Beyond High Performance: What Great Coaches Know About How the Best Get Better

Then I say, “So if I ask you to do something, I can expect you to keep 80 percent of your commitments? Do you think I can trust that you’re going to do that one thing?”

because we often don’t do the things we said we would do in the first place.

the purpose of flushing out our beliefs, of taking the red tablet, of stimulating the blame reflex, is not to judge the beliefs. They may very well be helpful beliefs that we want to keep around. We simply won’t know until we get them out and then play with them.

It’s “what are we capable of?”

Athletes know they can’t do it alone. They know a team is depending on them, or their greatness is dependent on their team.

can increase the probability of you doing something just by asking you about it. This is the power of questions.

Most people don’t want to be twice as productive as they are now. Let’s be real: that sounds kind of exhausting.

The goal isn’t to change one behavior; the goal is to change your mind. You can learn tips, habits, and tricks about something, but they usually won’t produce the lasting results you want, because you haven’t yet changed your mind. This

Put another way: Is there alignment between what I care about and what those who are in charge care about?