The Score Takes Care of Itself by Bill Walsh

The Score Takes Care of Itself

8.1/103 min read

1/14/18

  • Do all the right things to precision and the score will take care of itself

  • Believe perfection can be achieved and then achieve it

  • Start with a simple structure, a basic philosophy and then find the people that can implement it

  • Hate mistakes

  • Strive to be perfect in games and in practice

  • To succeed you must fail

  • Test yourself and take yourself to new limits

  • Intelligently and relentlessly seek solutions that will increase yoy chance of prevailing in a competitive environment

  • When knocked down you must get up. You must stand and fight

  • You must start to plan again for the future. Overcome the failure

  • Do expect defeat

  • When things are at their worse, you are closer than you can believe from success

  • Autonomy is the power to quickly make decisions

  • Regardless of your job, it is vital to the organization that you do that job at the highest possible level at all aspects, mental and physical

  • Good talent + bad attitude = bad talent

  • Your beliefs will become characteristics of your team

  • You must figure out what needs to be done and how to get it done

  • Your philosophy is a conceptual blueprint for action. What should be done, when, and why

  • Your philosophy is the single most important point on your leadership compass

  • Exhibit and ferocious and intelligently applied work ethic directed at continual improvement

  • Demonstrate respect for each person in the organization and the work they do

  • Be deeply committed to learning and teaching

  • Be fair

  • Demonstrate character

  • Show self control especially under pressure

  • Demonstrate and praise loyalty

  • Use positive language and have a positive attitude

  • Take pride in your efforts separate from the outcome of your efforts

  • Go the extra distance for the organization

  • Put the team's welfare and priorities ahead of my own

  • Maintain an ongoing level of concentration and focus that is abnormally high and make sacrifice and commitment the organizations trademark

  • Everyone is connected and has ownership over the organization

  • Success and failure belongs to everyone

  • Demand and expect sacrifice and success from yourself and your teammates

  • Winners act like winner before they are winners

  • Success doesn’t care what road you take to get to its doorstep

  • Be bold. Remove fear of change from your mind

  • Be obsesssive about looking at the upside of the downside

  • Welcome skeptics to your team

  • Give ample praise to team members. It costs you almost nothing

  • What do I do if?

  • Make a plan before the pressure comes

  • Be extremely prepared. Plan ahead

  • You are not at your best under stress anxiety fear

  • The time to prepare is before all hell breaks loose

  • Control what you can control. Let the score take care of itself

  • In business everyday is gameday

  • Be the best version of yourself

  • Be committed to excellence

  • Be positive

  • Good luck is a product of good preparation

  • Believe in yourself

  • Belief comes from expertise

  • Know where you are going and how you expect to get there

  • Concentrate on what will produce the results rather than on the results. The process rather than the prize

  • Flood your superiors with updates and documentation on what is happening

  • Exhibit and inner toughness with expertise composure patience and common sense