Rosemary Goodwin
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Rosemary Goodwin
It means truly setting the tone for the sport or club’s culture from the top down and doing more work to educate everyone on the signs and effects of abuse while simultaneously shifting towards a healthier model of coaching. It means stronger vetting procedures with firm zero tolerance policies on what is and isn’t acceptable. And it means being wi
... See moreCoaches who win have an extra layer of protection from consequences, as their behavior may be excused or even celebrated as the reason for winning.
“It became this fixation that I would hold on to every single good thing that was said about me and try to shake off any of the bad things, and that is a very, very toxic environment to be in.”
Two major tenets of sports participation — unquestioningly accepting authority and relentlessly pursuing winning — lower the barriers to resisting inappropriate behavior or even recognizing that it is inappropriate in the first place.
If you memorize the steps, you have a direct, simple and fast path to obtain the result.
Until the world changes.
Even the tiniest shift in the system will render your memorization useless.
On the other hand, if you understand the concept, you’ll be able to produce the steps whenever you need them.
Seth Godin
Find the most generous explanation for each other’s behavior and believe it.
Rely too much on experience and you close yourself off to the new that doesn’t pattern match the old.
Rely too much on understanding and you lose a risk tolerance that brings big upside.
Rely too much on gut and you’re shooting in the dark.
So somehow, we navigate the balance, hopefully better and better, and that’s our process of improving. I find
... See moreVenturing into the unknown is an act of faith. It demands responsibility. You‘ll have to take a stand, trust your decision, and ignore the taunts of outside dissent.
But a life without conviction is a life controlled by the futile winds of fashion. Or worse, the hollow echoes of the crowd.
This is the modern trap: unprecedented access to information and opportunity coupled with finite human attention and limited lifespans.
We can theoretically do anything,
but we cannot do everything.
Sari Azout