Tom Mullins wrote the "Leadership Game", which contains principles from eight college national champion football coaches. "All the national champion coaches said that the key to going from good to great came in two areas: The preparation of the team and the practice of the players. They were forever upgrading their preparation and sharpening their practices."
Three Things To Know About Practice:
1. Practice enables development
a. Done correctly, practice keeps making you better than you were yesterday.
b. If you don't practice, you shortchange your potential.
2. Practices Lead To Discovery:
a. If you commit yourself to practice, here are a few things you are likely to learn:
i. Practice both shows and build commitment.
ii. Your performance can always be improved.
iii. The sharpening process is better in the right environment
1. You can't discover your abilities and improve your skills in an environment where you are not allowed to make mistakes.
2. Improvement always requires some degree of failure.
iv. You must be willing to start with small things.
v. Very small differences, consistently practice, will produce results.
vi. There is a price to pay to reach the next level
3. Practice Demands Discipline
a. Developing discipline always begins with a struggle.
b. There is no easy way to be a disciplined person.
c. It is a matter of conditions, but of choice
d. Once the choice is made and practice becomes a habit, two things become obvious:
i. A separation between the person who practices and the one who doesn't
ii. The second thing that emerges is a winning spirit.
e. The harder you work, the harder it becomes to surrender.
