Tim Tebow, a true Fearless Leader™
Is emotional intelligence part of his success?
- by Dr. TC North and Dr. Cathy Greenberg, originally published in ColoradoBiz online Magazine
Tim Tebow’s six comeback wins in recent weeks for the Denver Broncos have been so incredibly improbable that some say it’s divine intervention (some seriously, others tongue in cheek). Not since the 1972 Pittsburgh Steelers Franco Harris “immaculate reception,” dubbed the greatest play in NFL history by NFL Films, have people so strongly suggested that divine intervention played a role in a football game’s outcome. (Click here to view a video of the famous play.)
Let’s set aside divine intervention for this article and examine the intangible Fearless Leader™ qualities that make Tebow a great leader. Cathy Greenberg, Ph.D., a New York Times and Wall Street Journal best-selling author, and I have defined a Fearless Leader™…
Tunnel vision the pre-event routine and focus of Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier, NFL football player and successful entrepreneur. Bloom shares how he focused his mind to block out distractions in becoming a world-champion athlete now successful entrepreneur.
Different situations require a different types of focus. Tunnel vision focus, used by Jeremy Bloom to become a world-champion freestyle skier is the perfect type of focus for that type of event. Soft eyes with a broad view is the best focus when you need to take in a broader scope, or a lot of movement.
If you want to be a high-performer and are willing to work at it we may want to talk. If so, please click here.
What do you think of how Jeremy focuses? When is it a good focusing technique and when isn’t it? Look forward to your comments …
Build courage and confidence – resilience and mental toughness like a world-champion athlete.
Jeremy Bloom, a three-time world-champion freestyle skier, two-time Olympian, and now successful entrepreneur shares the mindset that helped him develop wold-class mental toughness (resilience) and also, courage and confidence.
If you would like to develop a success mindset, like Jeremy Bloom did (it’s a learned process) click here for more information.
In my survey of small company CEOs (entrepreneurs), I found that 100 percent of CEOs wanted more courage and confidence in at least some situations, and 100 percent knew they had fears that were blocks to their success and their companies’ success.
They later admitted, when they saw this data, that it was a relief to realize that all of their colleagues also had fears and they weren’t alone.?? Does it help you to know that you aren’t alone and that highly successful CEOs experience fears as well? Fear of failure is one of the most common fears that blocks the success of business leaders, entrepreneurs and sales professionals. The fear of failure is a tricky fear though, because it has many faces — some obvious and some not. Here are seven of the faces of fear of failure and some ways to overcome fear of failure …
High-performance organizations and workplaces are also different from average businesses.
High-performing individuals, including world-class athletes and business leaders, are different from average athletes and business leaders. High-performance organizations and workplaces are also different from average businesses. What makes them so dissimilar? Here are nine characteristics of high-performance organizations, teams and cultures, from high-performance psychology.
1. Willingness to fail … in order to succeed.
People are willing to fail in order to learn and succeed, and this is encouraged throughout the organization. This characteristic is a great differentiator both for high-performing individuals and organizations. Greatness requires doing and/or being different (think Apple computers); risk is inherent in being different.
2. Motivation driven by excitement, not fear.
Both individual and team motivation is driven by excitement versus fear. When you’re in fear, you play not to lose. You focus on not making mistakes and spend a lot of energy covering you butt. This is a negative focus. However, when you’re driven by the excitement of winning or achieving your goals, this is a positive focus. The focus is on what you want versus what you don’t want.
Hi, this is Dr. TC North. Welcome to the www.DrTCNorth.com blog, speaking from my living room this evening with you. In my blog I always want to speak about different aspects of becoming a high performer from my studying high performers in the athletic and business worlds for the last twenty-five years.
