Ep #397: The 1% Difference—How NHL Playoff Hockey Turns Every Shift Into a Tryout (And What That Means for Your Athlete)
Summary
In this episode of the Warrior Confidence Hockey Podcast, Coach Rich Grogan emphasizes the importance of consistent effort, or the '1% more' philosophy, in achieving success in sports and life. He discusses how mindset, attitude, and work ethic are crucial for athletes to stand out and get noticed. Grogan also introduces the concept of the compound effect, illustrating how small, consistent actions can lead to significant results over time. He shares insights from his own experiences and encourages athletes and parents to adopt a warrior mindset, focusing on resilience, integrity, and preparation to seize opportunities.
Takeaways
- Everyone wants their athlete to get noticed.
- It's not what they do occasionally, but consistently that matters.
- 1% more effort every day leads to significant results.
- Mindset and attitude are crucial for success.
- Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
- The compound effect shows how small efforts add up.
- You can't outrun poor nutrition and habits.
- Failure is part of the process, not a definition of self.
- Preparation is key to seizing opportunities.
- Resilience is essential in overcoming setbacks.
Chapters
00:00: The Power of 1% Consistency
09:54: Mindset and Attitude in Sports
20:01: The Compound Effect of Effort
25:17: The Warrior Confidence Framework
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Episode Transcript
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Everyone wants the same thing, for their athlete to get noticed, to stand out, to get puton the top line, to get those key game minutes and leadership roles.
Well, here's your wham!
Right hook reality.
It's not what they do every once in a while that makes a difference.
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It's what they do consistently.
And I like to talk about that 1%.
that 1 % extra, what they're doing today to help them be a better person today than theywere yesterday, to help them be a better athlete moving forward.
And then tomorrow, keep that same mindset, doing a little bit more, a little bit more, alittle bit more.
And when you add all those little bit mores up, what do you got?
You got what you want.
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You got that ice time, you get noticed, you get those leadership roles.
So if you ever ask, what more can my athlete do to stand out, to get noticed, to get icetime, then make sure you tune in today.
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Welcome champions.
This is the Warrior Confidence Hockey Podcast and I'm your host, Coach Rich Grogan.
And man, I am so grateful you're here today.
What we're going to talk about today, 1%.
1%.
What more can your athlete do, not when people are watching, but behind the scenes?
And then, of course, when people are watching, give that little extra, that little extradrive.
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Because I'm telling you, confidence, mindset, your attitude, those are so important ineverything we do.
And I talked to
parents, players, coaches, literally every single day.
And common go-to phrase I use a lot is that $400 stick that you're buying your athlete orthose thousands of dollars worth of lessons on maybe helping their edge work, helping them
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skate faster, harder, shoot harder, stick handle better.
that's great.
And they need that.
But those thousands of dollars you spend aren't going to do a darn bit of good if they'vegot one cent worth of mindset.
One cent.
worth of attitude, one cent worth of work ethic, they're not going to do it, man.
And if they only put one cent worth of effort in everything they do, you're not getting agood return on your investment.
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So we're going to talk about just 1 % more every day.
And I'm telling you, that small little 1 % is going to help them stand out from the crowd.
It's going to help them get noticed.
It's going to help them get what they want.
That ice time.
And that's what we're all here for, right?
And I talk about my book all the time.
And if you haven't bought a copy yet, make sure you pick one up.
The link is in the description box.
How to Get More Ice Time, a champion's playbook winning with integrity on and off the ice.
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Now, that's what you want now is ice time.
But pretty much the theme is, how do get more of anything you want in life?
How do you get more success?
How do you raise to the top?
And it's the same philosophy.
And I know I'm talking to parents and coaches here, because unfortunately, most athletes,teenagers, and young 20-year-olds don't listen to lot of podcasts.
I encourage you to pass this on and have them hear this, because most part I'm saying thesame thing that you say, but it's coming from a different voice here.
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And collectively we're all working together.
Because here's the reality of things.
Less than 0.05 % of all hockey players or all athletes in general will play pro.
Now I want them to play at the highest possible level, and that's kind of my goal going inwith any group, any team I work with.
I look at them and say, my goal is to help you get to that next level.
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Maybe it's a rec player trying to play, maybe rec select or a tournament team.
Maybe they're trying to make junior varsity, make that JV roster.
Or maybe they're on JV and now they want to make that varsity roster.
Or in my son's case, he's been on varsity the last two years as a goalie.
He's been the backup.
This year, he's striving to be the starting goalie.
So my goal is to help them not only see what's inside themselves, but pull it out andunleash that warrior confidence, unleash that inner warrior.
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I like to say have that attitude of excellence, that mindset of a champion, that workethic of an underdog, and that heart of a warrior.
You want it bad enough, you'll find a way.
If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
And I'm telling you, today's culture, it's easier than ever to stand out from the crowd.
Well, those four pillars I just talked about.
But with respect, work ethic, proper communication skills, simply doing that 1%, whichwe're going to continuously talk about throughout this episode, doing those things that
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others refuse to do.
They just do.
Kids, even adults, want to blend in with the crowd.
Man, you want to get noticed, you got to stand out.
And you've all heard my story.
I was always one of the shortest, smallest guys on every team I played on.
And in order for me to get noticed, I had to stand out and get noticed because I would getoverlooked in the crowd.
Most other players were not only taller and bigger, faster and stronger, they had far moretalent.
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So that's the whole episode here.
mean, even if your kid is the most talented, if they don't utilize
that talent.
And you know, one of my famous, it's not my famous phrase, but I've borrowed it and I'veheard it from countless others.
It's hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
Yeah, you may have all the talent in the world or your athlete may not have any talent.
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Hard work, grit, tenacity, determination.
And of course, you got to have the mindset.
We call it hockey IQ.
We talked about this with our uh hockey team the other night.
It was all about, look,
We got some players on there that are working their butt off, which is fantastic.
That's what gets noticed.
This guy's hustling up and down the ice back, checking hard, attacking in all three zones,giving it all he's got.
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But there wasn't really a whole lot of hockey IQ there.
So that's the next step.
Because I'll give the example, a dog chasing his tail is working extremely hard.
But at end of the day, if the dog is so lucky to have caught his tail, what has he reallycaught?
His tail, and then he's wore out.
But he hasn't accomplished much of anything.
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Spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning.
Catch my tail?
Okay, great.
What do I do?
Well, I don't know.
I'll spin, spin, spin, spin, spin some more.
So the dogs wore out.
Well, same thing.
Working hard is, I mean, you gotta have hard work, but then you gotta have that hockey IQ.
You gotta have that mindset.
And when I talk about that 1%, it's not just the physical, but it's the mental and thespiritual as well.
The mental, that hockey IQ I talk about, and the spiritual is that drive, that passion,that grit, resilience, and determination to push yourself each day to be a better version
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of yourself today.
than you were yesterday.
So here's an engagement question for you.
And I want you to drop your answer in the comments.
Is your athlete doing absolutely everything they could do?
Are they doing 1 % more today than they were yesterday?
And are they committed to doing 1 % more tomorrow than they did today?
And then the next day?
And then the next day?
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So that's a yes or no.
Or if you just want to drop in the comments, 1%.
or give a thumbs up that you're going to do it or a fire emoji, something to get someinteraction that you're saying a commitment that you're going to do it.
You're going to push and encourage your athlete to do it.
And those athletes that are listening, because your moms and dads or coaches have said,hey, you need to listen to this guy.
If you want to get to that next level, you want to excel, you want to get what you want,you want that ice time, you want those leadership roles, you need to pay attention.
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And of course, on the other side, I have people ask all the time.
Man, man, 1%.
Does that really, really make a difference?
You know, just 1 % more?
Well, here's the thing I got, and I wrote it down to make sure I quoted it properly, butthis is from Jeff Olson's book called The Slight Edge.
And it talks about, he calls it the eighth generation of the world, eighth wonder of theworld, and that is the power of compound interest.
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So he talks about how you take a penny and you double it every day.
Now, the story in the book, he talks about how
these uh two brothers, their father was near the end of his life and he was passing awayand he gave them a choice and the choice was they could take a million dollars right up
front or they could take a penny and it would compound every single day for 31 days.
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What choice would you take?
Well, one brother takes the million dollars and then the other brother chooses the penny.
So, this is the power of that one percent I'm talking about.
So, it starts off, you know, day one, one penny, day two, two pennies.
and then you double that, it's four, then it's eight, then it's 16, 32, 64, as itcontinues to compound.
Now at the end of one full week, you only got 64 sets.
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So you think, oh my gosh, that doesn't amount to anything.
So it's equivalent of putting forth that 1 % every single day, maybe 1 % more in the gym,or for some athletes actually going to the gym, getting up, running, or skating, or stick
handling, something, or reading a book, motivation, because once again,
the mental garden here, what you put in is what grows.
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So you're make sure you're planting the right seeds, working on all three areas, themental, spiritual, and physical.
So after 10 days, you've only got $5.12.
After 15 days, halfway through, nearly halfway through, it's $163.84 of that pennycompounding.
And unfortunately, at the 15-day mark, when athletes aren't seeing a big difference,that's when a lot of them give it up.
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They're just like, yeah, you know what?
That 1 % isn't working.
That little extra, I'm just going to go back in and blend in and well, you know, I'm notreally getting what I want, but I'm not putting forth the extra effort, so whatever.
This is where I encourage you to keep going.
Because as I talked about in the opening, it's not what they do every once in a while thatcounts or that matters or makes a difference.
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It's what they do consistently.
Now you as a coach and as a parent, same thing.
It's what we do consistently to improve ourself.
You know, we got to lead by example here.
So I talk about all these things as a reminder to myself, I to hear myself, to do thethings that I'm asking and encouraging you to do with your athletes.
That means working out, eating properly, reading inspirational motivational quotes toplant the right seeds in my mental garden, spiritually, believing, praying, doing the
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right things there to be the very best person I could be, to be the best coach I can be,to be the best parent and husband I can be, be the best speaker I can be, do the best
podcast.
That's kind of my little prayer.
God, please help me be the very best I can be because I'm a human too.
I'm flawed and seems like every imaginable way at certain times, but constantly fightingand battling, but you got to stay at it.
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So at the 15 day mark, halfway through the month is $163.84.
Here's where the compound really starts kicking in.
The 20 day mark, just five days more, we're at $5,242.88.
25 days, now we're at $167,772.16.
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So it starts adding up, but you think, man, that's 25 days in.
Holy cow, I've been doing this almost a month, and I'm seeing some, but I'm not reallyseeing these gigantic gains.
And some might be thinking, I would have been better off to take that million dollars.
Well, here's where it really starts happening.
Day 28 kicks in hard.
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Day 28, we have now passed the million mark.
$1,342,177.28, to be exact.
Day 29, that doubles.
Day 30, that doubles.
So at day 30, we're $5,368,709.12.
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So you've doubled, well, five times the amount of the original $1 million.
Now, you may say, how does this work with what you're talking about, about
working hard on and off the ice, about reading, about the spirituality, about doing allthese other little things.
Well, the compound effect doesn't matter if it's money, if it's a penny or push-ups.
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Maybe your athlete has a hard time doing five push-ups.
Well, they stay at it.
And all they do every day, add one more.
So now it's six push-ups and then seven push-ups and then eight and then 10.
And if they really feel inspired, double that every single day.
Compound it.
Holy smokes.
My whole point is
That 1 % makes a huge, huge difference.
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And then that one more rep mentality.
And the little things like, this is a no-brainer, but I'm going say it.
When the coach isn't looking, that's when they're watching the most.
So your athlete can't be coasting when the coach has their back turned.
They can't be coming up short of the line when they're supposed to skate all the way tothe line.
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And by the way, it's through the line, not to the line.
That's that little extra.
That little extra drive that's going to give those legs that extra conditioning, thatextra endurance, that extra strength and stamina needed for third period or overtime.
Needed late in the game, maybe killing off a penalty or battling to tie the game up orpreserve the lead.
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That little extra.
All right.
So here's the rest of it.
So at day 30, like I mentioned, we're at 5 million.
You double that again.
And on day 31, $10,737,418.
and 24 cents to be exact.
It doubles every day, but you gotta be committed to staying committed, doing the thingsthat others aren't willing to do.
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So when I talk about these things, people say, man, you make it sound so easy, but thatjust isn't life.
Life is not that easy.
No, it's not.
I'm never gonna lie to you and say it's easy.
Every single day, the battle in my mind, I need to go work out.
I gotta stop saying I need to work out.
I get to workout, I'm gonna workout, and am I gonna enjoy the workout?
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Probably, during the midst of it, probably not, because it's my buddy's garage and it'shot here in Florida.
But keep counting those extra reps.
I try and do one extra.
And I've got my son, him at working out with me, and man, he has been killing it.
I'm really, really proud of him.
It was the same thing.
He wasn't seeing, I mean, nobody does.
You don't see things instantly.
It's not like when you plant a seed in the ground.
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You don't immediately get a plant or a tree or fruit or vegetable, whatever you planted.
It takes some time and you got to nurture it.
You got to water it, make sure it gets proper sunlight.
Well, same thing.
Lift and weights, that's one step, but you got to make sure you're hydrating properly.
You got to make sure your nutrition is proper.
And here's the saying my buddy I work out with Dave, shout out to my buddy Dave there,military Dave in the 82nd Airborne.
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He says all the time, you cannot outrun the fork.
I'll say that again.
You can't outrun the fork.
Meaning, you can work out all you want.
You can exercise all you want.
But if you're not putting the proper nutrients in your body, you're filling your body fullof garbage, you can't outrun the fork, man.
So you got to make sure you're doing all the things.
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Hydrate, nutrition, rest, and recovery.
All those things.
you may say, man, that's a lot of stuff.
It is.
I get it.
But if you want it bad enough, you'll find a way.
If not, you'll find an excuse.
Share that with your athletes.
They definitely need to hear that.
So back to the original question.
Can they do it?
Absolutely.
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Are they willing to do it?
Well, that's an answer the only they can answer.
Only you as the parent, as a coach.
And I get it.
Sometimes when I'm working with my own emmit, working out in the gym and this and that,now I'm really proud of him because he's done a good job of he knows he wants something.
So he's going to be wise enough to listen.
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A lot of times teenagers don't want to listen to mom and dad, don't want to listen tocoaches.
Talk to them in a way or haven't listened to the podcast.
My whole goal is to be the mentor I never had.
Telling me the things I needed to hear, I wanted to hear, I was craving to hear, but forwhatever reason, I just couldn't find that exact mentor.
Now I've had a lot of good mentors over the years and I've had a lot of questionablementors over the years, but I learned from everyone and that's my whole goal.
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But I'm continuously still learning.
That's the whole goal.
But wore your confidence.
And for those who don't know, Warrior, of Warrior Confidence Hockey, Warrior is anacronym.
I kind of broke it down into three parts.
The first three, WAR, W-A-R, stands for wisdom, attitude, and respect.
And wisdom starts it all off because you've got to be humble enough to realize, asSocrates said, all I know is I know nothing.
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I'm willing to continuously learn, willing to continuously grow, willing to continuouslyseek knowledge in order to improve and get better.
And then you've got to have the right attitude, attitude of excellence.
and the R is for respect, that first R.
And that respect is respecting yourself first and foremost to be disciplined enough to dothe things you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do them, regardless if you
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feel like it or not.
1%, right?
Then last four letters, ROAR, I call it, stands for the first R, I guess the first R ofthe last four letters is reliability.
You gotta be reliable.
Not only to your team, not only to your coaches,
not only to your parents, athletes that are listening, but reliable to yourself.
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Be respectful to yourself by having that discipline, showing up even when you don't feellike it.
And then the I stands for integrity.
Integrity is doing what you say you're gonna do.
Standing up for what is right, standing out from the crowd, honoring the game withintegrity, honoring your life with integrity.
Like it said, subtitled my book, a champion's playbook, winning with integrity on and offthe ice.
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Huge.
And then the O.
O stands for opportunistic.
Prepare, prepare, prepare, prepare, prepare in the background when no one's watching.
So when that opportunity presents itself, when you get put out on the top line or thepenalty killer, the power play, or when you get maybe some players, only shift your game,
you have prepared so much.
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So when that opportunity presents itself, you seize the moment.
You're there.
And those opportunities turn into more opportunities, but you got to keep preparing.
And then the last R.
Resilience.
You gotta be resilient because it's not a matter of if.
It's a matter of when you're gonna have a setback, when you're gonna have a challenge,when you're gonna have a failure, when things are not gonna go your way.
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And look, life's great, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
You're gonna get dropped with, I like to say, right hooks of reality and left uppercuts oftruth.
It happens.
But that's the moment that champions persevere.
That's the moment champions stand out from the crowd because they're resilient.
They don't give up.
They keep battling through.
They realize that failure is a part of the process.
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And as Zig Ziglar used to say, failure is not a person.
It's an event.
So when you fail, you're not a failure.
It was an event that happened.
And now the event is over.
Let's move forward.
So anyway, quick rundown of the seven pillars of warrior confidence.
And that's the acronym, Warrior, what that stands for.
Good, good.
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All right.
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Now for coaches and organizations, we've got an ultimate leadership and accountabilityprogram.
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It's an accountability and leadership program to get everybody on the same page becausehere's the reality.
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Most teams don't fail because of lack of talent.
Most teams fail because of parent drama, poor communication, poor work ethic, and lack ofaccountability.
Those are kind of the...
the holes that sunk the ship so to speak.
I mean, you think about it.
The season starts, everybody's pumped up, yes, ready to rock and roll.
And weeks in, you're like, my gosh, not another season like this.
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So anyway, homework.
I always give homework to our players every single night.
It's this.
Right now, the NHL playoffs are going on.
The greatest time, the best time of the year.
NHL playoffs, baby.
Yes.
And well, my St.
Louis Blues, they play tonight.
Well, after when this releases, they'll yes, I'm to say it.
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They're going to be moving on to the second round to play the Dallas Stars, which will bea repeat of what they did in 2019.
They defeated Winnipeg in the first round and then went on to defeat Dallas in the secondround and then the Sharks.
Well, the Sharks didn't make the playoffs this year, but and then they went on to wintheir first ever Stanley Cup.
So there it is.
Blues fans, give me some love in the comments.
If you're not a Blues fan, well, let me know who you think is going to end up winning andmoving on.
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to the next round and then who you think is gonna win the Stanley Cup.
But anyway, homework.
Watch playoff hockey.
Watch playoff hockey.
And players, watch the player that is playing your position.
Now I realize on TV a lot of times they follow the puck so you don't see a lot of thingsgoing on behind the scenes.
But you're gonna notice not only an all out effort to win every puck battle, and that'skind of my little mantra that I say to the players um before games, in between periods, is
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you step on that ice.
Your mindset is, I am winning every puck battle.
I am winning every shift.
I am winning every period and darn it, we're winning this game.
Now, does that mean you're gonna win every puck battle, every shift, every period in everygame?
No.
But your attitude is always driving you that 1 % more to get better.
So if you lose that puck battle, you're going second time, twice, two times as hard, moredetermined, more resilient, more passionate about, that's my puck.
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Don't touch my puck.
If you lose the second one,
Third time, you better be ramped up to a whole nother level.
And if you lose the puck battle all three times, four times, you lose every shift.
What does that mean?
That means you better start working harder in practice.
Start working harder off the ice because someone's got your number, man.
And don't take that as a personal defeat.
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Take that as, right, that guy's better than I am.
What is he doing?
Or what is she doing to prepare more?
Take it to the next level.
You do that 1%, that compound effect we talked about at the beginning, it adds up, It addsup.
Playoff hockey, I'm telling you, each shift, 30 to 45 seconds, they are going all out,every shift, determined to win the puck battles.
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At the end, it's whoever got the most grit, tenacity, resilience, determination, has evergot the right mindset, has ever got the right attitude, the heart of a warrior.
That's who's going to come out on top because everybody's hurt, everybody's sore,everybody's tired, injuries are up and down the lineup.
It's that little extra, that 1%.
All right.
Hey, thank you so very much for tuning in today.
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I truly appreciate it.
It would mean the world to me.
Like, subscribe, ring that bell, share this with somebody who could benefit, and pick up acopy of our programs, books, or website just finished too.
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So you can get all the material there, or like I said, the direct links are in thedescription box.
So please, drop in the comments.
Let me hear your feedback on it.
Let me know if you've implemented that 1 % strategy before or not, and what the resultswere.
And let me know your thoughts on the compound effect as well.
That one penny doubled over time, and how that's, I'm seed in your mind, planting it yourathlete's mind, and let me know how it goes, okay?
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All right, everybody.
Thank you so very much for tuning in.
bottom of my heart I'm truly, truly grateful.
I love you.
God loves you.
Please share that love with the world.
Share your heart and passion with your athlete to help them be their very, very best andbelieve in themselves to utilize their unique God-given talents to stand out from the
crowd and be the hero, leader, and champion they were born to be.
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God bless everyone.
Can't wait to read your comments.
Can't wait to chat with you again real soon.
Have a blessed day.
Bye-bye.
you
Everyone wants the same thing, for their athlete to get noticed, to stand out, to get puton the top line, to get those key game minutes and leadership roles.
Well, here's your wham!
Right hook reality.
It's not what they do every once in a while that makes a difference.
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It's what they do consistently.
And I like to talk about that 1%.
that 1 % extra, what they're doing today to help them be a better person today than theywere yesterday, to help them be a better athlete moving forward.
And then tomorrow, keep that same mindset, doing a little bit more, a little bit more, alittle bit more.
And when you add all those little bit mores up, what do you got?
You got what you want.
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You got that ice time, you get noticed, you get those leadership roles.
So if you ever ask, what more can my athlete do to stand out, to get noticed, to get icetime, then make sure you tune in today.
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Welcome champions.
This is the Warrior Confidence Hockey Podcast and I'm your host, Coach Rich Grogan.
And man, I am so grateful you're here today.
What we're going to talk about today, 1%.
1%.
What more can your athlete do, not when people are watching, but behind the scenes?
And then, of course, when people are watching, give that little extra, that little extradrive.
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Because I'm telling you, confidence, mindset, your attitude, those are so important ineverything we do.
And I talked to
parents, players, coaches, literally every single day.
And common go-to phrase I use a lot is that $400 stick that you're buying your athlete orthose thousands of dollars worth of lessons on maybe helping their edge work, helping them
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skate faster, harder, shoot harder, stick handle better.
that's great.
And they need that.
But those thousands of dollars you spend aren't going to do a darn bit of good if they'vegot one cent worth of mindset.
One cent.
worth of attitude, one cent worth of work ethic, they're not going to do it, man.
And if they only put one cent worth of effort in everything they do, you're not getting agood return on your investment.
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So we're going to talk about just 1 % more every day.
And I'm telling you, that small little 1 % is going to help them stand out from the crowd.
It's going to help them get noticed.
It's going to help them get what they want.
That ice time.
And that's what we're all here for, right?
And I talk about my book all the time.
And if you haven't bought a copy yet, make sure you pick one up.
The link is in the description box.
How to Get More Ice Time, a champion's playbook winning with integrity on and off the ice.
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Now, that's what you want now is ice time.
But pretty much the theme is, how do get more of anything you want in life?
How do you get more success?
How do you raise to the top?
And it's the same philosophy.
And I know I'm talking to parents and coaches here, because unfortunately, most athletes,teenagers, and young 20-year-olds don't listen to lot of podcasts.
I encourage you to pass this on and have them hear this, because most part I'm saying thesame thing that you say, but it's coming from a different voice here.
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And collectively we're all working together.
Because here's the reality of things.
Less than 0.05 % of all hockey players or all athletes in general will play pro.
Now I want them to play at the highest possible level, and that's kind of my goal going inwith any group, any team I work with.
I look at them and say, my goal is to help you get to that next level.
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Maybe it's a rec player trying to play, maybe rec select or a tournament team.
Maybe they're trying to make junior varsity, make that JV roster.
Or maybe they're on JV and now they want to make that varsity roster.
Or in my son's case, he's been on varsity the last two years as a goalie.
He's been the backup.
This year, he's striving to be the starting goalie.
So my goal is to help them not only see what's inside themselves, but pull it out andunleash that warrior confidence, unleash that inner warrior.
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I like to say have that attitude of excellence, that mindset of a champion, that workethic of an underdog, and that heart of a warrior.
You want it bad enough, you'll find a way.
If you don't, you'll find an excuse.
And I'm telling you, today's culture, it's easier than ever to stand out from the crowd.
Well, those four pillars I just talked about.
But with respect, work ethic, proper communication skills, simply doing that 1%, whichwe're going to continuously talk about throughout this episode, doing those things that
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others refuse to do.
They just do.
Kids, even adults, want to blend in with the crowd.
Man, you want to get noticed, you got to stand out.
And you've all heard my story.
I was always one of the shortest, smallest guys on every team I played on.
And in order for me to get noticed, I had to stand out and get noticed because I would getoverlooked in the crowd.
Most other players were not only taller and bigger, faster and stronger, they had far moretalent.
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So that's the whole episode here.
mean, even if your kid is the most talented, if they don't utilize
that talent.
And you know, one of my famous, it's not my famous phrase, but I've borrowed it and I'veheard it from countless others.
It's hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard.
Yeah, you may have all the talent in the world or your athlete may not have any talent.
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Hard work, grit, tenacity, determination.
And of course, you got to have the mindset.
We call it hockey IQ.
We talked about this with our uh hockey team the other night.
It was all about, look,
We got some players on there that are working their butt off, which is fantastic.
That's what gets noticed.
This guy's hustling up and down the ice back, checking hard, attacking in all three zones,giving it all he's got.
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But there wasn't really a whole lot of hockey IQ there.
So that's the next step.
Because I'll give the example, a dog chasing his tail is working extremely hard.
But at end of the day, if the dog is so lucky to have caught his tail, what has he reallycaught?
His tail, and then he's wore out.
But he hasn't accomplished much of anything.
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Spinning, spinning, spinning, spinning.
Catch my tail?
Okay, great.
What do I do?
Well, I don't know.
I'll spin, spin, spin, spin, spin some more.
So the dogs wore out.
Well, same thing.
Working hard is, I mean, you gotta have hard work, but then you gotta have that hockey IQ.
You gotta have that mindset.
And when I talk about that 1%, it's not just the physical, but it's the mental and thespiritual as well.
The mental, that hockey IQ I talk about, and the spiritual is that drive, that passion,that grit, resilience, and determination to push yourself each day to be a better version
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of yourself today.
than you were yesterday.
So here's an engagement question for you.
And I want you to drop your answer in the comments.
Is your athlete doing absolutely everything they could do?
Are they doing 1 % more today than they were yesterday?
And are they committed to doing 1 % more tomorrow than they did today?
And then the next day?
And then the next day?
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So that's a yes or no.
Or if you just want to drop in the comments, 1%.
or give a thumbs up that you're going to do it or a fire emoji, something to get someinteraction that you're saying a commitment that you're going to do it.
You're going to push and encourage your athlete to do it.
And those athletes that are listening, because your moms and dads or coaches have said,hey, you need to listen to this guy.
If you want to get to that next level, you want to excel, you want to get what you want,you want that ice time, you want those leadership roles, you need to pay attention.
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And of course, on the other side, I have people ask all the time.
Man, man, 1%.
Does that really, really make a difference?
You know, just 1 % more?
Well, here's the thing I got, and I wrote it down to make sure I quoted it properly, butthis is from Jeff Olson's book called The Slight Edge.
And it talks about, he calls it the eighth generation of the world, eighth wonder of theworld, and that is the power of compound interest.
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So he talks about how you take a penny and you double it every day.
Now, the story in the book, he talks about how
these uh two brothers, their father was near the end of his life and he was passing awayand he gave them a choice and the choice was they could take a million dollars right up
front or they could take a penny and it would compound every single day for 31 days.
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What choice would you take?
Well, one brother takes the million dollars and then the other brother chooses the penny.
So, this is the power of that one percent I'm talking about.
So, it starts off, you know, day one, one penny, day two, two pennies.
and then you double that, it's four, then it's eight, then it's 16, 32, 64, as itcontinues to compound.
Now at the end of one full week, you only got 64 sets.
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So you think, oh my gosh, that doesn't amount to anything.
So it's equivalent of putting forth that 1 % every single day, maybe 1 % more in the gym,or for some athletes actually going to the gym, getting up, running, or skating, or stick
handling, something, or reading a book, motivation, because once again,
the mental garden here, what you put in is what grows.
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So you're make sure you're planting the right seeds, working on all three areas, themental, spiritual, and physical.
So after 10 days, you've only got $5.12.
After 15 days, halfway through, nearly halfway through, it's $163.84 of that pennycompounding.
And unfortunately, at the 15-day mark, when athletes aren't seeing a big difference,that's when a lot of them give it up.
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They're just like, yeah, you know what?
That 1 % isn't working.
That little extra, I'm just going to go back in and blend in and well, you know, I'm notreally getting what I want, but I'm not putting forth the extra effort, so whatever.
This is where I encourage you to keep going.
Because as I talked about in the opening, it's not what they do every once in a while thatcounts or that matters or makes a difference.
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It's what they do consistently.
Now you as a coach and as a parent, same thing.
It's what we do consistently to improve ourself.
You know, we got to lead by example here.
So I talk about all these things as a reminder to myself, I to hear myself, to do thethings that I'm asking and encouraging you to do with your athletes.
That means working out, eating properly, reading inspirational motivational quotes toplant the right seeds in my mental garden, spiritually, believing, praying, doing the
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right things there to be the very best person I could be, to be the best coach I can be,to be the best parent and husband I can be, be the best speaker I can be, do the best
podcast.
That's kind of my little prayer.
God, please help me be the very best I can be because I'm a human too.
I'm flawed and seems like every imaginable way at certain times, but constantly fightingand battling, but you got to stay at it.
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So at the 15 day mark, halfway through the month is $163.84.
Here's where the compound really starts kicking in.
The 20 day mark, just five days more, we're at $5,242.88.
25 days, now we're at $167,772.16.
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So it starts adding up, but you think, man, that's 25 days in.
Holy cow, I've been doing this almost a month, and I'm seeing some, but I'm not reallyseeing these gigantic gains.
And some might be thinking, I would have been better off to take that million dollars.
Well, here's where it really starts happening.
Day 28 kicks in hard.
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Day 28, we have now passed the million mark.
$1,342,177.28, to be exact.
Day 29, that doubles.
Day 30, that doubles.
So at day 30, we're $5,368,709.12.
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So you've doubled, well, five times the amount of the original $1 million.
Now, you may say, how does this work with what you're talking about, about
working hard on and off the ice, about reading, about the spirituality, about doing allthese other little things.
Well, the compound effect doesn't matter if it's money, if it's a penny or push-ups.
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Maybe your athlete has a hard time doing five push-ups.
Well, they stay at it.
And all they do every day, add one more.
So now it's six push-ups and then seven push-ups and then eight and then 10.
And if they really feel inspired, double that every single day.
Compound it.
Holy smokes.
My whole point is
That 1 % makes a huge, huge difference.
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And then that one more rep mentality.
And the little things like, this is a no-brainer, but I'm going say it.
When the coach isn't looking, that's when they're watching the most.
So your athlete can't be coasting when the coach has their back turned.
They can't be coming up short of the line when they're supposed to skate all the way tothe line.
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And by the way, it's through the line, not to the line.
That's that little extra.
That little extra drive that's going to give those legs that extra conditioning, thatextra endurance, that extra strength and stamina needed for third period or overtime.
Needed late in the game, maybe killing off a penalty or battling to tie the game up orpreserve the lead.
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That little extra.
All right.
So here's the rest of it.
So at day 30, like I mentioned, we're at 5 million.
You double that again.
And on day 31, $10,737,418.
and 24 cents to be exact.
It doubles every day, but you gotta be committed to staying committed, doing the thingsthat others aren't willing to do.
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So when I talk about these things, people say, man, you make it sound so easy, but thatjust isn't life.
Life is not that easy.
No, it's not.
I'm never gonna lie to you and say it's easy.
Every single day, the battle in my mind, I need to go work out.
I gotta stop saying I need to work out.
I get to workout, I'm gonna workout, and am I gonna enjoy the workout?
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Probably, during the midst of it, probably not, because it's my buddy's garage and it'shot here in Florida.
But keep counting those extra reps.
I try and do one extra.
And I've got my son, him at working out with me, and man, he has been killing it.
I'm really, really proud of him.
It was the same thing.
He wasn't seeing, I mean, nobody does.
You don't see things instantly.
It's not like when you plant a seed in the ground.
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You don't immediately get a plant or a tree or fruit or vegetable, whatever you planted.
It takes some time and you got to nurture it.
You got to water it, make sure it gets proper sunlight.
Well, same thing.
Lift and weights, that's one step, but you got to make sure you're hydrating properly.
You got to make sure your nutrition is proper.
And here's the saying my buddy I work out with Dave, shout out to my buddy Dave there,military Dave in the 82nd Airborne.
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He says all the time, you cannot outrun the fork.
I'll say that again.
You can't outrun the fork.
Meaning, you can work out all you want.
You can exercise all you want.
But if you're not putting the proper nutrients in your body, you're filling your body fullof garbage, you can't outrun the fork, man.
So you got to make sure you're doing all the things.
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Hydrate, nutrition, rest, and recovery.
All those things.
you may say, man, that's a lot of stuff.
It is.
I get it.
But if you want it bad enough, you'll find a way.
If not, you'll find an excuse.
Share that with your athletes.
They definitely need to hear that.
So back to the original question.
Can they do it?
Absolutely.
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Are they willing to do it?
Well, that's an answer the only they can answer.
Only you as the parent, as a coach.
And I get it.
Sometimes when I'm working with my own emmit, working out in the gym and this and that,now I'm really proud of him because he's done a good job of he knows he wants something.
So he's going to be wise enough to listen.
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A lot of times teenagers don't want to listen to mom and dad, don't want to listen tocoaches.
Talk to them in a way or haven't listened to the podcast.
My whole goal is to be the mentor I never had.
Telling me the things I needed to hear, I wanted to hear, I was craving to hear, but forwhatever reason, I just couldn't find that exact mentor.
Now I've had a lot of good mentors over the years and I've had a lot of questionablementors over the years, but I learned from everyone and that's my whole goal.
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But I'm continuously still learning.
That's the whole goal.
But wore your confidence.
And for those who don't know, Warrior, of Warrior Confidence Hockey, Warrior is anacronym.
I kind of broke it down into three parts.
The first three, WAR, W-A-R, stands for wisdom, attitude, and respect.
And wisdom starts it all off because you've got to be humble enough to realize, asSocrates said, all I know is I know nothing.
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I'm willing to continuously learn, willing to continuously grow, willing to continuouslyseek knowledge in order to improve and get better.
And then you've got to have the right attitude, attitude of excellence.
and the R is for respect, that first R.
And that respect is respecting yourself first and foremost to be disciplined enough to dothe things you say you're gonna do when you say you're gonna do them, regardless if you
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feel like it or not.
1%, right?
Then last four letters, ROAR, I call it, stands for the first R, I guess the first R ofthe last four letters is reliability.
You gotta be reliable.
Not only to your team, not only to your coaches,
not only to your parents, athletes that are listening, but reliable to yourself.
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Be respectful to yourself by having that discipline, showing up even when you don't feellike it.
And then the I stands for integrity.
Integrity is doing what you say you're gonna do.
Standing up for what is right, standing out from the crowd, honoring the game withintegrity, honoring your life with integrity.
Like it said, subtitled my book, a champion's playbook, winning with integrity on and offthe ice.
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Huge.
And then the O.
O stands for opportunistic.
Prepare, prepare, prepare, prepare, prepare in the background when no one's watching.
So when that opportunity presents itself, when you get put out on the top line or thepenalty killer, the power play, or when you get maybe some players, only shift your game,
you have prepared so much.
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So when that opportunity presents itself, you seize the moment.
You're there.
And those opportunities turn into more opportunities, but you got to keep preparing.
And then the last R.
Resilience.
You gotta be resilient because it's not a matter of if.
It's a matter of when you're gonna have a setback, when you're gonna have a challenge,when you're gonna have a failure, when things are not gonna go your way.
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And look, life's great, but it's not all sunshine and rainbows.
You're gonna get dropped with, I like to say, right hooks of reality and left uppercuts oftruth.
It happens.
But that's the moment that champions persevere.
That's the moment champions stand out from the crowd because they're resilient.
They don't give up.
They keep battling through.
They realize that failure is a part of the process.
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And as Zig Ziglar used to say, failure is not a person.
It's an event.
So when you fail, you're not a failure.
It was an event that happened.
And now the event is over.
Let's move forward.
So anyway, quick rundown of the seven pillars of warrior confidence.
And that's the acronym, Warrior, what that stands for.
Good, good.
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All right.
So hey.
Always like to keep these short and sweet nowadays, moving forward.
So if you're watching on YouTube, make sure you like, subscribe, ring that bell so you'renotified of every new podcast and episode coming up.
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We're worldwide now across all podcast apps and platforms.
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So I've got a couple programs out now too.
I've got this Quick Start Guidebook.
It's kind of an e-book, short version of my book.
And then the programs, How to Get More Ice Time, Focus on Respect, Work Ethic,Communication, Leadership Skills, and then the Seven Pillars of Warrior Confidence.
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And those are four.
So coaches that are listening, well parents, I've got a $9 masterclass.
Pick that up, copy the book.
All the links are in the description box there.
But the masterclass, it's 45 minute question and answer, answering all the questions thatuh you may have had.
And I start off by debunking this.
So it's good back and forth.
And from there, you can purchase the workbooks and the audio books and all kinds of othermaterial we got out there as well for just a few extra dollars in the checkout link there.
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Now for coaches and organizations, we've got an ultimate leadership and accountabilityprogram.
What I do is I work with your entire team for four weeks, four weeks.
So we have Zoom calls.
and we go over the workbook and I encourage parents, players, and coaches to all be onthose calls as we go through the workbook.
It's an accountability and leadership program to get everybody on the same page becausehere's the reality.
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Most teams don't fail because of lack of talent.
Most teams fail because of parent drama, poor communication, poor work ethic, and lack ofaccountability.
Those are kind of the...
the holes that sunk the ship so to speak.
I mean, you think about it.
The season starts, everybody's pumped up, yes, ready to rock and roll.
And weeks in, you're like, my gosh, not another season like this.
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So anyway, homework.
I always give homework to our players every single night.
It's this.
Right now, the NHL playoffs are going on.
The greatest time, the best time of the year.
NHL playoffs, baby.
Yes.
And well, my St.
Louis Blues, they play tonight.
Well, after when this releases, they'll yes, I'm to say it.
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They're going to be moving on to the second round to play the Dallas Stars, which will bea repeat of what they did in 2019.
They defeated Winnipeg in the first round and then went on to defeat Dallas in the secondround and then the Sharks.
Well, the Sharks didn't make the playoffs this year, but and then they went on to wintheir first ever Stanley Cup.
So there it is.
Blues fans, give me some love in the comments.
If you're not a Blues fan, well, let me know who you think is going to end up winning andmoving on.
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to the next round and then who you think is gonna win the Stanley Cup.
But anyway, homework.
Watch playoff hockey.
Watch playoff hockey.
And players, watch the player that is playing your position.
Now I realize on TV a lot of times they follow the puck so you don't see a lot of thingsgoing on behind the scenes.
But you're gonna notice not only an all out effort to win every puck battle, and that'skind of my little mantra that I say to the players um before games, in between periods, is
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you step on that ice.
Your mindset is, I am winning every puck battle.
I am winning every shift.
I am winning every period and darn it, we're winning this game.
Now, does that mean you're gonna win every puck battle, every shift, every period in everygame?
No.
But your attitude is always driving you that 1 % more to get better.
So if you lose that puck battle, you're going second time, twice, two times as hard, moredetermined, more resilient, more passionate about, that's my puck.
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Don't touch my puck.
If you lose the second one,
Third time, you better be ramped up to a whole nother level.
And if you lose the puck battle all three times, four times, you lose every shift.
What does that mean?
That means you better start working harder in practice.
Start working harder off the ice because someone's got your number, man.
And don't take that as a personal defeat.
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Take that as, right, that guy's better than I am.
What is he doing?
Or what is she doing to prepare more?
Take it to the next level.
You do that 1%, that compound effect we talked about at the beginning, it adds up, It addsup.
Playoff hockey, I'm telling you, each shift, 30 to 45 seconds, they are going all out,every shift, determined to win the puck battles.
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At the end, it's whoever got the most grit, tenacity, resilience, determination, has evergot the right mindset, has ever got the right attitude, the heart of a warrior.
That's who's going to come out on top because everybody's hurt, everybody's sore,everybody's tired, injuries are up and down the lineup.
It's that little extra, that 1%.
All right.
Hey, thank you so very much for tuning in today.
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I truly appreciate it.
It would mean the world to me.
Like, subscribe, ring that bell, share this with somebody who could benefit, and pick up acopy of our programs, books, or website just finished too.
I got a brand new website.
So check that out.
It's in actually kind of two sections, one for coaches and organizations, and one forparents and players.
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So you can get all the material there, or like I said, the direct links are in thedescription box.
So please, drop in the comments.
Let me hear your feedback on it.
Let me know if you've implemented that 1 % strategy before or not, and what the resultswere.
And let me know your thoughts on the compound effect as well.
That one penny doubled over time, and how that's, I'm seed in your mind, planting it yourathlete's mind, and let me know how it goes, okay?
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All right, everybody.
Thank you so very much for tuning in.
bottom of my heart I'm truly, truly grateful.
I love you.
God loves you.
Please share that love with the world.
Share your heart and passion with your athlete to help them be their very, very best andbelieve in themselves to utilize their unique God-given talents to stand out from the
crowd and be the hero, leader, and champion they were born to be.
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God bless everyone.
Can't wait to read your comments.
Can't wait to chat with you again real soon.
Have a blessed day.
Bye-bye.
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