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Member You - Wisdom From The Wizard Of Westwood
There are many ways for a business to ‘stand out from the crowd’. One approach is to give your customers more of what they ask for. If others are fast, you go faster. If others are clean, you be cleaner. If others are cheap, you can discount deeper. If your competitors offer a lot, you offer even more.This approach has obvious problems. First, your top position can be overtaken by anyone else offering ‘even more’. Second, the cost of escalation can become overwhelming. You need happy customers but healthy profits, too.A different approach is worth your time and effort: Find completely new and different ways to surprise, intrigue, support, nurture and delight your custo
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired resu
You have heard it a million times: "you only get one chance to make a good 'first' impression." In a job search, that is doubly true. The materials you deliver to a prospective employer or contractor as an introduction to you as a possible candidate, must express your unique skills and, through the points highlighted in the materials, show you to be the best choice for the job in question. Simple spelling errors; or misuse of, or lack of punctuation; both transgressions diminish the message you are sending to the hiring authority. Such errors suggest you don't attend to details; and maybe, that you are not reliable.If you are trying to convince someone to hire you, you want t
Beginning with The End in Mind
Wooden's final practice assignment for his players was a simple exercise in free throw shooting. Players were permitted to end their practice session after making ten successive free throws. On that particular day, UCLA's All-America point guard, Henry Bibby was the first player to stroll off the court to the comfort of the locker room and a warm shower. He completed the assignment with perfect, ten for ten efficiency.
Successful basketball coaches know that free throw success frequently determines the outcome of a game. Many coaches routinely require their players to shoot 100 free throws at every practice. Is this a more effective approach than Wooden's? Would Henry Bibby have been a better player if he was required to shoot 100 free throws daily instead or just those ten? Which measurement is the more effective?
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired result. When the desired result was achieved (consistent, repeatable success), the players were instantly rewarded. Coach Wooden's record speaks for itself. His players established habits of excellence.
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John Wooden (a.k.a. The Wizard of Westwood) is arguably the most successful coach in the history of college basketball. I recently gained new insight into his brilliance from a friend who was privileged to witness The Wizard at work at a routine practice session during his glory years at UCLA.
Beginning with The End in Mind
Wooden's final practice assignment for his players was a simple exercise in free throw shooting. Players were permitted to end their practice session after making ten successive free throws. On that particular day, UCLA's All-America point guard, Henry Bibby was the first player to stroll off the court to the comfort of the locker room and a warm shower. He completed the assignment with perfect, ten for ten efficiency.
Successful basketball coaches know that free throw success frequently determines the outcome of a game. Many coaches routinely require their players to shoot 100 free throws at every practice. Is this a more effective approach than Wooden's? Would Henry Bibby have been a better player if he was required to shoot 100 free throws daily instead or just those ten? Which measurement is the more effective?
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired resul
Health-care workers including nurses are in especially high demand nowadays. With the advances in medical technology Americans seem to be living longer than ever before. That, coupled with the fact that America's baby boom generation is reaching retirement age, means that more healthcare professionals are needed now than have ever been needed before. The future career prospects for the nursing industry are great.Demand for and more nurses is a problem found almost everywhere in the United States. Nurses today perform a wide variety of duties including giving emotional support and medical advice to patients, helping patients and their families understand how to manage medical
Successful basketball coaches know that free throw success frequently determines the outcome of a game. Many coaches routinely require their players to shoot 100 free throws at every practice. Is this a more effective approach than Wooden's? Would Henry Bibby have been a better player if he was required to shoot 100 free throws daily instead or just those ten? Which measurement is the more effective?
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired result. When the desired result was achieved (consistent, repeatable success), the players were instantly rewarded. Coach Wooden's record speaks for itself. His players established habits of excellence.
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John Wooden (a.k.a. The Wizard of Westwood) is arguably the most successful coach in the history of college basketball. I recently gained new insight into his brilliance from a friend who was privileged to witness The Wizard at work at a routine practice session during his glory years at UCLA.
Beginning with The End in Mind
Wooden's final practice assignment for his players was a simple exercise in free throw shooting. Players were permitted to end their practice session after making ten successive free throws. On that particular day, UCLA's All-America point guard, Henry Bibby was the first player to stroll off the court to the comfort of the locker room and a warm shower. He completed the assignment with perfect, ten for ten efficiency.
Successful basketball coaches know that free throw success frequently determines the outcome of a game. Many coaches routinely require their players to shoot 100 free throws at every practice. Is this a more effective approach than Wooden's? Would Henry Bibby have been a better player if he was required to shoot 100 free throws daily instead or just those ten? Which measurement is the more effective?
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired resu
Steve and Ellen had three children: a daughter in New York, another daughter in California, and a son who had stayed around to work in the family company.The couple ran a manufacturing company in Indiana started by the husband's father.Although he was in his nineties, the grandfather still came to the office every day (during the parts of the year when he wasn't in Florida).Like so many family businesses, there were three generations involved simultaneously. The problem? The successor: Steve and Ellen?s son, Stevie.His attitude, now that his sisters had moved away, and since he had stayed in their home town and worked for the company, that it was natural
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John Wooden (a.k.a. The Wizard of Westwood) is arguably the most successful coach in the history of college basketball. I recently gained new insight into his brilliance from a friend who was privileged to witness The Wizard at work at a routine practice session during his glory years at UCLA.
Beginning with The End in Mind
Wooden's final practice assignment for his players was a simple exercise in free throw shooting. Players were permitted to end their practice session after making ten successive free throws. On that particular day, UCLA's All-America point guard, Henry Bibby was the first player to stroll off the court to the comfort of the locker room and a warm shower. He completed the assignment with perfect, ten for ten efficiency.
Successful basketball coaches know that free throw success frequently determines the outcome of a game. Many coaches routinely require their players to shoot 100 free throws at every practice. Is this a more effective approach than Wooden's? Would Henry Bibby have been a better player if he was required to shoot 100 free throws daily instead or just those ten? Which measurement is the more effective?
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired resu
There is an old adage that "Looking for a job is harder than working." How true! The rigors of job search are magnified by the turmoil we experience: lack of self-confidence, humiliation, financial pressure, and the undercurrent of emotions that color all we do: fear, anger, depression, anxiety, loss.One practical step we can take to lower the stress and conserve our energy for finding work, not feeding our bloated worries, is to manage our time effectively. Have you ever noticed that you get more chores done when you're busy? If time is limited, we squeeze in those extra demands because we know they have to get done by a deadline and we fear putting them off. When time is un
Beginning with The End in Mind
Wooden's final practice assignment for his players was a simple exercise in free throw shooting. Players were permitted to end their practice session after making ten successive free throws. On that particular day, UCLA's All-America point guard, Henry Bibby was the first player to stroll off the court to the comfort of the locker room and a warm shower. He completed the assignment with perfect, ten for ten efficiency.
Successful basketball coaches know that free throw success frequently determines the outcome of a game. Many coaches routinely require their players to shoot 100 free throws at every practice. Is this a more effective approach than Wooden's? Would Henry Bibby have been a better player if he was required to shoot 100 free throws daily instead or just those ten? Which measurement is the more effective?
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired resu
Search Engine Spiders love new content. Therefore they visit press release sites, article submission services and blogs frequently. Placing a link to a website will in the signature block of press releases blogs and articles will get the link crawled by search engine spiders quicker then submitting them manually. Thus, drastically increasing search engine rankings, thereby generating more traffic to websites.While, again, no one can guarantee the placement of press releases, articles or blogs, nor can they guarantee whether they will be published or used for an article, however there are things that can be done to improve the odds.Lets Start With Writing Press Relea
The Wisdom
John Wooden's wizardry in this example lies in his understanding of the difference between activity and achievement. While Wooden's competitors focused on the activity of shooting, UCLA's players focused on the desired result. When the desired result was achieved (consistent, repeatable success), the players were instantly rewarded. Coach Wooden's record speaks for itself. His players established habits of excellence.
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We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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How can you apply this subtle, yet powerful wisdom to personal and organizational achievement throughout your organization?
In how many organizations do you see managers routinely working twelve hour days? Is their focus on taking one hundred shots or making ten? Is there an unwritten rule that no one leaves work before the boss? Do you have sales people shooting hundreds of shots at unqualified accounts? As you look at all of these examples, is your organizational focus on taking one hundred shots or making ten?
How have you valued activity over achievement? Could you become vulnerable to a superior competitor, like John Wooden? Are there Henry Bibbys in your organization whose star potential is being squandered by requirements for unfocused activity? At what cost? Do you reward those who take their 100 shots the same as those who efficiently go ten-for-ten? We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle
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How can you apply this subtle, yet powerful wisdom to personal and organizational achievement throughout your organization?
In how many organizations do you see managers routinely working twelve hour days? Is their focus on taking one hundred shots or making ten? Is there an unwritten rule that no one leaves work before the boss? Do you have sales people shooting hundreds of shots at unqualified accounts? As you look at all of these examples, is your organizational focus on taking one hundred shots or making ten?
How have you valued activity over achievement? Could you become vulnerable to a superior competitor, like John Wooden? Are there Henry Bibbys in your organization whose star potential is being squandered by requirements for unfocused activity? At what cost? Do you reward those who take their 100 shots the same as those who efficiently go ten-for-ten?
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