Today’s Task – February 22, 2022

Tim S. Grover, personal trainer to Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, calls it the Four Rings of Winning.  Picture a bull’s-eye.  There is a large ring on the outside, with a slightly smaller ring inside that one, and then an even smaller ring inside that one, and then in the very center, one more little ring.

In the large outer ring, you have talent.  Everyone gets into this ring because everyone has some degree of talent.  Inside the talent ring is intelligence.  You don’t have to a genius on all topics, but you need intelligence in whatever you are striving to achieve.  The next ring is competitiveness because all the ability and smarts in the world can’t help you if you are not able or willing to compete for what you want.  The final circle is resilience and gives you the ability to see everything that can go wrong, and still get control of what can go right.

As I reflected upon these four rings, I wondered how effectively they might be used in a band setting.  Would I keep the same four rings?  If not, which would I change and why?  And how would I adjust the group culture to support such a framework.

I encourage you to consider whether this approach is something you could use within your program.  And I am curious what you would use as your four rings?  I suspect we all address these areas at some level, but perhaps not in a formal setting like the one used by Grover.  Just wonderin’!

Make Today a Magnificent Day!

Gary L Rupert

Culture Strategist/Coach

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LCL Mentors @ Marching Arts Education