In my last column, we talked about Pete Carroll’s “Always Compete” mindset and how the relentless pursuit of getting better at everything you do is at the core of Carroll’s coaching philosophy. It’s this “Always Compete” mentality that has made Pete Carroll one of only three coaches to win both a Super Bowl and a [...]
Darrin Donnelly
Pete Carroll is one of the most fascinating and innovative coaches in America. His high-energy, super-positive, open-minded approach to the game of football has challenged many of the long-held beliefs about the way coaches “should” coach football. Conventional or not, Carroll’s approach obviously works as he’s piled up victories and championships at both the pro [...]
Successful coaches tend to develop a life philosophy that goes well beyond the sport they coach. The great ones not only teach lessons for success in sports, but they teach lessons for success in life. Lou Holtz has never been shy about sharing such life lessons. After a legendary coaching career, Holtz is convinced that [...]
You’ve probably been told that having a big ego is a bad thing. But the truth is, to achieve big dreams, you need to have a big ego. You have to believe in yourself more than anyone else does. You have to have a level of inner-confidence that, to the outside world, may look like an [...]
The more I study the world’s top achievers, the more I notice a recurring theme: big achievers aren’t afraid of big challenges. They’re not afraid to put themselves on the line. They set goals that are “unrealistically” high to most observers, but they go after them anyway. Why are top achievers more comfortable with setting [...]
One of my favorite examples of someone who achieved the American Dream is Sylvester Stallone. Stallone has always been a hero of mine not only for the success he achieved as an actor and all that he has done to promote physical fitness, but more so for what he accomplished as a writer. In 1975, [...]
