Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness (Tim Grover Winning Series)

I can list all the traits and habits and philosophies that made him great, but the secret is in how they’re put together, and that’s unique to every individual.

Every routine has to factor in the possibility of uncertainty. If you prepare only for one scenario, you have no chance of surviving the volatility of real-game conditions. True in sports, true in business, true in life. If you can only function when things are done a certain way, at a certain time, that tells me you lack the ability to adapt to re

A routine may allow you to set a portion of your journey on autopilot, but to get to your ultimate destination, you’re going to need total control over the outcome.

Why was routine so important to him? Because the games themselves were so unpredictable. Not uncontrollable, but unpredictable. And controlling the unpredictable was his specialty.

master the fundamentals, you can’t master anything else.

If you can’t

If you want to manage distractions and get control of that battle, you need to put some routines in place.

Do yourself a favor: Either do them, or admit you’re never doing them and move on. Managing that “back burner” is a ridiculous waste of time and energy; all those burners generate the same amount of heat anyway, and those things stay on your mind and taunt you every time you start thinking about everything you’ve left unfinished—or unstarted. Get r

Winners have a “Done” list.