Wayne Bennett on Self-esteem (The Coaches Book from the SPORTS WISDOM REVEALED series):
Self-esteem is all about how an individual feels about himself or herself.
When someone doesn’t reach their full potential and their talent is wasted, it is likely to be through a lack of self-esteem.
The first part of that feeling comes from others around them, and the other part comes from within.
That’s why we need to be careful about who we hang around with and listen to.
My advice to my athletes is to look at all your positive attributes and don’t dwell on things that will limit your performance.
It is all about confidence and believing in your abilities. You either believe in yourself or you don’t! It’s not what you are; it’s what you think you are.
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Thursday, February 10, 2011
Good leaders take their people to places they have never been before (Ricky Stuart on Wayne Bennett)
Ricky Stuart on Wayne Bennett (Sunday Telegraph - 12 Sep 2010)
Bennett's great talent is to encourage self-belief in his players. To give them confidence.
Many have said it over the years without ever understanding why.
His trick is that he can sell it.
As coaches we can all sit in a team meeting and tell our players that they'll dominate the opposition.
That we've trained harder for longer and that we're better prepared, that our talent is superior.
So that's what you've got to ask yourself: can you sell it?
Bennett can. And he can because he believes in it. That confidence, those beliefs, are then in everything he does.
It all sounds so simple, doesn't it? It's no harder than saying be true to yourself, which we can find in any self-help book. But if you keep peeling back the layers eventually you'll get to the soul of it, which is that it takes great courage to do that. [..]
Bennett wins the hearts of his players first.
With that he gains their faith and, with that, belief.
The rest all falls into place.
[..]
The most noticeable difference was the confidence in the players.
Joanne, Don (more to come on Don) and Jenny - Abreast in Australia 2007 - Kawana Waters (Sun 30 Sep 2007)
Bennett's great talent is to encourage self-belief in his players. To give them confidence.
Many have said it over the years without ever understanding why.
His trick is that he can sell it.
As coaches we can all sit in a team meeting and tell our players that they'll dominate the opposition.
That we've trained harder for longer and that we're better prepared, that our talent is superior.
So that's what you've got to ask yourself: can you sell it?
Bennett can. And he can because he believes in it. That confidence, those beliefs, are then in everything he does.
It all sounds so simple, doesn't it? It's no harder than saying be true to yourself, which we can find in any self-help book. But if you keep peeling back the layers eventually you'll get to the soul of it, which is that it takes great courage to do that. [..]
Bennett wins the hearts of his players first.
With that he gains their faith and, with that, belief.
The rest all falls into place.
[..]
The most noticeable difference was the confidence in the players.
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