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 [...]
Darrin Donnelly
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 [...]
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 [...]
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… On the Friday nights before a game, I would have my players attend a relaxation period. [...]
