Day 74: The Three Keys
Focus...
Action
Write down the three most important elements of your current goal.
Standard
Everything may matter, but everything does not matter equally.
Today’s Reading
I often ask coaches, athletes, and workshop attendees a difficult question: “What are the three, and only three, keys to success in your field?”
A basketball coach once answered:
“Offensive rebounds.”
“Transition defense.”
“Free throws when tired.”
As he spoke, his eyes drifted away. I could almost see the games he had lost because his team failed in one of those areas. He did not need twenty-seven priorities. He knew the three that mattered.
Josh Hillis gives three keys for fat loss: food preparation, a food journal, and getting stronger. A discus thrower needs lots of throwing and some appropriate strength work. The precise list changes with the goal, but the principle remains.
This is the Big Rocks lesson. Everything may be important, but everything is not equally important. Put the large rocks into the jar first. If you begin with sand, errands, trivia, and distractions, there will be no room for what you claim matters most.
Choose your three keys. Give them time before the smaller things fill the day.
The great Dani Samuels.
Coaching Vocabulary
The Three Keys: The few essential actions or qualities that produce most of the desired result.
Reflection
What are the three keys to the goal I claim matters most?
This lesson is adapted from Dan John’s book, Fitness Forge, originally written as Tools of Coaching. Learn more at danjohnuniversity.com/bookstore.