Defensive play pays off
I spoke with a special friend of mine. He wanted to tell me about the importance of defensive play in basketball, in LEET and in life. The first part of me said, "defense is boring, why is he pitching this to me?" I've played offensive for most of my work life, especially with the LEET project. I always thought you win by concentrating on scoring more points. You can believe than when working with a huge undertaking such as creating a sport and getting it out there, it's been offensive from the beginning, "nothing to lose" approach.
With something like LEET, you've got to attack first to get something to defend for, that's for sure. So many people with great ideas take the defensive mode right from the beginning. They play defensive so hard that no one ever hears about their contribution or creation. That has not been our way to go, quite the opposite. But the opposite is not always good either.
I am a true believer of saying "when the student is ready the teacher will appear". So I started to think about why I was told about the defensive play. I think I know the reason. I've felt every now and then that I should let things happen rather than to make them happen. Mental Coach Bob Rotella says "When you are on practice mode, you try to make things happen. When you are on a trusting mode, you let them happen." There's a huge difference in how you operate while in these modes. In order to let go of practice mode, you have to switch your mindset and start trusting and let things happen. It's tough to change it, but worth it.
This special friend precisely told me to take the defensive mode at work and in life. I thought about it a lot. I processed different approaches for a game of life for days. It was all clear, the message, the lesson and required action. For me, there's so much to defend for, I've known that for a long time. Same applies to LEET. But what's new to me is that I don't mind the style of play as long as it's fair, I just want to win. I realized all that my buddies and I have to do is to defend our end and to attack wisely and effectively when there's an open field and most of all, feel great and give respect to the fact that we are in the championship game.
With something like LEET, you've got to attack first to get something to defend for, that's for sure. So many people with great ideas take the defensive mode right from the beginning. They play defensive so hard that no one ever hears about their contribution or creation. That has not been our way to go, quite the opposite. But the opposite is not always good either.
I am a true believer of saying "when the student is ready the teacher will appear". So I started to think about why I was told about the defensive play. I think I know the reason. I've felt every now and then that I should let things happen rather than to make them happen. Mental Coach Bob Rotella says "When you are on practice mode, you try to make things happen. When you are on a trusting mode, you let them happen." There's a huge difference in how you operate while in these modes. In order to let go of practice mode, you have to switch your mindset and start trusting and let things happen. It's tough to change it, but worth it.
This special friend precisely told me to take the defensive mode at work and in life. I thought about it a lot. I processed different approaches for a game of life for days. It was all clear, the message, the lesson and required action. For me, there's so much to defend for, I've known that for a long time. Same applies to LEET. But what's new to me is that I don't mind the style of play as long as it's fair, I just want to win. I realized all that my buddies and I have to do is to defend our end and to attack wisely and effectively when there's an open field and most of all, feel great and give respect to the fact that we are in the championship game.
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