JC explains the Inner Game of Tennis concept of Self1 and Self2, urging letting Self1 do the work while Self2 coaches and manages; a Monday kick-off mashup that also highlights Luke’s Monday motivation.
Cadre Today kicks off the week with a mashup of Luke's Monday motivation. If you've never watched them before, go ahead and scroll back and find Monday motivation from Luke. Happy fall in Minnesota.
JC: In the Inner Game of Tennis, the author talks about every person having two selves, Self one and self two. He says if you want to be doing what you do at the highest level, you need to let Self1 play. JC: It also applies to you as you impact all those people around you.
Well, hey there, Cadre. Happy Monday. How are you? I hope you are great. I really do. I really, really hope that if this is the beginning of the week for you or if this is the continuation of a week for you, because your weekend may not be Saturday and Sunday, you're going. Okay. I'm feeling it this morning. I'm feeling like I got something that I can put into the tank and use to fuel a really impactful day ahead. Hi, Amy, Nice to see you. Happy Monday. Happy fall in Minnesota. Jules, nice to see you.
Gosh, I can only imagine how chilly it is up north. Well, hey, if you see the title of today's livestream, it's a little mashup. So I'm also covering for Luke's Monday motivation along with kicking off the week, as I do every day with little Cadre Today, I love Luke's Monday motivations. If you've never watched them before, go ahead and scroll back and find Monday motivation from Luke. It's an energy unlike any other. Well, hey, like I say, at the beginning of a week, it's always nice to go, okay, what's moving me?
What's giving me a little bit of something that can go, okay, not only is the week happening to me, but because I got something in me, it's going to happen through me. And I want to talk about the concept from one of my favorite books. It's called the Inner Game of Tennis. It doesn't really have anything to do with. Well, it can be applied to tennis, but it can be applied to anything. And in the Inner Game of Tennis, which is kind of a sports psychology book, the author talks about every person having two selves, Self one and self two.
You can think of self one as your player or as your doer, as your athlete, as your employee. And then self two is the coach or the boss or the manager. And you want to know what all the research that they did. Well, actually, pretty much all research in sports psychology is summed up in this book. And it says if you want to be doing what you do at the highest level that you can do it, you need to let Self1 play. You need to let Self1 work. You need to let. You need to let Self1 do again. Self1 being the player, the employee, the athlete.
And you want to know what Self2 needs to do. Self2 needs to coach, needs to manage, needs to motivate, needs to say, do what you know how to do. Or, hey, you see this happening around you that maybe is different than the last time you were Doing the thing that you're doing. You may be like, well, duh, JC like, players play and coaches coach. Yeah, what's the. What's the aha there? Well, I'll tell you. So often, coaches stop coaching and they start trying to tell the player how to play. Managers stop managing, and they start trying to tell the people how to work.
And then all of a sudden, self one, the player stops. They stop doing, they start questioning. They start only becoming a robot or a being that's controlled by somebody else. Inside you, there is a self one and a self two. You need to let self one do what self one knows how to do. So if today you're going, okay, okay, self one, don't mess up self one, do it this way. That's not coaching, right? Coaching opens up the door for the player to play, for the player to be aware, for the player to see, for the player to tap in to all the things that the player has at their usage.
It's really motivating if you give yourself permission to play, to do the things that you know how to do because you've been doing them and because you care about them. So if you're walking into a new world, a new role, a new day, and you're like, I've never done this before. I heard it invite you to ask that question again. It's like, what have you done that sets you up to be successful in this new endeavor? Because there's lots of stuff. And again, I don't say nice things. I say honest things.
So if something I say sounds nice, I mean it. So think about it. If you're doing something different today, if today has some dark clouds, you know, like, I don't know how to manage or how to navigate, my invitation is to go. You've been there, you've done that. Apply the things that you know to do, the things you have to do. Boom. Did it done, y'all. You are the motivating presence in a lot of people's lives, especially when you let yourself one do, and you let that wonderful self to coach and motivate and inspire.
That applies to you inside, but it also applies to you as you impact all those people around you. So have a great day. But even if you don't know that, that's okay too. You can always come back here to Cadre today every single day, and to get a little different perspective, to get a little reminder that you're already doing the things that you're doubting yourself in, get back to doing them. And I hope you have a good time doing them, y'all. I will be back tomorrow morning. You know it. In the meantime, check out our wonderful lineup of professional development live streamers today.
But always check out some of the pre recorded content. You hear me say it? Every day. There's lots of resources right here that you can apply in the moment. So tap in when you need to tap in. Otherwise, we'll see you tomorrow. Have a good one.
Reactions and comments are for members. Joining is free and takes a minute.
