Many times with our athletes we speak to them about the importance of taking care of the little things such as eating right, going to bed early and performing every exercise with great intensity and effort. We know that performing these little things will lead to the athletes reaching their ultimate goal of performing at their peak come game time. In fact, I believe that the "little things" are often looked over by most people.
I believe that we are all guilty of setting large lofty goals that will be very difficult to achieve. We go out and work hard to achieve these goals with out identifying the small steps that will allow us to be successful. After a few weeks or months we look at where we are and realize that we have not made much progress. We have been failing to perform the little things that are necessary to succeed.
Coach Jon Wooden the legendary former UCLA basketball coach says in his book Wooden on Leadership that " the little things make the big things happen." Coach Wooden was notorious for his preparation and extreme attention to detail that he used both in his program and his personal life. With this great attention to detail Coach Wooden and his teams were always the most prepared when they faced their competition. The UCLA Bruins went on to win 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years and had a 88 game winning streak during that time. It was obvious that Coach Wooden and his teams took care of the little things and it lead to unmatched success on the court.
Here are a few tips to start taking care of the little things and watch all of your goals come true.
I believe that we are all guilty of setting large lofty goals that will be very difficult to achieve. We go out and work hard to achieve these goals with out identifying the small steps that will allow us to be successful. After a few weeks or months we look at where we are and realize that we have not made much progress. We have been failing to perform the little things that are necessary to succeed.
Coach Jon Wooden the legendary former UCLA basketball coach says in his book Wooden on Leadership that " the little things make the big things happen." Coach Wooden was notorious for his preparation and extreme attention to detail that he used both in his program and his personal life. With this great attention to detail Coach Wooden and his teams were always the most prepared when they faced their competition. The UCLA Bruins went on to win 10 NCAA National Championships in 12 years and had a 88 game winning streak during that time. It was obvious that Coach Wooden and his teams took care of the little things and it lead to unmatched success on the court.
Here are a few tips to start taking care of the little things and watch all of your goals come true.
- Identify - In order to perform the little things we must identify what they are. The best way to identify these steps is too look at your ultimate goal and identify what little things within this large task done correctly will lead to you reaching that ultimate goal.
- Attentiveness to Detail -Once you have identified these little things write them down in the most detail as possible and leave nothing to chance. Often the difference in becoming great rather than good is the perfection of minor details.
- Remove the irrelevant - Remove any obstacles or task that you see as taking away from you performing the little things and reaching your goal. This will keep you on the right track and will keep you from wasting your time and energy on task that do not directly move you closer to where you want to go.
- Strive for Perfection - Coach Wooden said " perfection, as I understand it is not attainable by mortal man. striving for it, however is very attainable. And I strove for it ceaselessly." All though we all cannot be perfect it doesn't mean that we cant strive to be everyday. Hold your self to a standard of excellence while performing the little things and all that you do on a daily basis.
- Patience - Like all great things in life. your goals will take more time, more work and more dedication than you think. Be patient and work on doing the little things with perfection everyday. If you can identify these little things, make them as detailed as possible, remove the irrelevant and strive for perfection in time you will reach all of your goals that you set for your self.
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