The surest way to become less capable is to stay in your comfort zone.
What Instagram Misses About Optimal Routines
Mastery loves simplicity. When we’re really committed to mastery it builds the margin in life for humble service to others and a commitment to quiet work. We just need to work on important things and be human.
The Wisdom of Maybe
When faced with a situation that triggers an immediate judgment, pause. Take a breath, and simply say, "Maybe."
This simple practice can create space for a more balanced perspective, allowing you to move with greater ease and grace.
Leadership Is Lonely - Pick Up The Phone
I’ve yet to meet a high performer or leader who doesn’t want to increase their impact. The problem is we often think it’s going to take a grand effort to be impactful. Something big. Something loud.
Embrace The Struggle: The Heart of Human Flourishing
Life, as we are learning, is a game.
It is a different kind of competition that requires a different kind of training, but the opponent is just as relentless.
At some point the game of leadership and elite team performance has to center around flourishing inside-out.
Not as a “feel good” strategy that puts everyone’s happiness and feelings above elite execution - but as the very process that produces elite execution.
Flourishing individuals + Flourishing Relationships + Flourishing Environments, can’t lose.
The Art of Boring - Nick Sirianni's Relationship With Boring Fundamentals
Most people spend their entire working lives trying to find a way to skirt around the monotony of the pursuit. They change routines. Search for new hacks. Drop endeavors because they feel stale. Quit pursuits because they don’t feel magical or provide the hit of dopamine they thought it would. It’s even more difficult in an era where we get instant hits from swiping and scrolling, changing the queue of things promising to entertain us and alleviate our longings.
Sirianni (and the Eagles) aren’t skirting around it, they are recognizing monotony for what it is - a critical feature of the pursuit of mastery. An indicator you’re on the right track to getting results.
Why Is Everyone Such A Coward These Days?
Instead of risking the possibility of “failure”, cowards settle for the absolute certainty of it by clinging to the false comforts of conformity.
The Best Coaches and Leaders Create Safety
There is always going to be an element of X’s and O’s and strategy associated with winning. But few coaches seem to have the strategy for helping an athlete address their nervous system when it matters most.
Aligning Habits with Higher Purpose
Let's stop chasing the illusion of optimized habits and start cultivating a life that resonates with our souls.