Zach Brandon
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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 Brandon4,229,849 次观看 • 5 个月前
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 Brandon189,237 次观看 • 15 天前
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 Brandon167,762 次观看 • 16 天前
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 Brandon2,127,936 次观看 • 7 个月前
John Tortorella on what he's learned from coaching a veteran team with the Vegas Golden Knights. "In the short time I've been with them, I watch them and listen to them. I've learned a ton from them. I've learned, I think coaches overcoach." One of the paradoxes of leadership is that trying to help too much can sometimes hinder our impact. Overcoaching often creates dependence. Ownership creates growth. The best coaches understand that their job isn't to be the answer to every problem. It's to build people who can solve problems without them. 📹: Golden Knights
Zach Brandon77,183 次观看 • 11 天前
We are all just renting our jobs, roles, and titles. "I have been here for 15 years as the head coach...this position has been on loan and it wasn't mine to keep...It's time for me to give it back, but to give it back to gain what I can't lose." -- Tony Bennett Titles eventually get handed back. Just make sure you don't completely sacrifice what matters most trying to hold onto something that was never yours to permanently keep. Jobs are finite. Values are infinite. 📹: University of Virginia
Zach Brandon83,962 次观看 • 20 天前
Chris Petersen on the value of coaches having their own personal coach and thought partner. "The business world is much further along than the coaching world. All the CEO's have a personal coach...To me, it's more of a thinking partner." As you move higher in leadership, the challenges get more complex. This is why many of the best leaders I've been around don't try to navigate it alone. They have someone who can ask great questions, challenge their assumptions, offer perspective, and help them think more clearly. That's part of the work I now get the privilege of doing with coaches and leaders across MLB, the NBA, and NCAA athletics. If you're looking for a thought partner to help you navigate challenges, clarify priorities, implement the mental game for your team, or create a game plan for your leadership and life, I'd be happy to connect. I offer a free coaching call where we can discuss your goals, challenges, and where you want to grow next. Feel free to DM me if you or someone you care about might be interested. 📹: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 81)
Zach Brandon46,623 次观看 • 12 天前
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 Brandon542,837 次观看 • 5 个月前
Steph Curry shares the smallest detail in his game that helps separate him from others. "Breathing is a skill…Controlling your breathing, recovery, controlling your nerves…I’ve really tried to master that." There’s a reason the breath is often called the bridge between the mind and body. And the best part? You always have access to it. No matter the moment. No matter the pressure. No matter the environment. It’s your fastest way to recover and your most reliable way to slow the game down and reset. 📹: SLAM NBA
Zach Brandon157,745 次观看 • 1 个月前
Sometimes the most meaningful leadership lessons are the simplest. Erin Matson shares a great story about receiving a 30-second voicemail from Roy Williams. “Erin, I just want to tell you that I’m proud of you…I enjoy watching your team…You’re doing amazing things. Just keep on keeping on.” Sometimes the most impactful thing a coach can do is take 30 seconds to let someone know: I see you, I believe in you, and keep going. Those moments may feel small to the leader, but they rarely feel small to the person receiving them. 📹: Win More, Live Better Podcast (Ep. 236)
Zach Brandon105,450 次观看 • 1 个月前
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 Brandon394,446 次观看 • 4 个月前
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 Brandon195,359 次观看 • 2 个月前
"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 Brandon557,492 次观看 • 7 个月前
Joe Mazzulla on the importance of building a culture that doesn’t depend solely on the head coach. “You don't want to be the sole person controlling the environment. You almost want it to run better when you're not around because that's a testament of the people.” If your culture only works when you’re watching, then you've merely just created compliance. The best environments are sustained by the people and shared ownership inside them. 📹: Verse Us Podcast
Zach Brandon79,970 次观看 • 1 个月前
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 Brandon381,258 次观看 • 5 个月前
Portland Fire head coach Alex Sarama gave a great answer on the importance of defining wins beyond the scoreboard. "This is what a win looks like to us and we're setting these KPI's for every player, based on development. We also have cultural wins too." If the only win you define is the final score, you miss countless opportunities to reinforce growth, progress, and culture. But when coaches define development wins and culture wins with clarity, they help players see the evidence of growth that the scoreboard may not capture. 📹: Portland Fire
Zach Brandon65,446 次观看 • 1 个月前
Houston Rockets, Steven Adams, shares a terrific journaling technique he uses to develop mental strength and emotional agility. Step 1: Write down your raw emotion Step 2: Read it back Step 3: Respond in a different color Step 4: Treat your raw and emotional voice like a younger version of yourself Step 5: Answer with the wisdom of your adult self A lot of mental strength comes down to this: Can you create space between what you feel and how you respond? Most people are kinder, wiser, and more patient with others than they are with themselves. His technique creates just enough separation and distance to access that same compassion internally. 🎥 : Between Two Beers Podcast
Zach Brandon72,947 次观看 • 1 个月前
Brad Stevens has a sign in his office with three questions. 1) What do you want? 2) What's true? 3) How do you get there? This is a great framework for coaches or leaders to evaluate themselves and their teams, especially after a disappointing outcome. It forces you to define the destination, confront the current (and honest) reality, and identify a plan for how to close the gap. Great leaders (and teams) don’t just review their results. They study their gaps and use the truth as the starting point for growth. 📹: Boston Celtics
Zach Brandon59,338 次观看 • 1 个月前
Mike Macdonald shares the two key roles he plays as an NFL Head Coach. Chief Alignment Officer Chief Reminding Officer A head coach's job is about ensuring everyone knows the following: Who we are, how we do things, and what we will and won't tolerate. If you don’t define where you’re going, someone else will. If you don’t reinforce and remind people of what matters, drift takes over. Vision sets the destination. Standards keep everyone on the road. Without both, you just have a group of talented people pulling in different directions. With both, you get a team. 📹: Good Work Podcast
Zach Brandon148,044 次观看 • 4 个月前