When things aren’t going well and we experience a losing streak in life, it can be very difficult to shift our mindset from negative to positive. During tough times, it’s easy to find ourselves focusing on all the things that are going wrong, and never on the things that are going right. Oddly, it can [...]
Darrin Donnelly
Joe Torre knows how to win. As a player, he won a spot on the National League All-Star team nine times. As a manager, Joe Torre won 13 division titles, four World Series championships, and the fifth-most games in the history of Major League Baseball. Throughout his career, Torre identified several key qualities shared by [...]
When one thinks of an “old school” baseball manager, Jack McKeon quickly comes to mind. McKeon’s approach to managing was about as old school as it gets in the era of Sabermetrics. He relied on gut instinct, using pride as a motivator, letting his players learn on the fly, and doing things his own way. [...]
The more you study successful people, the more you’ll recognize that the difference between whether one succeeds or fails ultimately comes down to one simple factor. Urban Meyer, the Ohio State football coach and winner of three National Championships, explains exactly what that difference-maker is… E + R = O Event + Response = Outcome [...]
If you look closely at Villanova basketball coach Jay Wright’s right wrist, you’ll notice he’s often wearing a blue bracelet that says: “ATTITUDE.” When the Jay Wright-coached Villanova Wildcats break a huddle, they always shout the word: “ATTITUDE.” When Jay Wright wrote a book after his Wildcats won the 2016 National Championship, he titled it: [...]
Bill Walsh was a football genius. He changed the game of pro football with his innovative, pass-heavy West Coast Offense while winning three Super Bowls with the San Francisco 49ers in the 1980s. Walsh was also an avid student of the game of life. He was driven to find out what separated the most successful [...]
