Why Teams Win: 9 Keys to Success In Business, Sport and Beyond (Jb Foreign Imprint Series - Canada.) by Dr. Saul L. Miller

Author:Dr. Saul L. Miller [Dr Light Miller]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780470160435
Publisher: Jossey-Bass
Published: 2011-01-09T18:28:35.132000+00:00

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to practice creating feelings of ease in low-arousal, non-challenging situations. That can be accomplished by practicing relaxed, rhythmical breathing for a few minutes every day in non-threatening situations.

Over time, the new feelings of ease and power generated by the breathing process will become a firmly established habit. As they do, it becomes easier to experience a greater sense of ease and power going into pressure situations . . . and both confidence and performance will improve.

Glen was a professional athlete who vomited before every game. It was an unnecessary and unattractive stress behavior that didn’t in any way enhance his performance. Glen was referred to me for counseling by the team physician. After two sessions of relaxed breathing Glen’s anxious pre-game ritual ceased. He felt more comfortable and played well. A sidebar to the story that illustrates how players on a team are inter-connected is that after Glen stopped his pre-game vomiting, one of his teammates said to me, “I’m glad you helped him with that.

Watching him throw up in a towel before the game didn’t exactly increase my confidence and get me ready to play.”

Confidence comes from the root word to trust. Teams that play with confidence trust in themselves and trust in each other. Preparation is a key to building a sense of trust, and the belief that working together will lead to success.

Two of football’s most successful coaches have highlighted the importance of preparation in building confidence—and winning. Don Shula, one of the winningest coaches in the history of the National Football League, has an acronym to explain team success.7 It is the word “COACH,” and in essence it’s about effective preparation and the confidence preparation engenders.

• The C stands for conviction. First of all, one must believe. The affirmation is, “I can.” Indeed, this C is an affirmation of response-ability and capability.

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