Jim Loehr: The Power Of Story [Notes]
Key Takeaways 1 - We all have inner voices that represent our reality and shape our futures. 2 - It's important to influence our athlete's so that their inner voice matches their actions. 3 - Athletics should be about personal development first and foremost. Below are my notes from a speech by Dr. Jim Loehr on the the power of our inner voice, our stories, and our just how great, and why, our influence is on the athletes that we lead. You can see the video in its entirety below. The stories from our inner voice shape the stories in our players inner voice which eventually shapes their destiny. As a coach, you are in the influence business, and you have to influence the minds, hearts and bodies to be successful. Great coaches are great story tellers, and through their stories, they mold, shape and modify the stories that the players tell themselves. And the stories that the players tell themselves are the stories that they tell their parents, their...