![]() ![]() "Compassion between team members is critical. The important thing is to focus on the task at hand, whether that be basketball or serving customers at a bookstore or being present with loved ones." We have ben trained from an early age to berate ourselves… If we would like to be our best selves, we must learn strategies to be in the present." The mind is powerful and capable of continually undermining the trust invested in the body. Such slowing down is achieved by focusing on the present and only the present, non-judgmentally. "Mindfulness helps to develop a relaxation response to stress by quieting brain chatter. As the Warriors teach, the trophy is yours if you learn to have fun in the daily grind." ![]() ![]() ![]() "If we learned to live as if joy were already present and not contingent on success, then the weird thing is that the championship, the ring, is more likely to come. The chapters alternate between (a) exploring a principle through player quotes and in-game examples and (b) applying the principle to life examples, in the context of the author’s Bay Area upbringing or life abroad in a bookstore in Germany. The book explains the Golden State Warriors’ four core principles: Joy, Mindfulness, Compassion, Competition, and ties them back to the author’s life, as well as the Warriors success. ![]()
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