jv thing

"You are responsible for your own happiness"

Things I learned......

Players shouldn't make things personal like playing time and coaching, its just business.

Are players truly coachable?  What is there attitude when told to change something?
Do they understand that you are trying to make them better.

Maturity vs Immaturity

When Jon Taffer walks out

Always chase after him and show desperation and urgency

never pity

true strategy

true strategy is not necessarily that you have followed preordained steps, instead its putting yourself in a position where you have more options than your opponent.

Elevate yourself above the battlefield

Tactics are what you do to fight the battle in the moment, reactionary

Strategy is what you do to achieve victory in the long term

by elevating yourself above the battlefield you allow yourself to make long term decisions strategically, knowing when to fight and when to run.  Allowing you to reach your goals instead of just being reactionary.

How to be a Hero

Internalize everything, make it all your fault.

Don't allow yourself or anyone else to be a victim.

If the only thing you learn from some thing is "life isn't fair" then you need to try harder to find something you could do differently.

The Inverted U Curve

From Malcolm Gladwell's David and Goliath

at some point, there is such a thing as too much of a good thing

the affect of increasing income stops making people happier at about 75 grand

3 strikes your out only deters crime to a certain extent, criminals don't behave rationally.

at some point your efforts will have diminishing returns


The same efforts that made a difference at first will stop working at a certain point

Nick Offerman Book

Always retain the mentality of a student, this will save you from bitterness and keep you moving forward.


Make your life happy, and then auditions will become easy because you will have something nice to go back to if it doesn't work out.