SFW Newsletter | February 17th, 2023

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It's Friday! Which means there are four things I'd like to share with you. I would love to hear your thoughts and comments, so feel free to reply directly to this email (I respond to every email I receive). Without further ado, here are four succinct, useful, and excellent thoughts from this week:


What I'm reading - The Growth Equation has been one of my favorite newsletters for a few years now, sharing loads of insight in the art, science, and practice of performance and well-being. Last week, they shared some really good tips on how to play the long game: "1) Don’t worry about being the best. Worry about being the best at getting better. 2) Don’t aim to be consistently great. Aim to be great at being consistent. 3) Ignore hacks, trends, and fads. Focus on nailing the basics over and over again."

What I'm watching - There was a lot of media attention heading into the Super Bowl last week about brothers Jason (Philadelphia Eagles) and Travis (Kansas City Chiefs) Kelce competing against each other in the Big Game. On their popular New Heights podcast, Jason―one of the gruffest and toughest guys in professional footballgot really emotional talking about how cool it was for their mother to be there for the event: "Ironically, you lose the Super Bowl and you're crying after the game and they're not tears of sadness, they're tears of joy."

What I'm learning - I'm learning that it actually is possible to say, "I don't know enough about this to have an opinion."

What I'm writing - Among all the books I've ever read, Wooden might have the most one-liners and concise paragraphs that changed me more than any other. This is not hyperbole. There's a reason he's the best coach of all-time and is still widely popular even years after his death. Here is what I highlighted in Wooden by John Wooden and Steve Jamison.


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As always, thanks for learning with me. Have a great weekend, and see you next Friday!

SFW

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