Coach AJ 🎯 Mental Fitness (@coachajkings)

Nick Saban said, "People have goals and aspirations to do things and you have to help them define what do they need to do." It's because people focus on results before actions. This backwards thinking kills your goals. Here's the question you actually need to ask yourself:🧵 ...

Kirby Smart calls it a "DISEASE" that creeps into your program. Dan Campbell won't tolerate it. This mindset is the enemy of hard work. It's the delusion of expectation without earning it. Here's how this mindset destroys teams and the 5 shifts that eliminate it:🧵 ...

Most people hide their dreams to avoid ridicule. John Harbaugh tells his players the opposite: "If nobody laughs at your dream, it's not big enough." Here’s why he said it - and why it works: 🧵 ...

Andy Reid has kept the same 3x5 index card on his desk for over 2 decades. Just TWO words. They help guide every decision that he has to make as a leader - easy and tough decisions. Here's what's written on that card - and the leadership paradox that built 3 Super Bowl teams: ...

Bruce Smith stepped on the scale at 310 pounds. He thought it was broken. The 1st overall pick was being called "overweight and self-indulgent." He realized his potential was being wasted. What happened next led to 200 career sacks - an NFL record that still stands:🧵 ...

This GM has worked with some of the best players/coaches of the last 30 years - Brady, Belichick, Manning, and more. He was asked, "What made them so great?" His answer had nothing to do with talent or scheme. It was 3 traits anyone can develop and he saw in Jayden Daniels:🧵 ...

Steve Kerr played for Phil Jackson and Gregg Popovich - two of the best coaches in NBA history. He was asked: "What made them both great?" His answer was just TWO attributes. Simple and powerful. Here's what those TWO attributes are and why all great leaders have them:🧵 ...

I've studied hundreds of leaders who think they "lead by example." Most are doing it backwards. They obsess over what they DO. But people actually follow WHO you are when no one's watching. Here are the 5 things great leaders master that average ones completely miss:🧵 ...

The biggest threat to excellence is complacency. Everyone tells you to "stay hungry" and "work hard", but no one shows you how to actually fight it. Most people think it's just about effort - it's not. Here's how elite teams eliminate complacency and why it matters:🧵 ...