Darrin Donnelly
Apr 5, 2018
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: “ATTITUDE.”
There’s no doubt about it, Jay Wright has built his basketball dynasty on one thing: ATTITUDE.
In the passage below, Jay Wright explains why a positive attitude is the foundation for everything he does and how he came to realize that success for any organization starts with attitude… [continue reading…]
Darrin Donnelly
Mar 29, 2018
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 people from everyone else. In sports, in business, and in life, Walsh found a unique element shared by every great success story… [continue reading…]
Darrin Donnelly
Mar 22, 2018
Dabo Swinney took over as head football coach at Clemson halfway through the 2008 season. In the nine-and-a-half seasons since, Swinney has led the Tigers to 101 wins, seven-straight (and counting) 10-win seasons, four ACC championships, and one National Championship.
In an outstanding new book by Seth Davis, the author interviews several of America’s top coaches to find out what makes them tick. Davis points out that one of the things that makes Dabo Swinney so unique is the joyful attitude he brings to his work.
While many coaches are best-known for their stoic (sometimes curmudgeonly) demeanors, Swinney stands out with his overwhelmingly positive perspective… [continue reading…]
Darrin Donnelly
Mar 15, 2018
It’s important that you set aside time to regularly visualize your biggest dreams coming to fruition.
When Lou Holtz was coaching at Notre Dame in the late 1980s and early 1990s, he saw the awesome power of visualization first-hand… [continue reading…]
Darrin Donnelly
Mar 8, 2018
Top coaches and athletes looking for a competitive edge are now tapping into an unexpected power source. They’re tapping into the power of sleep. Yes, sleep!
It was once a badge of honor for coaches to burn the midnight oil and catch only a few hours of sleep at the office or for certain athletes to show up at the gym each morning before dawn, regardless of how late they were up the night before.
However, scientists have discovered clear evidence that lack of sleep has a tremendously negative impact on one’s mental and physical health. And the sports world has taken notice.
Top coaches and athletes are realizing now that long hours of work at the expense of a full night’s sleep does much more harm than good. [continue reading…]
Darrin Donnelly
Mar 1, 2018
Success leaves clues and we all know that certain values like grit, optimism, discipline, and selflessness serve as the foundation for all winning programs. We know that history’s greatest coaches—from John Wooden to Dean Smith to Tom Osborne to Nick Saban—all preached the importance of teamwork and trusting “the process.”
Mike Matheny, a four-time Gold Glove winner as a player and the first person to guide his team to the playoffs in each of his first four seasons as an MLB manager, answers an important question: If everyone knows the formula for building a winning program, why doesn’t everyone follow it? [continue reading…]
