hoopla (pardon the pun!). I will say that I don’t quite understand the rationale for parents not allowing their kids to watch or listen to The President’s message to America’s students. (Save the politicized comments please. I’m a de facto neutral entity by nationality as a Canadian. It’s …