Lead to Serve, Serve to Lead • Season2

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WEEKLY LESSONS

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WEEK 1: YOU VS YOU

When we think about competition, we probably think about competing against another person or multiple people. Running a race, playing monopoly, or eating hotdogs are all competitions against another person. But even when we participate in a competition with others, there’s always one competitor that we should be striving to beat, more than any other: ourselves. When we focus on competing with another person, we just have to be as good as them, or slightly better than they are. That limits how good we actually are or should be. When we focus on competing with ourselves, there’s no limit to how great we can become.

Pillar: Work Ethic

Key Topic: comparison, competition, make a plan, you vs you, goals, work ethic, achievement, best yetest
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WEEK 2: ALL IN

It’s easy to say “I’m all in.” But how many of us actually put in 100% if we’re really being honest? It’s hard to actually go all in. What if we put all we have into this moment right here and it doesn’t work out? What if we give it our all throughout the game, and then we’re stuck in overtime with no energy left? “What if” is a mindset that will strangle our ability to give our all to anything. It’s only when we let go of the “What if” mindset that we can go all in on our goals and dreams.

Pillar: Goals

Key Topics: trust, if/then mindset, building trust, remaining calm, emotion regulation, truth, goals, all in, total effort
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WEEK 3: RESET BUTTON

There are certainly circumstances that are out of your control. But as we’ve said before, though you may not be able to control every situation, you are in control of how you RESPOND to every situation. The reset button isn’t always a one time thing. How many times have you tried and failed at something, only to have to keep attempting it again and again and again? The reset button is a muscle, just like anything else, and it needs to be exercised just like any other muscle.

Pillar: Grit

Key Topics: reset button, forgiveness, expectation vs reality, recharge, emotion regulation, grit
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WEEK 4: GO FIRST

A leader is defined by what they do, not what title they are given or what label is assigned to them. Leaders serve. Don’t wait for permission to be a leader. Go first and be a leader. None of us can influence everyone, but we all have influence with someone. At its core, leadership is nothing but influence. So don’t wait for permission to use your influence, go first.

Pillar: Servant Leadership

Key Topics: set the tempo, control the controllables, serve first, go first, servant leadership, setting the standard, influence
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WEEK 5: NEVER GIVEN

The greatest lie that you will hear in your life is that success is given. Success is not owed to you. Your goals are not supposed to be easy to achieve. You are not entitled to success simply because you have the right "fill in the blank," or have amassed the right stats, or come from the right part of town. Turns out, even if you are given more than others, you still have to choose what to do with what you’ve been given. Success is never given. It is always chosen, always earned.

Pillar: Work Ethic

Key Topics: success, entitlement, hard work, work hard, success is earned, Should mindset, preparation, learning from others, gratitude, taking ownership, work ethic, earn it, never given always chosen
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WEEK 6: IRON SHARPENS

In the same way that iron sharpens iron, people sharpen people. The most important role you have on any team is to sharpen your teammates—to make them better. You sharpen each other during the long hours on the track or in the pool, through the heat of the gridiron or the echoing squeaks of the basketball gym. As iron sharpens iron, you and your teammates sharpen each other through the challenges you give, the competition you engage in, and the conflicts you overcome together.

Pillar: Growth Mindset

Key Topics: iron sharpens iron, proverbs, competition, challenge, conflict, handling conflict, helping others, trust, developing trust, growth mindset
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WEEK 7: ATTACK MODE

Attack mode is an attitude that defines how you do what you do. At its most basic, attack mode is giving your all to whatever you're doing. No half measure will do. You've got to go all in. In the weight room, in the classroom, at home—wherever you are, whatever you're doing, go all in and do it in attack mode. Anything worth doing is worth doing in attack mode.

Pillar: Goals

Key Topics: clear objectives, attack mode, focus, goals, never give up, mindset, effort, worth it
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WEEK 8: REAL DEAL

The best athletes and leaders—the ones that we want to be like—they are the real deal. They are genuine, tough enough to do hard work when it is required, and full of integrity. Being the real deal requires that you be put to the test. It requires that you move beyond the hype and the big talk about what you're going to do, to actually doing it. What the world needs more of is young men and women who are willing to stand up and say "I am the real deal me." Have the courage to be yourself. Have the courage to be the real deal.

Pillar: Personal Code

Key Topics: fear of failure, accountability, courage, cost of success, humility, integrity, diligence, uniqueness, individuality, personal code, real deal
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WEEK 9: SECOND CHANCE

There are many things you could think of when you hear the phrase "second chance." Here's how we like to think of it: A second chance is an opportunity to become who you can become. It's not something to be embarrassed about or to feel unworthy of. It's something to be thankful for. Practice gratitude for second chances. When you make a mistake, when you don't hold the standard, when you let someone down—These are all times when a second chance provides an opportunity for you to become who you can become..

Pillar: Servant Leadership

Key Topics: Become who you can become, better today than yesterday, give grace, accept grace, servant leadership, help others become their best, second chance attitude, be a second chance coach, better tomorrow than today, servant leadership
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WEEK 10: CHARLIE MIKE

In the military, missions don’t always run smoothly. But orders come from the top, and when they request or recommend to abort mission, the answer might instead be: Charlie Mike. Continue Mission. When we give up easily on the little things, we train ourselves to give up on the big things. It’s just like working out or running drills. Whatever muscle we give reps to is the muscle that gets stronger. We prefer to take the easy road and quit. We prefer to let the reps for quitting on easy things build that muscle. We prefer to give up on our dreams instead of putting in the hard work to keep going. It’s a choice. We can choose to keep building the quit muscle or we can choose to Charlie Mike.

Pillar: Grit

Key Topics: no excuses, stand firm, don't quit, grit, priority

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Stephen Mackey is a player development coach, keynote speaker, and Wall Street Journal best-selling author. Better known as Coach Mackey, he has spent the last 20+ years helping athletes and coaches connect the dots between sports and the game of life. As the co-author of The Locker Room, and the founder and CEO of 2Words Character Development, one of the top leadership and character curriculums in the country, Mackey is an advocate for coaches and athletes, and a consistent voice of encouragement and challenge.

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