Systems

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Welcome back to the Mike Hartman show and today I'm going to share a few stories with you, but the topic is going to be on systems. Just like if you went to the book the Healthy Mindset for Athletes and Workplace Athletes, we talk about systems there. But I'm going to break it down into a couple stories. The first story I'm going to talk about is Derek Jeter. And I don't know if any of you saw that ESPN episode on Jeter. It was amazing. But one thing, if anybody noticed, especially being in professional sports as long as I have, I've noticed the one thing that stuck out of my mind is the consistency. For 20 years, imagine that, consistently doing the right things. I was watching the episode and David Wells, I think his name is David Wells. Wellesley's the pitcher put his arms up in the air. I think he just got traded to the Yankees and Jeter went over there to the mound and said, we don't do that here. That's what he ended up saying. So consistency is so important. If you listen to everything that Jeter says and does, it's consistent, being consistent. And that's one thing, if there's anything I've learned as a professional athlete, it is to be consistent in everything that you do. And I remember, you know, funny story, once I like sharing stories. I love my dad. He's amazing. He's a big influence, influence on me. When I played, he watched games, he cared. But it was funny. I was, I was what he was watching. He used to get the satellite dish back in the day and we were playing Montreal and Montreal won the Stanley cup the year before. We ended up I was playing for the Buffalo Sabres. We ended up winning one nothing. And it was a good game for me actually. I didn't have to play as you always play physical, I have to play consistent. But I didn't have to drop the gloves that night. I played in my mind a very solid hockey game and the minds of our management. And the story goes like this. I played the game, felt pretty good about myself, was on to the last minute of the game. I think it was, you know, is a big night, sellout crowd in Buffalo. Most of our Games were sold out. Very, you know, exciting times for the Sabres. We actually had a great year that year. I think we were third overall, but just a very strong team and a fun team to play on. But I remember we were playing the Canadiens, and great Game one, nothing. So after the game, my father calls me. I get home, like, 11, 30, 12, and I'm talking to my father. He says, can I talk to you? I said, is everything okay? He goes, no, I just want to ask you some hockey stuff. I stayed out of your hockey career, your professional career, for a long time. But I just want to. Can I ask you a question? I said, sure. He says, well, it looks like you really didn't do a lot tonight. I said, okay, can you explain yourself? Well, you were working. You play the same game. You had a chance to skate the puck in. You were at the red line, and you could have take three extra steps, maybe made a play another time. I watched, and you just did a soft dump in the corner. The other time, you had a guy open right in front of the net, and you didn't. You didn't pass it to him. It looks like you're hanging out of the pocket like you were waiting. And I'm just a little concerned because, you know, especially playing on the Sabers, they have a lot of good young players in the minors. I was a little nervous. I said, dad, can I share something with you? I said, first of all, I had to play a safe game. I had to play a consistent game. You're going to hear that word a lot. I had to make soft dumps. I didn't have to throw the puck in so it flies around the board. So they could. Then Montreal, which was a fast team, could break out. So we had a system, right? This is what we're talking about today, creating systems that work. Our team had a system, and I had to stick to that system. The next part was there was that guy in front of the net, but they were coming down, they were collapsing. So if I threw the puck there, it's the worst. Playing hockey is when you're behind the net and you throw it out in front, and if it bounces over their stick, they could be going back three on two or two on one on our defenseman, if our defenseman has come down a little bit. So that was number two and number three, Scotty Bowman, just told me I played the best game I ever had in the Sabres uniform. So am I going to listen to Scotty, or am I listening to you? He says, okay, going forward I'll never say a word. And he never did. He never said a word. But you know, not to make fun of that, but the thing is that creating systems that work and being consistent within your systems, and that's just the story that I would share. I figured I'd throw a couple stories out there as we do, talk about stories and mindset and champions and you could apply that, but it's doing it correctly. And I'm going to use a total different off the cuff example here. I used to work with in the hundreds and hundreds of maybe in the thousands of dentists. And my friend, he owns a big mini dental implant business and in Buffalo. And he would have me come in and speak to his group and I, I did the same boring, consistent things that I talked about, the same thing, but each dental group was different. So he would talk about mini dental implants to like a group of maybe 500 dentists would come in. So these dentists would come in and they would get me in the beginning to talk about a little bit about consistency, talk about having a plan and doing, doing the right, doing the right thing. And even Todd said, you know, you're, it's, it's like you're kind of repeating the same things. But I go, todd, they're all different dentists. He goes, yeah, but we want to hear some good sports stories. We want to hear some hockey stories. I said, well, I did. I talk about other people. I talked about Mark Messier and how consistent he was every night. In order to be a good pro, you had to be consistent. You had to do the littlest things, right? All the time. Same in dentistry. So they had this thing where I was, why I would watch so many different of their videos. And again, these were different dentists coming in. So you know, this group, one of the largest mini dental implant companies in, in the, in I think in the world, they would have all these different dentists come through. They would get to continue in education. And then I know they had the opportunity to possibly add implants to their business, but a lot of them came in for the continuing education as dentists needed at that time. And I was touring with this group and I used to watch, like I said, I watched the videos and the videos would be very simple. They had a consistent pattern. Now if you're a dentist, you're going to think, what the hell is he talking about? Because this does not make any sense. But I'm going to break it down easy as I can. So I just remember they would, they would have the patient in the chair. It was time for them to add the implant in. So they would add the stent to the bone and. And they would take that implant, which was already sized up. They would get it in from the lab, and they would pop it in. And it was a consistent process. And I watched it. It was the same consistent process. And it was amazing to me. To me, that's consistency. It's the same thing. So I joked with my buddy one time. I said, well, do you change the way you do your implants? He says, what do you mean? I said, well, it looks like you have that system. We do. It's the same system. Now. Each patient in each case can be different, but we keep consistency. The point is, here is, whatever you do in your life, think about being consistent. I mean, I know so many people that they do one thing and then they jump to another. Then they jump to another and jump to another. And I can admit I've been in the coaching business for 17 years, and there were times where I think I'm going to add this to my business. Well, I think I'm going to. Now that I'm a master distributor with all these assessments, I'm going to add, you know, you know, different coaches that are even outside my wheelhouse. And I had to pull myself back in and say, okay, this is what you do. Well, you have to be consistent at it. And I see so many people doing that. I see people that are jumping from one thing to another and they're not given enough time. Well, I would bet you that the problem is they're not really consistent in what they're doing. So no matter what it is that. That you're doing, if you're. If you're in sales, if you're. If you're one of the athletes, if you're one of our athletes that have taken our programs, I want you to focus on what's it going to take. Like, there's a reason why, you know, in the military, they always get up right around the same time early in the morning. There's a reason why the Navy SEAL consistently will make their bed every morning. First thing they have to do, they have to be consistent, starting off on a positive note. So I want to share that with you that these are things that you could do. If anybody's out there want to offer my. My. My audio book, you just have to email us@mikeartman.academy no.com or go to our website and fill out the information. If you want the audiobook for free, I can give you a link on Audible. If you have Audible, they don't give you the free credit. I could send you our book. And if it's this, I can mail you our book. Or you can get it on Amazon and I'll. As long as you pay for the postage. So if you reach out and message me, I'll get you the Healthy Mindset Workbook. You could. You could do that, but I'm willing to do it for the cost of the postage to where where you live again. Keep your systems intact, be consistent. Have a great day.

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