Flip the Switch: Activate Your Drive to Achieve a Freakish Level of Success

Introduction

My journey as a coach actually started by being coached on a local baseball field in the small town of Woodbury, Tennessee, when I was six years old. My coach Micki Vinson affirmed and validated my worth and potential by saying to me, “Son, one of these days you’re going to be a great coach.” Her belief in me was what I needed at a critical time in my life.

My mother had me when she was 16. She worked two jobs while attending nursing school and raising me on her own. She taught me: “We don’t whine. We don’t complain, and we don’t make excuses.” After she’d drop me off at baseball practice, I would stay at that field both fascinated and motivated by Coach Vinson. Coach Vinson activated something deep inside me and prompted me to ...