Mike

📚 Best Nuggets From Coaching Books This one comes from Essentialism by Greg McKeown. The core idea is simple — and uncomfortable: “Less, but better.” The book challenged something I didn’t realize I believed: that doing more meant I was doing a better job. More drills. More tasks. More boxes checked. McKeown flips that on its head. He argues that real progress comes from identifying the essential and having the discipline to say no to everything else. One moment in the book that stuck with me describes a meeting where someone finally asks: “What question are we actually trying to answer?” The room goes silent. No one knows. That’s coaching too. Practice plans. Film sessions. Staff meetings. If we don’t know the essential question, we end up doing a lot… poorly. Since reading this, it’s changed how I plan practice and my day: Not What can we fit in? But What must improve today for us to get better? You don’t win by doing everything. You win by doing the right few things — relentlessly well.