What I learned from reading "Relentless: From Good to Great to Unstoppable" (https://a.co/d/9PTV4To) by Tim Grover and "Winning: The Unforgiving Race to Greatness" (https://a.co/d/h6gwsbW) by Tim Grover. https://www.founderspodcast.com/ Full Transcript and Show Notes: https://www.founderspodcast.com/episodes/78531762/senra-340-michael-jordan-and-kobe-bryant David Senra: https://x.com/FoundersPodcast?s=20
“Talk about the courage. You have Nike contracts. The world is watching you. People admire you, literally the entire planet thinks of you as an icon and you're like, “I’m going to go play baseball”. It blows my mind.” — Jimmy Soni on taking creative risks… Full episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ynxoEjMaSA
The book "Winning" by Tim Grover (Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant's trainer) highlights the relentless drive, discipline, and unyielding standards of champions like Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant, showing that true greatness comes from an obsessive focus on improvement, fundamentals, and self-belief. The book emphasizes that winning demands total commitment, mental toughness, and the willingness to push yourself and others beyond comfort, with no shortcuts or excuses allowed. I read book and made an episode on what Jordan and Kobe had in common. Learn directly from Jordan and Kobe by listening to episode 340!
This episode is part of our USA series, over the coming weeks you will get to see some incredible conversations with guests the likes of which we’ve never seen before. Bringing more value, more incredible stories, and more world-beating expertise. Tim Grover is the performance expert who helped to raise the game of Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant to the legendary status everyone knows them for. Tim’s new book, Winning, opens the lid on what it was like to work with two of the greatest basketball players of all time. Neither Michael, Kobe, or Tim were interested in being anything except No. 1, and in this episode we're going to uncover how you can achieve that mindset too. 00:00 Intro 01:27 Confronting and learning from your dark side 17:44 How did you go from a normal job to training Michael Jordan and Kobe Bryant? 34:38 Attention to detail and what made you succeed 43:37 What do successful people end up missing? 48:03 Happiness or winning at all costs, what’s the goal? 51:44 What sacrifices did you make during your career? 01:02:18 Consistency and performing at the highest level 01:04:28 Getting the best out of teams 01:08:26 Keeping the right people around you 01:10:58 Showing up is not winning 01:15:55 The impact of your work on your family 01:21:44 Our last guest’s question Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX Tim: https://twitter.com/attackathletics?lang=en https://www.instagram.com/timgrover Tim's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Winning-Unforgiving-Greatness-Tim-Grover/dp/1398501905/ FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Myenergi - https://bit.ly/3oeWGnl Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com