High Performance Lifestyle
It doesn’t matter the industry or the field of play, the #1 rule vibrates throughout.
Choose a time and place, whoever or wherever, you will the see the #1 rule in action.
When we think about a leader, we think of a maker. Leaders are makers.
But every leader, first they made themselves. [Read more…]
Yet, that is not how life works. Life is more like an adventure. When we set out on an adventure, we are unsure of the results but we look forward to the experience.
We don’t know what will happen in the end but we embrace the opportunity to do something fun/inspiring/noteworthy/epic. [Read more…]
Winning is a life quest. Whether we like it or not, life is a competition. We are constantly competing against something. Many times, the battle is within us, as we aim to conquer our hedonistic pursuits, our soft minds, and our mediocre existence.
The very act of chasing wins is the process that propels excellence. We don’t always finish first, but we always make progress. We either win or we learn. We are never failing.
We are chasing that “all the time thing” that is the pursuit of victory.
by Vince Lombardi
Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all of the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game, and that’s first place. I have finished second twice in my time at Green Bay, and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do, and to win, and to win, and to win.
Every time a football player goes to ply his trade he’s got to play from the ground up – from the soles of his feet right up to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That’s O.K. You’ve got to be smart to be number one in any business. But more importantly, you’ve got to play with your heart, with every fiber of your body. If you’re lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he’s never going to come off the field second.
Running a football team is no different than running any other kind of organization – an army, a political party or a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win – to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don’t think it is.
It is a reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That’s why they are there – to compete. The object is to win fairly, squarely, by the rules – but to win.
And in truth, I’ve never known a man worth his salt who in the long run, deep down in his heart, didn’t appreciate the grind, the discipline. There is something in good men that really yearns for discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.
I don’t say these things because I believe in the ‘brute’ nature of men or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour — his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear — is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the field of battle – victorious.
— Coach Vincent T. Lombardi
Link to website: www.vincelombardi.com
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The most important thing that comes from reading is learning how to navigate difficult things or times.
That is why a lot of people read before making a career transition — the path ahead is murky, mysterious, and scary as hell. So people read to help ease their transition.
How about when starting something new?
It is much more uncommon. People would more than likely walk into something fresh-faced and eager, but woefully unprepared. They might be willing to learn but would have done zero work prior to showing up. This small difference separates the best from the rest.
Starting new things is not easy and it may be more difficult to open up your mind to the idea of reading ahead or preparing before beginning. The difference is in the details, it is a slight edge. [Read more…]
There is a lot to be said about the power of a vision.
The power of something that drives us to excel.
Humans need a passion. Something to obsess over, to satisfy our primal urge for conquest. Deeply ingrained within our DNA is a craftsman mentality, the subconscious need to build something great.
Without it, we are lost. We are seekers of distraction. We chase things since it gives us a moment of pleasure. But then it is rust and we are lost once again.
Society is plagued by a lack of vision.
Comfort is the root of this pain and we must seek to banish it forever.
I recently learned that Bruce Lee was an avid reader. A man of manic energy, suppressed by the power of a book. [Read more…]
