Pride can sometimes get in the way of sustaining great performance. Those who strive for excellence often become too self-critical after defeat or a setback, and too self-satisfied after a victory or achievement. Keeping the ego in check when things go well and poorly is a critical step in achieving the focus and discipline required for sustained success.
1. Embrace your victory and embed that into your preparation of your next assignment. Whether it’s a loss or a victory take that experience to make you even better.
2. Don’t ever not want to win
3. I’ve never condoned celebration past the day of succeeding but rather had my teams embrace the negatives and positives in future preparation. I believe it’s vital for the defeatist to see the work that was put in for that victory. As I believe it’s vital for the victor to embrace that feeling of success and not lose that momentum.
It is a fine line but doable, I’ve had players succeed to All Star levels from defeats and I’ve had victors do just the same. My biggest Driver is “Don’t lose the feel of success”
I wonder if there is the need for a longer window (>24 hours) in between seasons or projects - not to dwell on the past, but to take a mental break from it all.
I do not know Coach Summitt, but it sounds like she is practicing temperance. Good for her!
Another legendary coach is the late Bob Knight.
While the only second hand reports I have heard described him as a "hard man;* he certainly has made waves in his field. His records show he knew what he was doing (at least when it came to basketball). Something so rare these days is he got results consistently. He went so far as to write a book called THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING. In this he discusses the power of focus, strategy, and grind. He emphasizes not getting caught up in the celebration. In reality we are all there to do a job. A few hours of celebrating, destroying the body, etc... takes away from recovery time and getting after it the next day.
Coach Knight was a controversial man, but I tend to agree with him and his wariness of developing optimism bias.
Personally, I do believe in celebrating the small wins and certainly the big ones. In the business world, I believe Jack Welch, PhD, said it best: "... placards and pay...," this is the right way to recognize successful members of your organization.
The fine line of WOW!
1. Embrace your victory and embed that into your preparation of your next assignment. Whether it’s a loss or a victory take that experience to make you even better.
2. Don’t ever not want to win
3. I’ve never condoned celebration past the day of succeeding but rather had my teams embrace the negatives and positives in future preparation. I believe it’s vital for the defeatist to see the work that was put in for that victory. As I believe it’s vital for the victor to embrace that feeling of success and not lose that momentum.
It is a fine line but doable, I’ve had players succeed to All Star levels from defeats and I’ve had victors do just the same. My biggest Driver is “Don’t lose the feel of success”
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I wonder if there is the need for a longer window (>24 hours) in between seasons or projects - not to dwell on the past, but to take a mental break from it all.
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I do not know Coach Summitt, but it sounds like she is practicing temperance. Good for her!
Another legendary coach is the late Bob Knight.
While the only second hand reports I have heard described him as a "hard man;* he certainly has made waves in his field. His records show he knew what he was doing (at least when it came to basketball). Something so rare these days is he got results consistently. He went so far as to write a book called THE POWER OF NEGATIVE THINKING. In this he discusses the power of focus, strategy, and grind. He emphasizes not getting caught up in the celebration. In reality we are all there to do a job. A few hours of celebrating, destroying the body, etc... takes away from recovery time and getting after it the next day.
Coach Knight was a controversial man, but I tend to agree with him and his wariness of developing optimism bias.
Personally, I do believe in celebrating the small wins and certainly the big ones. In the business world, I believe Jack Welch, PhD, said it best: "... placards and pay...," this is the right way to recognize successful members of your organization.
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Coach Summitt seems like a great exemplar of what you define as an Admired Leader? Was she formally studied as part of your cohort?
Useful! Might the practice of convening postmortems after significant events (win or lose) help teams close the books/move on effectively?
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