Is preparation overrated, or do we just overvalue it?
Join me as we explore the compelling philosophy of "Ready, Fire, Aim" in this Mojo Minute.
Drawing from the wisdom of Jason Selk and Olympic gold medalist Lanny Basham, this episode challenges the conventional wisdom of endless preparation.
Key Points from the Episode:
We dissect the actionable insights from Selk's "10-Minute Toughness" and Basham's "With Winning in Mind," emphasizing the importance of taking action and learning through doing.
Discover why taking the shot can be more effective than endlessly aiming, and how this mindset can transform your approach to both personal and professional goals.
We even throw in a little historical skepticism about that famous Abraham Lincoln quote on sharpening axes.
If you’re ready to break free from the paralysis of over-preparation and start hitting your bullseyes, this episode is your catalyst for change.
Don’t miss out on the actionable wisdom from two masters of mental resilience and elite performance!
Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!
Is preparation overrated, or do we just overvalue it?
Join me as we explore the compelling philosophy of "Ready, Fire, Aim" in this Mojo Minute.
Drawing from the wisdom of Jason Selk and Olympic gold medalist Lanny Basham, this episode challenges the conventional wisdom of endless preparation.
Key Points from the Episode:
We dissect the actionable insights from Selk's "10-Minute Toughness" and Basham's "With Winning in Mind," emphasizing the importance of taking action and learning through doing.
Discover why taking the shot can be more effective than endlessly aiming, and how this mindset can transform your approach to both personal and professional goals.
We even throw in a little historical skepticism about that famous Abraham Lincoln quote on sharpening axes.
If you’re ready to break free from the paralysis of over-preparation and start hitting your bullseyes, this episode is your catalyst for change.
Don’t miss out on the actionable wisdom from two masters of mental resilience and elite performance!
Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!
Welcome to the Theory to Action podcast, where we examine the timeless treasures of wisdom from the great books in less time, to help you take action immediately and ultimately to create and lead a flourishing life. Now here's your host, david Kaiser.
Speaker 2:
Hello, I am David and welcome back to another Mojo Minute. So often in these Mojo Minutes we come back to the good authors who were just out there crushing it every day in their thinking and in their writing. And so it is with this week. We are featuring two of the great authors we have covered before Jason Selk, the author of 10-Minute Toughness, executive Toughness, organize Tomorrow, today, lead Any Team to Win. And Relentless Solution Focus and relentless solution focus. And our second author is Lanny Basham. Now Lanny is the author of five books with winning in mind, which we have covered here before attainment, the 12 elements of elite performance, parenting champions, which we'll talk about today or actually later this week, freedom, flight, the origins of mental power and four, as in golf for the mind, the mental program for golf.
Speaker 2:
Now we covered Jason's work before in a mojo minutes three, 10 and three, 11. So be sure to check those out. We'll put them in the show notes. And for Lanny Basham's work, we've covered that in Mojo Minute's number 86. Mojo Minute number 86 process is primary. So again, these two authors are just absolutely out there crushing it. We love covering their work. And with that let's jump into our first poll quote. Emphasizing the plus. One concept helps people get started. An old riddle asks what is the best way to eat an elephant?
Speaker 2:
Answer one bite at a time. Lanny Bassam, the Olympic gold medal shooter, calls this handy precept the ready fire aim principle. Landy claims that in sports and in life, people spend too much time aiming at the bullseye and not enough time shooting at it. Rather than placing so much emphasis on getting ready and aiming, go ahead and take a shot. Taking the shot gets you started. It also lets you gauge how far off the mark you are, making adjustments, but keep shooting Until you get closer and closer and eventually you'll hit the bullseye. Ready fire aim man. I just love that ring Ready fire aim. And I love that philosophy. What a solid nugget of wisdom. And I love the fact that an Olympic gold medal shooter provides this advice.
Speaker 2:
Now, if you think about it, how many of us do indeed spend way too much time getting ready and not enough time taking our shots? We can aim at the target all day long, but if we never take the shot, if we never pull the trigger, nothing ever happens. It's better to take the shot and see how we're doing, adjust and then, of course, take another shot. Correct Ready fire aim. Now some would say it's better to sharpen your axe, like Abraham Lincoln supposedly told us. You remember that quote. It goes something like this give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Like I said, it's often attributed to Lincoln, but there's no substantive evidence that he ever said it. Many factors contribute to the widespread belief that he did say it, in fact that he was a country lawyer and he rose to prominence as our 16th president, but the quote itself doesn't show up until the 1940s, so some 80 years after Lincoln had lived. So I'm not sure if he really said it, but we understand the philosophy behind it. I'm going to err on the side of let's take the shot ready fire aim instead of sharpening our axe for four hours. Now, speaking of quotes, you cannot find I could not find where Lanny Basham said that the quote ready fire aim was actually his, and naturally most of these personal development books don't really have footnotes or deep indexes to do some further research, but I like the concept so I wanted to include it. Now I did find what Lanny actually did say. It's this, going to the book with winning in mind by Lanny Bassam.
Speaker 2:
This is an expression I borrowed from my teammate in the Olympics, jack Ryder. It applies to all performers in the same manner as it does in shooting. I remember one day Jack and I were training together. I asked him what he was going to shoot that day. I will shoot 50 shots in the standing position and 100 shots in kneeling. He said I will do the same thing. I said we both started shooting standing Soon. I had finished my 50 shots and started kneeling. Jack continued in standing Soon. I had finished my 50 shots and started kneeling. Jack continued in standing. After finishing my 100 shots, kneeling, jack was still shooting standing. I went to lunch. When I returned, jack was still shooting standing. Finally he finished. I asked him why he changed his mind and he shot so much standing. That's when he told me this I was shooting above my personal record, and when I do that, I always keep shooting.
Speaker 2:
When you're shooting well, you shoot a lot. The best time to practice your drives on the driving range is right after you have crushed some good ones. Keep hitting the driver. If you're on a roll, keep on going. This helps to reinforce the good experience you are having and therefore make it more likely to occur in the future. So there you go, two solid, solid nuggets of wisdom from two great authors Jason Selk and Lanny Basham. So today's super quick nuggets of wisdom are straightforward Ready fire, aim and keep shooting while standing, especially if you're on a roll and doing well. And if you do both, I promise you you'll be on the road to a flourishing life.
Speaker 1:
Thank you for joining us. We hope you enjoyed this Theory to Action podcast. Be sure to check out our show page at teammojoacademycom, where we have everything we discussed in this podcast, as well as other great resources. Until next time, keep getting your mojo on.