SEASON 9 - LESSONS 19-36

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WEEK 19: POSITIVE ATTITUDE

A positive attitude doesn't always come from seeing the good in a bad situation or facing adversity with a smile. Having a positive attitude just means bringing the best of you to what's in front of you. Your attitude won't magically change your situation, but it will change how YOU show up to it. And, how you show up makes all the difference.

Pillar: Growth Mindset
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growth mindset, perspective, self-management, positivity, optimism, discipline, effort, choice, again and again, overcoming adversity, bad day, failure, your best, show up
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WEEK 20: STEP UP

It's easy to point out what's wrong with your team. It's more difficult to decide what YOU can do to help make it right and then do those things. Everybody's waiting for someone else to go first. Stop waiting. Be the one to step up and do something. No goal is out of reach if you're willing to step up.

Pillar: Servant Leadership
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go first, get uncomfortable, hard work, servant leadership, speak up, social awareness, communication, teamwork, building relationships
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WEEK 21: UNCOMMON TOUGHNESS

There are four main types of adversity, and each of them comes with its own common response. The problem with these common responses is that they usually hold you back or make things worse. When you choose to respond in uncommon ways instead, then you start to build uncommon toughness.

Pillar: Grit
Tags:
be uncommon, grit, perseverance, toughness, resilience, self-management, self-control, adversity, overcoming obstacles, accountability, hard work, responsibility, attitude
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WEEK 22: DO DIFFERENT

You are responsible for your work and your life. Random chance is not enough to get the outcomes that you want. If you want to get out of your work something that you've never gotten before, then you've got to do work that you've never done before. To get more from your work, for yourself and your team, you've got to do different.

Pillar: Work Ethic
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accountability, work ethic, responsible decision-making, challenge, get uncomfortable, transfer of belief, self reflection, responsibility, go first, little things
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WEEK 23: DARE GREATLY

Fear can either paralyze or propel. If you want to be successful in sports and in life, you can’t be paralyzed by the fear of failure, the fear of critics, or the fear of not being perfect. Instead, you have to be propelled forward by it; you have to be willing to take that fear and dare greatly anyway.

Pillar: Personal Code
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Encouragement, character, critics, personal code, self-awareness, all in, take risks, fail forward, overcoming obstacles, chase excellence
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WEEK 24: SEPARATOR MINDSET

Separators are not just a list of things to believe or do. The separator mindset is a way of being. It helps to start with a list of specific actions to take, but you have to grow from there. When you grow into a separator mindset, that just becomes how you operate. Everything becomes a separator with the right mindset.

Pillar: Goals
Tags:
uncommon actions, goals, consistency, discipline, mindset, attitude, self-awareness, belief, behavior, under pressure, again and again, elevate
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WEEK 25: INNER GAME

The outer game is where you test your skills against your opponents' skills on the field. The inner game is where you face off with your own mind. When you win the inner game, you gain the ability to control your mind so it can't run away with you. Your inner game will affect, and even determine, your outer game. The ways that you talk to yourself, see yourself, and compete all influence your ability to win the inner game.

Pillar: Growth Mindset
Key Topics:
growth mindset, self-awareness, competition, self-image, perspective, self talk, you vs you, positivity, pressure, right size, focus, learning from mistakes, visualization
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WEEK 26: FLUSH IT

While helping the baseball team at Cal State Fullerton learn to move on from mistakes, Dr. Ken Ravissa placed a toilet in the dugout. The idea was that after players made a mistake on the pitch, they would come back to the dugout and flush it away. It might sound silly, but this worked! The team performed significantly better after having the physical reminder to let go of their mistakes. Even if you don't have a toilet in the dugout, there are other ways to flush it after you make a mistake.

Pillar: Goals
Key Topics:
goals, self-management, learning from mistakes, let go, perspective, focus, positivity, inner game, own it
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WEEK 27: CHAMPIONSHIP RELATIONSHIPS

The higher you rise in any field, the more that talent will level out, and the only thing that can separate you as an individual will be your character. What separates talented teams from the rest is their relationships. The teams with championship relationships win championships. No one wins alone. If you want to form championship relationships with your teammates, then there are a few things you'll want to start doing today.

Pillar: Servant Leadership
Key Topics:
servant leadership, relationship skills, communication, valuing others, respect, service, teamwork, self care, building trust, friend or fan
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WEEK 28: KNOW YOURSELF

Do you know the real you? Who you are is not just what you like or what you hope will be true about you. It's deeper than that. To know yourself, means you know things like your purpose and desired outcome, motivations and discouragements, and strengths and weaknesses. Clarity and confidence come when you know yourself on this deeper level.

Pillar: Personal Code
Key Topics:
personal code, self awareness, purpose, motivation, discouragement, encouragement, desire outcome, why and what, stengths and weaknesses, self reflection
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WEEK 29: GOOD NEWS

Life is hard. You will lose. You will fall short of your goals. The goals that you do achieve will take longer to reach and cost more than you expected. But don't start throwing a pity party because all of that is actually Good News. At least, it is if you choose for it to be. Whether or not a situation is Good News depends more on your perspective than your circumstances. No matter what adversity or challenge you face, it can be Good News if you choose to see it that way.

Pillar: Grit
Key Topics:
Grit, attitude, self management, perseverance, bad news, bad day, perspective, mindset, count the cost, sacrifice, long-term goals, hard work, learning from mistakes
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WEEK 30: COACHED UP

When you make a mistake, you can figure out how to fix it by trial and error eventually, but it's much easier if you have a coach around to teach you instead. Learning from mistakes is faster and easier when you have a more experienced person helping you to see where you went wrong and how you can get it right. Your coach is willing to coach you up, but for that to happen, you have to be willing to be coached up.

Pillar: Growth Mindset
Key Topics: growth mindset, coachability, responsible decision-making, choice, learning from mistakes, coachable, choose to learn, mentor, experience, teaching, anger management, listening skills, follow up, relationship skills
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WEEK 31: MONKEY BARS

When you swing across the monkey bars, the only way to keep moving forward is to let go of the bar behind you, so you can grab the one ahead of you. If you don't let go of the bar behind you, you will eventually fall. The same is true as you move through life. The only way to keep moving toward your goals and dreams is to let go of the past. If you don't let go, the past will eventually pull you down.

Pillar: Growth Mindset
Key Topics:
letting go, learning from mistakes, reality vs expectation, focus forward, your best, personal record, perseverance, flush it, growth mindset, perspective
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WEEK 32: SECOND YES

When you join a sports team or choose a class to take, that decision is the first Yes. The first Yes is important because it's the one that gets you started. But once you start, there will come a time when you have to choose whether or not to give a second Yes. The first Yes gets you inside, but the second Yes keeps you there. The first Yes matters, but the second Yes makes all the difference.

Pillar: Work Ethic
Key Topics:
commitment, work ethic, count the cost, sacrifice, hard work, self-management, discipline, accountability, purpose, reward, motivation
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WEEK 33: LONG GAME

When you see Before & After images on social media, they don't tell the whole story. Those posts make it seem like the wrecked room was cleaned or the intricate costume was created in a snap of someone's fingers, but in reality, it took hours or even days of hard work. When you take on a big project or goal, you can't just snap your fingers and it's done. You have to play the long game.

Pillar: Grit
Key Topics:
perseverance, grit, self-management, overcoming obstacles, long-term goals, overnight success, tenacity, toughness, sacrifice, hard work, pride, humility, celebrate
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WEEK 34: NEW RULES

Your smartphone and apps require regular updates to function properly. If you go too long without updating, things won't work as they should--if they work at all. The same can be said for life. If you don't occasionally update the rules, then you're going to run into problems. Put another way, if you don't like what you're getting out of your life, then you need some new rules for what you're putting into it.

Pillar: Personal Code
Key Topics:
personal code, self awareness, rules, higher standard, accountability, character, relationships, friendship, influence, self-talk, positivity, negativity, social skills,

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WEEK 35: USE MATH

Every problem, goal, or task is just a math equation to be solved. You take what you know and use it to solve for what you don't know. There are a lot of unknowns in life, but when you remember to use math, you can clear a lot of that uncertainty. Math can remind you and your teammates to focus forward, motivate you to practice consistently, and help you to recover more fully.

Pillar: Servant Leadership
Key Topics:
communication, servant leadership, social awareness, relationships, focus forward, finish strong, aggregation of marginal gains, one percent better, level up, motivation, recovery, rest, energy refill, leverage, self-care, encouragement
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WEEK 36: COMPETITIVE CHARACTER

You might know how to play, but that doesn't mean you know how to win. And knowing how to win doesn't necessarily mean you know how to compete. The best competitors and the winners are those who develop a competitive character. Lots of people have potential or talent, and everyone can practice. But only those who add tenacity, toughness, and purpose will develop the competitive character required to turn potential into achievement.

Pillar: Goals
Key Topics:
consistency, goals, self-management, character, competition, winning, success, potential, hard work, higher standards, expectations, be present, mindfulness, situational awareness, no excuses, procrastination

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