#OneMinute March 9

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Today contribution to the 30-Day Letter Writing Coach4aday Challenge is on ONE-MINUTE.

The challenge involves composing a letter to yourself when you were an earlier age. The goal is to focus on a value, habit, or choice that needs to be adopted or made.

Today I travel back to the summer of 1990 where I got exposed to a book that taught me concepts on how to better lead teams and also myself. The book educated me that small consistent intentional choices really can elevate results. That is the one common thing all “Championship Teams” have in common-they achieve results.

Day 9 Letter-One-Minute

Summer 1990

Dear 30’s Something Dan

This year is barely half over, and you have quite a few memorable events take place. The basketball team you coach at UNC Pembroke has won the Conference Championship for the 2nd time in five years and you and your wife have become parents for the 4th time.

Yet something else is about to take place this summer that is going to inspire you to utilize a leadership concept that only takes ONE MINUTE. That technique will become something you attempt to incorporate in various roles of your life. It all came from a book you will read called the “One Minute Manager”

One Minute Manager-published in 1981

Leadership Techniques

Reading this book came as a suggestion from a friend that knew very little about coaching basketball but thought it might be of value to you. Once you read it you will adopt its three principles.

  1. Start creating 1 Minute Goals especially if you are attempting to create a new habit.
  2. Utilize 1 Minute Praising with your team.
  3. Utilize 1 Minute Reprimands with your team.

Coaching any team that gets results simply relies on having a common purpose, reinforcing the behaviors that produce results, and correcting or reprimanding those that don’t. Leaders understand that confronting others is not fun, but it required. It is the act of confronting too late or not at all that often prevents teams from achieving championship results.

Remember that those 1 Minute Reprimands work best when you do the following:

  1. Reprimand immediately after the mistake
  2. Be as specific as possible.
  3. Add something positive.

Don’t stop learning that a lot can be accomplished in One-Minute.

Grown Up Dan

Coach4aday

My purpose in life is to coach. I am a former collegiate basketball coach, director of athletics, and chief of staff. I worked at four NCAA Division I & II universities during my career. At each campus I learned timeless lessons on teamwork and leadership. Today my passion is coaching others on what it takes to lead, serve, and succeed.

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