Raising Your Life and Leadership Game with Alan Stein Jr.

Send us Fan MailC4 Leaders – the ONLY nonprofit to utilize the pizza making process to create space for our companions to be seen, heard, and loved.   We work with businesses, sports teams, hospitals, churches…anyone looking to RISE TOGETHER.  We also write children’s books and use the most amazing handmade, hand-tossed, sourdough pizza to bring out the best in each other.   Please check out c4leaders.org to support our important work. Season 6 Episode #19 Alan Stein Jr. is coming from Gaithersburg, Maryland (inform, inspire, & transform)You can find Alan via his website alansteinjr.comAlan Stein, Jr. has a passion for helping business leaders level up their behaviors. He spent 15+ years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet (including NBA superstars Kevin Durant, Steph Curry, and Kobe Bryant). Alan is a dynamic storyteller who delivers practical, actionable lessons that can be implemented immediately. He teaches proven principles on how to utilize the same approaches in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level. Now working center stage as a corporate keynote speaker, Alan brings high energy and the same work ethic he deployed as a performance coach.  Alan is a student of the game and has the mindset that he is constantly growing, learning, sharing, and is developing his current version of his best self. Alan, thanks for helping athletes all over the world to perform at a higher level, thanks for guiding businesses, sports teams, and other organizations to simplify success and for being our guest on Life’s Essential Ingredients…welcome to the show! TOTD – “At the end of life, most of us will find that we have felt most filled up by the challenges and successful struggles for mastery, creativity, and full expression of our dharma in the world.   Fulfillment happens not in retreat from the world, but in advance – and profound engagement.”                                                                                                                      Stephen CopeBuild a habit - to create intention - to live your purpose!In this episode:What was life like growing up?Simplify SuccessRaise Your Game, Raise Their Game, Raise Our Game, Raise Your Sales, Sustain Your GameClosing the performance gap…make the time that allows you to be your best self…Congrats on being a 3-time author…NEXT PLAY, RAISE YOUR GAME, SUSTAIN YOUR GAME Next play (in the moment (micro, immediately after what happened) Macro – down the road……skill…white board memory…just wipe it off the board…can’t let feelings and emotions dictate our actions…emotions serve a purpose but don’t allow them to dictate their behavior…Upgrading your operating system…think of phone it needs to update to work efficiently…what changes to we upgrade in ourselves, in our mind, in our emotions…are we spending time with people who will help us be who we want to be…positive environment/cultureWhat is your identity attached to – process vs. outcome…who am I when things don’t work out…Attention to detail…to be great at something…INTENTIONPutting in work in the unseen hours…What does the little voice in your head say…empowerment vs self-doubtLife’s Fundamentals…I never get bored with the basics…Better is Better, not more is betterOvercoming the past…Being competitive…never letting your kids win…EVER..Coach K Story,  Steve Nash, Kobe BryantAn assist – something that you do that adds value to someone else’s life…those on your team and those that you serve…can you make it contagious…intentional to add extra valueA candle loses nothing by lighting another candle…need to light our candle first…Legacy