Kiera Broehl

Here are some of my notes from the talk I delivered to the University of Kansas football program… Before you can become a champion you must behave like one and hold yourself to a championship standard (on and off the field). You must live to this standard every day. Not when you feel like it. Not when you want to. Not when it’s convenient. You must do it every single day. Consistency is a controllable superpower. Excellence is not a switch to turn on and off. Excellence is a standard. When excellence is your standard - your code - then you have a very solid foundation. Then you can shift your focus to three key pillars of winning: Discipline: make decisions now that align with your goals Process: don’t focus on building an entire wall, focus on laying each and every brick with care and precision Progress: make daily, systematic, incremental improvement With all of the above, have short term urgency with long term patience. Before you can win, you must know (and eliminate) what loses. Here’s what loses in the game of football: penalties, turnovers, dropped passes, missed tackles, missed blocks, and missed field goals. Here’s what loses in every area of life: selfishness, entitlement, complacency, arrogance, lack of effort, poor execution, lack of trust, lack of leadership, lack of role fulfillment, being soft/silent/stupid. Winning is result of consistently doing the opposite to all of that!! Here are other behaviors that lead to winning: Be a great teammate. Be the teammate you want to player with. Be the teammate people love to play with and hate to play against. Know the difference between waiting and preparing. Don’t WAIT for practice to start. PREPARE for practice to start. Make your preparation your separation. Finish everything: finish reps, finish plays, finish workouts, finish practices, and finish games. You won’t be defined by how you start, you’ll be defined by how you finish. Daily Checklist for Winners: • Were you on time/early? • Give your best effort? • Have a great attitude? • Were you a great teammate? • Were you coachable? • Did I get better? • Did I make us better?