Morning Trainings
Fri. 4 June, 2010
1 Learn. Today I learned that the metaphors I use control the beliefs I have. For example I now use the metaphor "my business is like basketball". If I put in enough preparation, if i do the work, if i have a game plan, if I execute my plays with smart decisions and quick action, then there's no challenge that I won't eventually overcome. Let's look at Kobe's game today. Game 1 NBA finals vs the Celtic's. He applied those principals to his game and made an assortment of shots on his way to 30 points. He was able to overcome the challenges with what seemed like ease. Now that I can relate I will be able to apply that to the challenge that is business. I also learned that there's nobody in the world who can shut down Kobe.
2 Improve. So we had basketball training at the high school this morning. I'm the assistant coach of the local high school boys basketball team. Their trainings start at 6:30am on Friday's and I always join in so I can lead by example. We did a lot of running to warm up, a few shooting drills then it was into running some offensive sets to get the boys ready for their first game of the season which is coming up soon. For those that don't know what an offensive set is, I would simply say its similar to a choreographed dance routine with specific players moving to specific spots on the court to try and create an easy shot for one of their team mates. watch a simple example here. So we practiced that for a bit then played some 5 on 5. I ended up finishing the training with no energy left but felt I hadn't done enough to improve my skill set. As everybody else left the gym, I spent the next 20 minutes working on my jumping ability by exercising my legs, doing different jumping exercises. After that extra training I really felt that I had put in the work to increase and improve my vertical leap.
3 Contribute. My contribution for the day? I got posterised by one of the high school kids. He had an open basket and I busted my ass to catch up with him. I tried to go for the ball going under him but was there half a second too late. He leaped, I looked up and all I saw was a clean one-handed dunk and heard the sound of the rim being pulled down. So I'm glad I could contribute to this kids self-esteem and confidence. Now I wasn't postered to this level but here's a good compilation to give you an idea of what happened.
4 Enjoy. Lakers vs Celtics. The first game of the 2010 NBA Finals. The whole season leading up to these last few games. Today's game did not disappoint. Final score LAL 102 - 89 BOS
5 Action. I took the action of waking up and making it to training on time. As a result my health and fitness has improved. I also wrote a second post!
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