April 2012

Leadership Lessons from ‘Field of Dreams’: If You Build It…

To this day, Field of Dreams is still my all time favorite movie. Not because of the baseball, but because of Ray Kinsella’s (Kevin Costner) relentless belief of the importance of pursuing his calling.

Want better performance? Ask yourself better questions!

An Olympians Perspective

This week I started coaching an amazing athlete currently preparing for the 2012 Olympic Games.  His performance to date has been steadily improving, but with less than 130 days to go before the Games, he noticed a growing sense of anxiety starting to develop in him. 

After discussing what was underneath this emotionally, he was able to distill it down to a single thought or question, “Will I be able to live up to the expectations of everyone around me?” 

Or more succinctly, “Will I be enough”.

Can you relate?