Zach Brandon
@MVP_Mindset • 8,471 subscribers
Performance & Leadership Advisor | Speaker | Clients in MLB, NBA, NFL, NCAA | Podcast Host | My favorite role: Dad | Free Leadership Playbook👇
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Tom Brady explains his mental edge and why practice (not gameday) creates separation. "There was a part of me that was a psychopath out there. I was extremely hypercompetitive every day. I didn't feel like let's get to Sunday and now it's the time...Every day is the time to give your best, even in practice." Every day your standards are either reinforced or lowered by how you treat practice. You don’t flip a switch into excellence. You rehearse it daily. 📹: Impaulsive Podcast
Zach Brandon4,238,509 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce
Rory McIlroy on the paradox of chasing success. “I think it would be a pretty unfulfilling pursuit if you’re just chasing records and chasing results…If all you’re thinking about is winning and results, you’re playing the wrong game.” One of the great paradoxes of performance is that the outcomes we want are rarely achieved by obsessing over the outcomes themselves. Ironically, the less your identity depends on the outcome, the more freedom you often have to perform at your best. If you enjoy golf or mental game lessons, follow along this weekend as I’ll be sharing more highlights and insights from the Open championship. 🎥: The Open
Zach Brandon669,525 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Dan Hurley shares why coaching players effectively requires knowing which version of you they need in each moment. “In practices, I’ve got to push for game-like reps so that on game night they can execute. On game night, I go to boxing trainer in the corner with the fighter, pumping them up and building up their confidence.” Great coaches are adaptable and attuned to the needs of the moment and the people they serve. They know when to push, when to teach, when to reassure and when to get out of the way. But keep in mind, the standard can remain consistent even when the delivery changes. 🎥: How Leaders Lead Podcast
Zach Brandon81,672 görüntüleme • 10 gün önce
John Harbaugh on helping each person pursue their dreams while bringing everyone together. “I was thinking there's no "I" in team. Actually, there is. There are 53 I’s on this team...They all have dreams and hopes and ambitions...I want every dream you have. I want to help you make that dream come true.” You don't build a team culture by asking people to abandon their individuality, nor their ambitions. It’s built by meeting people where they are, caring about what/who they hope to become, and aligning those aspirations around something meaningful they can pursue together. People shouldn't have to choose between pursuing their own growth and contributing to something bigger. Great coaches help them do both. 🎥: NFL on NBC
Zach Brandon44,944 görüntüleme • 5 gün önce
Mookie Betts describes his nerves in Game 7 of the World Series and what he told himself before the final out. "That 9th inning is probably the most nervous I've ever been on a baseball field...As Yoshi was throwing the ball, I was literally talking to myself like 'Be nasty, Mook. Be nasty right now.'" Even the best in the world need to remind themselves of their greatness. When nerves make the game speed up, your inner voice is a tool to slow it down. 📹: MLB Network
Zach Brandon2,128,377 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce
Jay Johnson on the lesson he got from Chris Petersen on modeling the standards you expect from your players. “If I want my team to be more mentally tough, then I need to be more mentally tough.” The standard has to apply first to the people who set it. Every standard you set for your team creates a corresponding standard for you. If you want disciplined players, lead with discipline. If you want consistent players, lead with consistency. Your players shouldn’t have to rely solely on what you say the standard is. They should be able to study how you lead and live it. 🎥: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 296)
Zach Brandon15,384 görüntüleme • 2 gün önce
Erin Matson still has the notes from a two-and-a-half-hour leadership conversation she had with Hall of Fame football coach Mack Brown, but the most memorable lesson was this. “Your people need to know that you’ll fight for them.” A title may earn a leader some initial respect and compliance, but genuine commitment is built when people know you’ll advocate for them, protect them, and stand beside them when the stakes are highest. If you want people to fight for the mission, they first need to know their leader will fight for them. 📹: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 236)
Zach Brandon80,810 görüntüleme • 20 gün önce
Chris Petersen led Boise State to an undefeated season and discovered that achieving the goal didn’t feel anything like he expected. “Two weeks later, I’m feeling let down. I’m like, ‘Wait, what am I missing here?’...When you’re operating from an all-or-none proposition in life, that’s a bad way to exist.” Achievement provides an incredible high, but it is often temporary. The more our identity depends upon it, the steeper and darker the valleys between those moments can become. This doesn't mean you shouldn't pursue excellence. Just make sure you don't build a life and career that requires constant achievement to feel meaningful. Because human beings are remarkably good at reaching the destination and immediately inventing somewhere else we need to be. Great interview here from Jordan Smith. 📹: KTVB
Zach Brandon86,457 görüntüleme • 21 gün önce
Chris Petersen on why head coaches need to start by leading themselves first. “You can’t give away what you don’t possess.” Coaches often ask how to develop better habits, focus, self-awareness, and resilience in their players. The uncomfortable answer is that it starts with you. You won’t be able to sustainably lead people past the work you’re unwilling to do yourself. 🎥Source: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 81)
Zach Brandon113,938 görüntüleme • 1 ay önce
Dusty May on how his ambition has evolved and how becoming a dad led him to redefine success. "I was probably 25 and I was incredibly ambitious and and I was trying to get to the top quickly. And then once Ann and I started having children, my entire perspective changed. I simply wanted to enjoy who I worked with, enjoy who I coached, and try to be the absolute best coach I could be." The longer I work with coaches, the more I realize that the most fulfilled ones aren't always the ones with the premier titles or the highest paid. They're the ones who have clarity about why they coach in the first place. Ambition isn't just chasing bigger jobs or dream destinations. Real ambition is chasing a better version of yourself. You don't have to choose between being ambitious and being fulfilled. The goal is to chase excellence while protecting the people and priorities that make the pursuit worthwhile in the first place. 📹: Dallas Mavericks
Zach Brandon226,634 görüntüleme • 2 ay önce
Tiger Woods on what it takes to be a savage. "It's do all the nitty gritty details that are ugly, hard, and mundane...Quite frankly, a lot of times you don't see the results for maybe years to come, but it's the little details that it takes each and everyday to be successful." Excellence filters people out through boredom, discomfort, and delayed rewards. It lives in the details that most people don't have the discipline or patience to honor every day. 📹: Skratch
Zach Brandon544,029 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
Chris Petersen offers a reminder for coaches whose lives have become consumed by the profession. “One of the biggest lies that coaches tell themselves is, ‘Coaching is what I do. It’s not who I am.’” When you dedicate nearly every waking moment to coaching, it’s incredibly difficult not to let the role become your identity. You can understand intellectually that you’re more than your job and still struggle to live like it. As Coach Pete shares, creating that separation requires intentional, legitimate work, not just awareness. 📹: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 81)
Zach Brandon44,497 görüntüleme • 22 gün önce
"I'd say this to any coach...If your job is your identity, you're really going to struggle." This was part of Rick Barnes’ response to being asked what advice he’d give Lady Vols’ head coach, Kim Caldwell, following the birth of her son last year. He emphasized the importance of finding a balance between coaching and parenting and offered this reminder for all coaches: "This is what we do, it can't be who you are." 🎥: Emilie Rae Cochrane
Zach Brandon558,764 görüntüleme • 11 ay önce
Mike Vrabel on the most important thing he's learned about building a culture in the NFL. "I've learned that we can have different personalities. We can't have different mentalities." Strong cultures don’t ask people to be the same. They ask people to commit to the same standards and non-negotiables. 📹: Bussin' With the Boys
Zach Brandon395,119 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce
Matthew Stafford shares how his QB coach, Dave Ragone, once studied his performance after turnovers and sacks. They found his stats on the next possession are exponentially better than league average. “I just equate that to being able to compartmentalize…Be honest and real about it and not ultra emotional.” In performance environments, your execution on the next play often depends on how long you stay attached to the last one. The key is not wasting energy arguing with reality and training yourself to respond and re-engage quickly. 📹: Magic Mind
Zach Brandon191,877 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Christian McCaffrey describes his mentality over the course of an NFL season. “It’s 17 one-week seasons is the way I look at it…As a player in the NFL, you’re trained to forget…forget the last gameplan, forget the last play, forget the last team you played.” “You’re in this constant mode of on to the next, completely being present where you are now.” Letting go is a skill. Being present is a skill. Elite performance requires both. 🎥: B Scar TV podcast
Zach Brandon381,413 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce
Scottie Scheffler on the power of clear targets and consistent routines. “I'm picturing exactly what I want the ball to do. It's not anything new to me, I'm just sticking to my routine.” Elite performance often comes from having a clear, repeatable process that keeps your attention anchored on the right things under pressure. 📹: College Golf Fellowship
Zach Brandon168,338 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Louisiana Tech head football coach Sonny Cumbie has learned firsthand that more hours don't always lead to better leadership. "At the end of the day, when my brain is done, I'm going home, and the problems that are here will still be here tomorrow. I'll serve our team better with a fresh mind and being well rested." The longer I've worked with coaches and leaders, the more I've realized that the goal isn't to squeeze every ounce of energy out of yourself in the service of others. It's to sustainably show up at your best so your people (and you) benefit in the process. Sometimes the most productive thing a leader can do is go home, recover, and come back tomorrow ready to think clearly and serve others well. 📹: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 261)
Zach Brandon140,170 görüntüleme • 3 ay önce
Great story from Coach K on running into a former camper and the lesson this man carried with him. Coach K asked all the kids at the camp... "Who do you talk to the most?" “Yourself… so when you talk to yourself, why not be yourself's best friend?” A lot of performers are entertaining an internal voice that’s critical, impatient, and unforgiving. We say things to ourselves we’d never say to a teammate and then we expect confidence, consistency, and composure to follow. You're in a lifelong conversation with yourself. Make it one worth having. 📹: Sons and Daughters Podcast
Zach Brandon208,561 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce
Former college basketball head coach Mark Gottfried shares his perspective on what ultimately matters most in coaching. “Winning is intoxicating. Winning is amazing. But the relationships that are established…that supersedes any kind of trophy.” Don't confuse this with the sentiment that winning doesn't matter. The wins do matter. But so do the people you win with, the relationships you build, and the impact that continues long after the final score is forgotten. 🎥: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 288)
Zach Brandon19,409 görüntüleme • 12 gün önce