Building skill isn’t the only thing coaches build into their players, for without building in character, one will have no true foundation to work from. Now don’t confuse personality with character, for character encompasses and can be summed up in two simple words: Discipline Commitment That’s it. Defining And Building Character: Jocko Willink And Capt…
Eddies are interesting things one strikes in a river flow, and depending on the size, will depend on the chaos that can be created. Eddy Current Whirlpool https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhTlBzSG3rk And of course, life doesn’t quite flow the way that we think it should. Eddie And Richie Blackmail The Prime Minister – Bottom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oq-ZZu0lvi0 And down the…
Sandbars always cause problems for people navigating certain water ways, for they constantly shift, and unless one can read the ripples on the water, one will beach themselves upon the sandbars hidden underneath. And in a way, that’s a bit like coaching, or working with any group of people, for as people come and go,…
Dissolving things dissipates things, and one of the biggest challenges we face whilst we are here is in learning to dissolving the ego and directing it for positive purposes. For the ego is a key to understanding and knowing what is going on on this planet and plane, with everything in this reality has been designed to…
When people think of discipline in sport, it tends to be more of the enforced discipline that people think of, though there is a type of discipline that may not appear very significant, though proves to be very revealing about people and their true character. And four areas where this comes to the fore is…
With the reading of Brett Bartholomew’s book Conscious Coaching, my appreciation and understanding of how archetypes fit into the picture has become much clearer, and the way that I now view archetypes as basically a shade of personality. Conscious Coaching https://www.bookdepository.com/Conscious-Coaching/9781543179477 For in Brett’s book he looks at 16 different types of archetypes from the…
The following are some words of wisdom about character from master coach Arthur Lydiard taken from his book Run To The Top written in 1962, though over 50 years old, the wisdom the words contain are timeless. I was very lucky to pick the book up in book sale one day, and it’s one of…
To create a successful winning team, it’s all about the strength of character Which is: The ability to be able to do the simple things over and over again The ability to bounce back when things go wrong The ability to dig deep when you don’t want to go any further The ability to help…
Description There are a myriad of character strengths, though four to mainly focus on are: Honesty Integrity Sincerity Respect And these aspects are applied to: Yourself Others What you do How you do it Quotes Ability may get you to the top, but it takes character to keep you there – John Wooden If you…
As part of Strong Character Strengths for the Succeeding Mind, developing honesty isn’t hard to do; it’s a matter of making a conscious choice of actually doing it. Below are some articles relating to honesty and the development of it: http://www.managerwise.com/article.phtml?id=256 http://www.learningforlife.org.uk/awards/Poster/module/mod8_honest.aspx http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/parenting-is-contact-sport/201103/teaching-your-kids-be-honest http://www.splash.net.au/articles/esteem.html http://www.education.com/reference/article/teaching-kids-honesty/ It’s the old story, if you can’t be honest with…
If you want to open the door to revealing others, you only have to look at two things. They being: Character Strengths Contribution Character Strengths Honesty Integrity Sincerity Respect Grit With the first 4 character strengths you are looking at honesty, integrity, sincerity and respect to: Themselves Others What they do How they train And…
With the development of the Succeeding Mind, as character strengths is being developed it is coming down to 5 main things, they being: Honesty Integrity Sincerity Respect Grit And again especially for the first four it is to do with Honesty, Integrity, Sincerity and Respect for: Yourself Others What you do How you do things…
A bit of reflection today for to look at yourself as a coach and a person is not as hard as it’s made out to be. It’s becomes a case of answering some simple questions. Do you understand the thought process and realize that you are not your thoughts? Are you predominantly: An Introvert Or…
Recently I’ve been looking at the work of Angela Lee Duckworth which revolves around the concept of grit and the part it plays in succeeding. The following are links to check out her web page and a couple of talks she has given. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/~duckwort/ http://vimeo.com/41558832 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qaeFnxSfSC4 Grit falls nicely into the concept of character strengths…
