Do You Value Information Over Implementation?

    Many people tell us information is power.  Infants produce lots of information every couple of hours and once they produce that level of information someone needs to step in and implement a change.  In the babies world the information they produce matters.  In the world of the adult the implementation of a new diaper means everything.  This cycle never really changes.
       I can coach my ass off while providing mountains of interesting information and until the implementation starts it was all a waste of time.  At the end of the day what matters is implementation.  Everything else is simply a waste of time.
Successful people want sufficient information to embark on implementing a change and learn as they move along in the process.  These leaders know that the arch enemy of good is perfect and trying to reach perfect is where workable strategies go to die.  Once you start the implementation process you learn what you can only learn from actual experience.  New information yields change and most often this change produces betters results.
A baby never waits until they perfect the walking process to start.  Babies learn by doing.  No one needs to assist in this process.  This is why almost everyone on the planet walks I guess.  Babies get sufficient information to start (pulling themselves up), then they start letting go (balance) and then start to move (enhanced balance).  Try explaining any of this to a baby!  We are all babies at heart and we can and should do the same thing daily!
       My name is Steven Clauson and I coach people who want to come out of the stands and onto the field or are already on the field and demand to work to their potential.  Are you in the stands or on the field?  Winners are on the field playing full out and dominate.  For these people results matter.  Tired of results less than you know you can produce?  Call me at 916-230-0176 or visit www.stevenclauson.com

Kobe & Curry Kept Their Heads In The Game

     Something remarkable happened this past week that may have gone unnoticed.  Kobe Bryant played his last game as a Professional Basketball Player and scored 60 points and Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors played their last game of the regular season and set an all time record for wins in the regular season at 73 wins and 9 losses.  Both of these accomplishments are worthy of note.  I was more impressed by something that didn’t happen by either of these professionals that night.
       We all of a sudden live in a world dominated by Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter.  It seems like this is the primary method that people use to communicate.  People take pictures of food, cats, sunrises, sunsets and anything else they possibly can in lieu of actually communicating with each other.  What didn’t happen Wednesday night is both players kept their head in their respective games and neither player took to Twitter to talk about the game they were playing in.  Both players did something uncommon and simply showed up and did what they were supposed to do.  No distractions.  No alternative agenda.  They showed up and gave 100% and each got the outcome they desired and worked for.
How often have you worked with someone ranging from a high placed manager to a part time cashier who seemed far more interested in what else was going on as opposed to what was currently going on that they have influence over.  From sports to business the area of social media is gaining importance for all the wrong reasons.  It comes down to the basics and doing what works.  For most Twitter will never be a profit center.
       My name is Steven Clauson and I coach people who want to come out of the stands and onto the field or are already on the field and demand to work to their potential.  Are you in the stands or on the field?  Winners are on the field playing full out and dominate.  For these people results matter.  Tired of results less than you know you can produce?  Call me at 916-230-0176 or visit www.stevenclauson.com

The NFL Draft And Your Staff

     Many of you are aware I love the NFL.  Over the past few days the NFL held the annual draft of the best college players in the nation for an opportunity to move to the next level and play in the big league.  What fascinates me every year is what teams like the Los Angeles Rams are willing to give up to get what they consider to be the best player in all the land to join their team, get paid millions of dollars up front and they do this in order for a chance to get developed by the teams making this investment.
       When the best player in all of college football (Almost universal agreement here by the way) Jared Goff has to be trained and developed what chance do the rest of us have to hire someone who is set and trained to hit the ground running?  Taking that a step further and adding the caveat of finding all this and then wanting to hire them for the lowest wage possible?  I guess this is why the NFL places so many incentives into the contracts of their players.  At the end of the day even the NFL knows that it’s not who you are they want to hire… It’s more a case of who you can become with training and effort.  This is the difference between minor league football and the NFL and the difference between a staff member and a leader.  Everyone wants a leader!
I frequently hear what sounds like the reasonable argument of what happens if I invest in my staff and then they quit?  The best reply I have is what happens if you don’t train them and they stay?  Which one is scarier and more expensive?
       My name is Steven Clauson and I coach people who want to come out of the stands and onto the field or are already on the field and demand to work to their potential.  Are you in the stands or on the field?  Winners are on the field playing full out and dominate.  For these people results matter.  Tired of results less than you know you can produce?  Call me at 916-230-0176 or visit www.stevenclauson.com