PRINCIPLE 3
SEEKING AND APPLYING FEEDBACK
Feedback is the breakfast of champions.
—Ken Blanchard
There you are, living your best life and being in flow when bam—suddenly you lose that flow along with your confidence and resilience.
A setback can happen in a moment and last a long time. From the perspective of pro athletes, losing your flow is an easy thing to do. One day you’re making the shot from the 3-point line, and the next day you can’t hit the rim anywhere on the court. I coach a professional basketball player, we’ll call Sam for privacy reasons. Our conversation during a coaching session went something like this:
Sam: I think I’ve lost my edge. I don’t think I’m good enough to be on the team with the other players in the league anymore. ...
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