What do you do on an extraordinary level that you apply to each of those in your life?
Read More »Be the One that Finds the Gold
Be the one that finds the gold.
Read More »Learning – A Lifelong Habit
To Teach Life Lessons through Volleyball is my mantra. Harvard Business Review offers similar advice (sans volleyball 😉 Make Life Learning a Habit by: John Coleman I recently worked my way through Edmund Morris’s first two Teddy Roosevelt biographies, The ...
Read More »We Rise by Lifting Others
The heart of a leader is the foundation of their life. It is what drives passion. Yet it's the people in our lives that keep the passion burning. Serve those people, not to selfishly rise, but to rise collectively.
Read More »Nothing is Impossible
Enjoy the journey of getting it done.
Read More »The Reason Professionals Don’t Need to Practice
Follow this through to the end of the video to learn the reason professionals do not need to physically practice. If my players read this blog, I’m sure to get a bit of flack at our next practice. It’s all ...
Read More »10 Muhammad Ali Quotes for Sport and Life
1. “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on earth.” 2. “If my mind can conceive it, if my heart can believe it–then I can achieve it.”
Read More »A Good First Impression and A Great Lasting Impression
I always try to make a good first impression, but find it more important to make a great lasting impression.
Read More »Live Beneath Your Means
Don’t sweat the small stuff. It’s all small stuff.
Read More »The Epitome of Leadership by Jonathan Toews
Hockey, like Volleyball, is an incredibly action packed sport that does not have the popularity or recognition it deserves. As the American sports audience paradigm continues to shift away from the big 3 American sports of the past century and ...
Read More »A Navy SEAL Veteran’s 5 Aspects of Emotional Intelligence Required for Effective Leadership
A great article from Inc. magazine on Emotional Intelligence. I find it fascinating that, “Studies show that effective communication is 7% the words we say and 93% tone and body language.” Interesting for SEALs to communicate in this way, and ...
Read More »What’s the Point of a Professor?
Yet again, what does a 4.0 really mean? As I mentioned before in Achieving vs Over Achieving: http://coachrey.com/blog/achieving-versus-over-achieving/ We used to be mentors and moral authorities. Now we just hand out A’s. Source: What’s the Point of a Professor? In the ...
Read More »A Navy SEAL’s 8 Secrets to Grit and Resilience
Thanks to Eric Barker of Barking Up the Wrong Tree blog. His work has been featured in NY Times, WSJ, Time, and Wired Magazine. Sometimes you just want to quit. You know you shouldn’t but nothing seems better than crawling back into ...
Read More »Thinking Outside the iPad
Very cool toy / app for kids by Osmo that incorporates the iPad and the real world. I see kids learning in a fun, interactive environment. Can a next generation of this app somehow be applied to volleyball? It could be a great way ...
Read More »Stop Enabling Gossip Girls
Sorry to all volleyball players and even coaches that love the TV show Gossip Girl. I know how disappointed you all will be to learn that I’m not a Gossip Girl junkie. I’m more of a Harvard Business Review junkie. Don’t ...
Read More »14 Volleyball Quotes for 2014
14 Volleyball Quotes for the New Year! Enjoy!
Read More »Karch Kiraly’s Top 10 Things Learned From Playing in the Olympics
Wisdom from the Karch - the best volleyball player - ever
Read More »Givers vs Takers
Where is this generation going and how to help.
Read More »Three Mistakes We Make Leading Kids
Tim Elmore is a sports psychologist that has come up with a number of series for teams.
Read More »Top 10 Principles for Mental Training from the US Olympic Committee
An excerpt from the Coaches Guide –Mental Training Manual, USOC Sport Psychology
Read More »What Makes a Leader? Emotional Intelligence
Emotional Intelligence plays a crucial role in leadership.
Read More »What Players Hear
Ever feel as if you are continually reminding your players on what they should be working on?
Read More »Failure and Imagination by J.K. Rowling
Failure is the stripping away of the inessential.
Read More »Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Leadership By: Jeff Janssen, Janssen Sports Leadership Center As a tribute to the great leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., here are some of his words to reflect on regarding leadership.
Read More »Deliberate Practice
For deliberate practice to work, the demands have to be serious and sustained.
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