Measure The Things That Are Important--Attitude

Rick Pitino's Daily Process For Measuring His Attitude
1. Before going to bed he circles the date in his planner
--Circles in Red--when he's done his best to make it a positive day
--Circles in Blue--when he's been too negative
--Circles in Pencil--when the day was neutral
Goal is having 98% positive days each month.

If you don't write things down, you can soon forget or minimize, while your mind still believes it's on task.

Any form of greatness needs personal accountability on a daily basis.

Rick Pitino On Creating Success In This Culture

• How do we create success living in this culture?
Must be extremely thick skinned. Criticism cannot affect you to the point that you deviate from your plan.

• Trying to simultaneously develop, manage and balance two plans. One is the long-range plan—creating goals and a strategy that go beyond what the microwave culture presents as a timetable.

• The other is a short-range plan—how do we win today, without rushing the process.

• Jack Welch:
“You can’t grow long-term if you can’t eat short-term. Anybody can manage short. Anybody can manage long. Balancing those two things is what management is.”

Rick Pitino Practice Breakdown

Rick Pitino Practice Breakdown
1. Shooting (15)
2. Transition Offense (15)
3. Man Offense (15)
4. Zone Defense (15)
5. Pressing and Trapping (15)
6. Press Attack (15)
7. Man Defense (15)
8. Special Situations