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New Year’s Resolutions for Coaches

Here are mine:

1. To keep training my ass off, and to enjoy it while I’m doing it. For a long time, I was training just for the sake of training – showing up and doing it just because I’m not used to NOT doing it. I came to the realization a few months back that I’m NOT too old to perform (and compete) at a high level, and that infusion of intensity can only help the kids I coach, too.
2. To keep dieting my ass off. This has always been the tough one for me, but over the past several months, I’ve learned what happens when you stay on point and stay consistent, and I’ve liked my results.
3. To drop shit. As I’ve written about previously, I have a habit of letting negative thoughts distract me for far longer than they should, i.e., I can’t drop things, and it gets in the way of work, coaching, training, and life, because I waste too much time letting negativity linger. I’ve been 1000% better with that lately, and I’m planning on continuing that trend.
4. To compete harder. There’s really only one goal when you start out, and that’s winning – whether it’s winning a football game, nailing a lift, or getting a project done at work. I’m going to stop letting myself get derailed by external factors and just keep competing for whatever it is I need to do.
5. To get (and stay) organized. I have a ton of shit going on. On one hand, I’m lucky in this economy, but on the other hand, I’m finding myself having a hard time keeping track of it all with my stone age organizational methods. Dave suggested a few things that I’m going to try in the new year to stay on top of everything better.
6. To spend less time doing stupid shit online. Yes, a lot of us need the internet for work, and we spend a lot of time here interacting with people and giving and receiving information, but it’s been killing my attention span. A big resolution of mine is to focus for longer periods of time on the shit I really need to get done, instead of checking my email every ten minutes and letting myself get distracted.
7. The requisite family shit. Yes, it’s the most important one. I’ve been doing a good job of that this year, so I’m going to continue to be less of a prick as 2012 goes on.
8. Act like a professional every day. I got this one from hearing about a certain NFL coach that’s about to get fired. He’s known for going out drinking with his players, and they all call him by a nickname. I know for a fact the guy can coach, but there has to be a dividing line there, and it seems to be missing. For my part, I tend to joke around with the kids a little too much because I can still vividly remember being their age. At work, I occasionally have some “white trash” moments where I walk away wondering why I dropped so many f-bombs and said something derogatory about someone in a professional setting. It’s popular on this site, but that whole “f–k the world” schtick doesn’t work, because the world will f-ing KILL you if you bait it too much.
9. To write down EVERYTHING. I don’t know how many times a day I have a really good idea – whether it’s something to do with coaching, training or work – and it just disappears because I’m too lazy to make a note about it. I’ve been carrying around a book, and everything has been going in it (including reminding myself to write this post this morning).
10. No more lapses in either judgment or discipline. This is self-explanatory, and you all know exactly what it means. No more bullshit mistakes.

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