Develop Your Go-To Strengths

“Find your go-to shot” was the advice of one of my basketball coaches. He worked with each of us on the team to have 2-3 “go-to shots”.?These were the shots we had developed to the point that had a high percentage of going in the basket. We needed to learn the mechanics, then practice, and have our coach review our “go-to shots” so we could be counted on by our teammates to sink those shots during a game.

As a young fan of the new Seattle Supersonics back in the 60s, one of my favorite players (who played my position as center) was the young Bob Rule - whom Sonics Rising says might be the second-greatest Sonic ever.?One of Bob Rule’s shots was the almost unstoppable hook shot. Every game I went to, I watched how Bob Rule made that hook shot and then would go home and practice practice, practice. When Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came along some years after Bob Rule, I studied Kareem’s unmistakable sky-hook. (Side note: Kareem Abdul Jabbar’s non-profit is called The Skyhook Foundation).

My hook shot never got me even close to the status of Bob Rule or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar! However, to this day I can still sink that hook shot. The best is when I am playing with younger players and their comments about my “old school hook shot” follow those two points I just scored.

There was work involved in mastering my “go-to shot”. I had my brother take pictures of me shooting. I would see where I needed to push my right knee higher to increase lift, get my left arm up sooner to interfere with attempted blocks, and fully extend my right arm before flicking the ball into the hoop. My coach’s observations and then my practiced implementation of the hook shot built my confidence and kept me in the game.

We all need our “go-to shot” in life and business. The knowledge, skill, experience, and wisdom we have developed keep us in the game of life and work. The value of an objective coach to help us excel is important in the process.

The process of developing your “go-to shot” for life and business consists of:

???????????- Discover your strengths about the position you play in life and business.

???????????- Cultivate your strengths so that you have two to three strengths that you can rely upon to carry you through challenges, obstacles, and bad days – strengths that keep you engaged.

???????????- Celebrate your success and move forward – you are still in the game.

You may already know the value of developing your “go-to” moves in your personal life and the practice of your career or business.

You want this kind of security, confidence, direction, and pathway. You want to be comfortable in yourself, and your direction, and that your pursuit is worthy of your energy. \

Professional Coaching empowers you to get your way forward. You can prosper, have success, and experience achievement.?You will explore attitudes or events that are holding you back from your potential.

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Leaders and individuals who work with a coach move forward in their personal and professional lives.?They report more satisfaction with themselves and the results they are experiencing.

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