Winning  
Tim Grover

Summary

Characteristics of being a winner from a man who trained some of the greatest NBA athletes of all time including Jordan, D Wade and Kobe (RIP)

Notes

Rest at the end, not in the middle - Kobe

The road to paradise starts in hell

Winning has its own language and it doesn’t speak bullshit

Winning requires you to be different and different scares people

Winning can be glorious but it can also fuck you up

The more you win, the more others will inhibit your growth and slow you down

Winning isn’t heartless, but you’ll use your heart less

Winning wants all of you, there is no balance

Winners don’t see the box, they see possibilities

When you know what to think, you’re ready to compete. When you know how to think, you’re ready to win.

Winning requires you to learn, question what you’ve learned then learn more

Stop listening to everyone who tells you what to think. If they knew, they’d all be winners

Winning is the war and it’s fought in the battlefield of your mind

Get the results and the brand will build itself

If you can’t master the fundamentals, you can’t master anything else

Excellence is lonely

Confidence is about taking chances and never doubting the outcome

Embrace the darkness and the unknown

Control your thoughts and you control your emotions. Control your emotions and you control your actions. Control your actions and you control the outcomes.

You’re a champion until someone takes that title and they always do

To win, you have to master the art of NO

You can’t help other people till you help yourself

Prioritize your ambition and your results - it’s the single greatest investment you can make in your life

Resilience isn’t built in your comfort zone, it’s built in hell

Winning is a terrifying leap of belief in yourself

To truly understand winning, you must understand losing

Your demons are your dark side and greatest superpower

The dark side has to be controlled or it'll control you

You’re not trying to prove others wrong, you’re proving yourself right

Winners crave time alone in the dark

To have what you really want, you must first be who you really are

The biggest lie of them all ‘I have plenty of time.’ You don’t. None of us do.

Champions win by delivering every day for thousands and thousands of days.

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