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Passion: Articles that deal with the inner drive that we all need to want to MOVE from where we currently are to where we dream to be.
Preparation: These posts reference articles, books, documentaries, speakers, quotes, and other inspirational and formative ideas that I have found that helped me and the people around me.
Practice: Articles in this category have a heavy sports and performance training lean.
Performance: These articles focus on how you go about your work. From networking to communications to finding a better way to do what you do.
Perseverance: Articles in this category speak to the mechanics that we go through both mentally and physically to stay on track and not get STUCK.
Culture is the Key to Success
Winning or losing a sporting event or the success or failure of a business can be seen in two different ways. The most obvious reason is the decisions made by the people in leadership positions. The second way, which is less obvious, is the CULTURE within the team or the company.
Analysts will dissect all of the decisions made by the shot-callers every time there is good fortune or rough seas. The pundits write beautifully about the genius of those who show value, while questioning the abilities of those who struggle.
What they don’t look at, until they are doing the “post-mortem” (when the leadership is cut loose), is what was going on behind closed doors.
It’s All in the Numbers
The buzzword of the 2020s in sports is “analytics”. Everyone is talking about it. How the physical metrics are compiled and what they are telling us. I was more old school. I let my eyes be the judge of where my team was. I saw a funny picture the other day … well “funny” in that it was WRONG. It was a picture of a $50 million quarterback, with a history of knee and back issues, back squatting.
Training the Quarterback
During my career, I have been blessed with a tremendous group of hardworking competitors who all played the quarterback position. Two went on to win the Heisman Trophies. Four have won national championships and one has won a Super Bowl. Four were drafted in the first round of the NFL draft. The thing that they all had in common was the Five Ps.
Consistency
I looked at the player and said, “What do you think of when you see me?” He pondered on the question for a second and said one word, “Consistency.” I smiled and said “Exactly! I have successfully completed what I set out to do.” He looked at me curiously and said, “What is that?” I said, “I am the same person every day. I don’t let emotion or my clothing make me stand out. I let my coaching be my hallmark. When you walk in here every day you see me, Coach C, Consistency. You don’t have to worry about who I’m going to be today; you don’t have to worry about if I am in a good mood, or a bad mood you know one thing, you are about to go to work to become better at your profession.”
Start Here: About the 5 Ps
Welcome to the 5 Ps of elite performance: Passion – Preparation – Practice – Performance – Perseverance
Football Players & Fighter Jets
Football and Fighter Jets. Who would have guessed? But then when you pull them apart to their single most important denominator: MOVEMENT, they aren’t that much different.