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Long-form on execution, leadership, and performance.
Writing from Andrew Sridhar — keynote speaker, executive coach, and host of The Warrior Poet.
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Lessons learned from ping pong with my daughter
This all occurred to me in the span of two games schooling my daughter ;) 1. Don't want what you want to get it. When I was a kid, I loved tennis. I wanted to go pro. When I played points, I really didn't want to lose. I got anxious before serves (especially second serves) and easy winners, and what do you think happened? I lost more points. The Inner Game of Tennis crushes this lesson (at least implicitly): care less = play loose = win more (and maybe even enjoy the process)
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Snoreboard
"Comparison is the thief of joy" they say. It's also the thief of progress. Because if you watch those ahead of you, demoralization will set in. Overwhelm. All-or-nothing thinking. Maybe even shame. We—especially us Type A guys—watch the scoreboard incessantly. But what if we ignored it? Basketball players in high school don't see NBA stars as a threat. Because NBA teams play other NBA teams. That's the scoreboard. But when we're in business... or art or dating, ...we compare against eve
Practice meh.
We're fundamentally lazy creatures. I was thinking about my kids and sports. So much of parenting is telling your kids to do stuff that sucks. We view this as a binary trade: Do nothing or do the uncomfortable thing. Yet it's all about tradeoffs: play video games or do your homework, for example. Even laying in bed is an activity that has some relative utility against other options. Procrastination, avoidance, impulsiveness, recklessness, perfectionism, and ADHD are highly interrelated. The