The genius of Nick Saban

This episode explores the genius of Nick Saban .My personal collection of notes from keynotes, interviews and youth camps Nick Saban is a highly successful college football coach, known for his long tenure as the head coach of the Alabama Crimson Tide., Saban has built a reputation as one of the greatest coaches in college football history. Under his leadership, Alabama has won multiple national championships and consistently been a top contender in the sport.

My personal notes:]

Expect them to give effort

Mental toughness to persevere and sustain what we’re asking them to do

Responsible enough to execute and do it the way were asking them to do it

None of those things take any ability to give effort. It’s a mindset it’s an attitude. I am going to go as hard as I can go. I’m going to do the best I can

Mental toughness- it’s going to be difficult... When you do things that are difficult it helps you get better

Pay attention-everyone in this room should be looking at me right now

I’m teaching you something.

God didn’t make winners, god didn’t make losers – god made choosers

Succeeding in this business is like a metaphor for life

I’m gonna help you be more successful…what is being successful

Consistency- need to know what you want to accomplish. Passion – important to you

Invest your time is doing something that is going to help you get to your goal or spend your time. spending time is playing games on your phone (accomplishes nothing)

You get what you put into this business

Perseverance – stick with things and learn from experiences. Are you going to take criticism as criticism or as someone trying to teach you something and make you better

I am never criticizing you – we are correcting you

The best opportunity to learn is when you make a mistake

You cant have great victories in life without adversity – adversity is what makes it a challenge

Your always selling something – are you selling confidence or selling shy. Look people right in the eye

The way you present yourself

What are you selling today - ? Are you selling positive energy? Or negative energy?

Relentless competitor- have to be – Friday the 13 – can’t kill em – relentless

Are you getting the picture?

Always coming back, always coming back – resilient

Character- accumulations of your thoughts and priorities – affects the choices you make – it’s all about choices in life that lead to your results

Priorities/discipline –

Pain of discipline or pain of disappointment

What your supposed to ,when you’re supposed to do it the way you’re supposed to do it- you’ll always going to be disappointed – failure

Discipline, relentless and pride

Habits

My goal is to give you have a better chance of succeeding

Fatigue makes cowards of us all-

Mindset is the most important thing- You gotta have a vision – know what you want to do .

To accomplish that vision –

You know there is something that you’re supposed to do it – can you make your self do it – that discipline- or something you know you’re not supposed to do it

It’s your decisions or choices

Respect and trust your co-workers

Are you drivin to be the best at what you do?

Be where your feet are ! in the moment- not the past good or bad ( complacency ) Today !! Today!!

Complacency is the killer of success-poison

Human beings are designed to survive or average – Human nature

It’s special to be great

You have to be uncomfortable to be successful

Create an atmosphere that gives our employees a chance to be successful

Leadership: the ability to affect and influence someone else for their benefit. Not manipulate people for your benefit- You have to care about people. They don’t care about what you know until they know you care.

When you let negative people talk about negative things all day , ask them what are they selling today ?

People have to know what the expectation is so they can be accountable to them – everyone has to buy into the standard.

Standard that you have to define –

Pay the price up front for success

Stick with things, overcome the adversity

Can’t be great victories without adversity – book “the road less traveled” Life is difficult

Failings are going to help you be successful

Everybody has to buy into our standard

Surround yourself with talent

Create a process

Manage the message

Stick to your guns

Dress for success

Relentless in recruiting

Get the details right