Eric Jacobson

JULY 16, 2014

Great coaches know that what they say pales in comparison to the state of mind from which they say it. Garret Kramer , author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life , is the founder and managing partner of Inner Sports, LLC.

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Eric Jacobson

AUGUST 2, 2012

Today, I am pleased to share a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 26, 2016

For those who may have missed this posting from awhile back, I am pleased to share again a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 20, 2015

Today, because of its popularity, I am pleased to once again share a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today.

Sports 50

Sports Belief Systems Comparison System 50

Eric Jacobson

JULY 2, 2015

Today, because of its popularity, I am pleased to once again share a guest post from Garret Kramer of InnerSports LLC about how to be a great coach: 14 Attributes of Great Coaches By Garret Kramer, Author of Stillpower: Excellence with Ease in Sports and Life There are many, many coaching manuals and books on the market today.

Sports 50

Sports Belief Systems Comparison System 50

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 25, 2015

Leadership BS : Fixing Workplaces and Careers One Truth at a Time by Jeffrey Pfeffer Leadership BS is a compendium of human nature. Comparisons with Steve Jobs are not off the mark. Blog Post ). It describes well the hypocrisy in all of us. We don’t always meet our own standards. We don’t always reward what we say we value.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

OCTOBER 2, 2010

Rajesh Setty ‘s ideas flower on Why MANY Smart People Face a Mid-Career Dilemma and How You Can Avoid It. Laura Schroeder at Working Girl clears the ground for a comparison between our workplaces and a popular TV show in The Gleeful Workplace.

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Next Level Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Rabid sports fans are known to disagree after all.    And, oh by the way, McNabb has run more than a few game-on-the-line two minute drills in his long NFL career.  Posted by: Kent Wrenn | November 03, 2010 at 04:10 PM I love posts like these that take real life situations (from sports!)   Bench McNabb. 

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2013

I couldn't help but think that Carol was setting herself up for disappointment and sabotaging her own career with an unrealistic plan to scramble up the investment banking industry ladder. "If John, a user-experience designer, spoke fast and looked on edge as he described his four-week career "vision" to me. The upshot?

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Chris Brady

OCTOBER 18, 2010

Most likely, however, these incorrect responses to high achievement are rooted in the fact that the performance of others makes our own pale in comparison.   Are you dreaming of excellent outcomes in your life, career, business, marriage, home, church, or art? Secretariat showed it all his career. Raise your standards.

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Roundtable Talk

JULY 13, 2010

Growing up in the UK, this rejection of the national sport was akin to cheering for, well, soccer instead of hockey here in Canada. As the Canadian Soccer Association plots to get soccer on the national sports funding agenda, there are some great take-aways for any leader trying to get their agenda’s heard.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 21, 2017

That’s partly because high performance is relative and based on social comparison. In communities with frequent interaction, opportunities for such comparison increase. Love and hate coexist, largely because peers view high performers as both threatening and beneficial to their careers. Such contradictions take a toll.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

These assertions are based on a diverse set of fields, including psychology, sports, arts, and leadership. Famed guitarist Greg Allman has said that he suffered from stage fright throughout his career. Myth 1: Performing at the top means consistent peak performance. Reality: Top performers experience variability in their performance.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 20, 2018

And when you’re half of a dual-career couple, you have both your own stress to manage and your significant other’s stress as well. “Two careers can mean twice the stress, but it can also mean twice the empathy and understanding,” she says. ” Play career coach (judiciously). Are you satisfied?’”

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 8, 2012

Millennials evidence what Larissa Faw calls " multi-careerism ," holding several jobs at once. Forgive a wild comparison, but Millennials are a little like Marranos , people who kept their religious identities under deep cover for fear that the anti-Semitism that had driven them out of the Iberian peninsula would find them in their new homes.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 11, 2016

L’Oreal, for example, uses the homepage of its global careers website to clarify the characteristics the brand looks for in ideal candidates for every position. ” This emphasis on the collective distances Adidas from Nike’s more archetypal sports obsession with individual winners.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

The buzz around the biggest game in America’s biggest sport is, as always, about more than football. Even as high-minded a publication as The Economist gets caught up every so often in the connections between sports and business. Here’s what’s wrong with making analogies between sports and business.

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Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2018

Alexandra, the hedge fund partner, had colleagues who were obsessed with American football, but as she told me: “I never talk about sports. Risk-taking is part and parcel of corporate careers, and few people, men or women, enter the top ranks of the organization without having made a bold gamble or two along the way.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 2, 2016

They tear you down to make themselves look slightly better by comparison.” Either in our career or in our personal lives. It could be the joy you derive from your family, hobbies, sports, or community service. People lash out, gossip, and snipe at others to protect their fragile selves. 5) Consider how to respond.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 9, 2011

In my last post , I noted that Facebook and social media are major contributors to career anxiety. First, it's creating a den of comparison. or "Take a look at my new sports car," trump sharing the intricacies of our daily commute or a life-shattering divorce. This creates an online culture of competition and comparison.

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Skip Prichard

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

It is adapted and reprinted with permission from Career Press, an imprint of RedWheel/Weiser. I suppose this is a bit like the sports fans who paint their faces, arms, or chests for the big game! You can make your own comparison when it comes to sex.). Never tell your problems to anyone. Customer Connections.

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