Effective people or not problem minded, their opportunity minded

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Do not watch the scoreboard. The great coach John Wooden built his teams around a "pyramid of success" whose peak was not winning but competitive greatness — being your best when your best is required — and he forbade his players to think about the score, trusting that if they mastered the climb, the wins would take care of themselves. Be opportunity-minded rather than problem-minded, spending your attention on what could be built rather than on what is wrong. And accept, at the very foundation, that you are flawed — accepting your own imperfection is the first requirement of success, because without that acceptance you cannot grow or improve at all. — Goals, Action & Defining Success (Goal/Action/Success/Motivation)

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