3.25 Nick Saban: What it Takes to Win

 

“Undisciplined people do dumb things. Disciplined people do smart things. Which are you?.” - Nick Saban

Do you have the discipline it takes to accomplish what you want to accomplish?

Championship football coach Nick Saban says to be successful, you have to have a good plan, preparation, a good system, and an ability to adjust based on the situation you are in, but he says the real key to winning is all about mindset.

If you don’t think about and focus on what it takes to win, you will struggle.

He says there are three steps to creating a championship mindset:

1 - Vision: What are we trying to accomplish?

2 - Plan: What are the systems and processes that are required to accomplish it?

3 - Discipline: You have to have the discipline to execute it every day. This is where most people fail.

Coach Saban says most people define discipline as doing what you’re supposed to do, when you’re supposed to do it, the way you’re supposed to do it - right thing, right way, right time, all the time.

Coach Saban defines it as making yourself do what you know you’re supposed to do when you don’t want to do it, or keeping yourself from doing what you want to do when you know you’re not supposed to do it.

How do we have the discipline needed to do the right things and execute the plan all the time, and how do we stay focused on our vision, not our circumstances?

You have to do what you know you need to do, not what you feel like. That is discipline.

Questions of the Day: How do you have the discipline it takes to stick to your plan no matter the circumstances?