Sean GlazeWorkplace Culture Speaker | Facilitator, Great Results Team Building · Leadership lessons from the locker room that change how your people work together.

TEAM MENTAL TOUGHNESS TALKS PROMO

6 Jul 2018 · 1 min

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In this motivational promo, Sean Glaze addresses the inevitability of mistakes in any athletic group, from small teams to large crowds. He argues that the teams that manage mistakes most effectively achieve greater success. Glaze highlights a common reaction—pouting—labeling it as selfish because it focuses on the individual rather than the team's needs. He urges athletes to replace pouting with a mindset that asks, “What does my team need from me right now?” to foster mental toughness and collective performance.

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groups, whether it's a group of 12 that I go through that activity with or a group of 400 that I take through that activity, I've never had any group make it from one end to the other without what? Without breaking ankles, without making a mistake. And the team that handles mistakes the best is the team that's going to have more success. Got me? Here's the problem. Raise your hand if you've ever seen somebody make a mistake and they pout. And every hand goes up. Truth is, if you're honest with the world, has every person here pouted at some point? I'm going to tell you something you may not have heard before, but I want you to understand is a really powerful way to remind yourself there's no place for pouting in athletics. Pouting is selfish because when you are on the court pouting, who are you thinking about? Yourself. What you're not saying to yourself in the middle of that pouting moment, you're not asking yourself, what does my team need from me right now?