Sean McVay's Pursuit of Greatness
Embrace the unsexy work, culture, sacrifice, purpose
“Get good at something. That’s it. Everything else is bullshit.” - Jerry Seinfeld
Hey Coaches,
Here you go!
🎙️ Podcast
The Athletic Football Show: Rams head coach Sean McVay. I thought this was one of the best coaching interviews I’ve heard before. Stick with it during the start - they talk some football X&O’s - and skip the last 15ish minutes, but the rest is awesome. McVay is very open and honest about his pursuit of winning the Super Bowl and finding his purpose as a coach and man afterwards. [7/23/24 - 64 minutes] Apple | Spotify
"Failure is really the only moment that real growth occurs...You don't find out about people until they fail."
"I'm not saying you don't want to win championships, but if that's it? Man, it's shallow and you'll be empty."
"The lies I told myself were once we win one [Super Bowl], I'll be happy. That's not true."
"I didn't have the right purpose in the midst of that journey [to win the Super Bowl]."
"Hell yeah you want to go win a championship, but if that's the only thing that dictates and determines what you deem as you'll be successful, for me personally, I'll be empty."
"My identity and security was tied to that result on Sunday, which was so unhealthy."
💭 Miscellaneous
The Culture of Sequoia (a top Venture Capital firm) (source)
“Its internal culture is one of radical candor and open disagreement. Partners have veto power over deals. For each funding decision, the process includes a “blind” pre-vote meant to discourage groupthink. Botha [head of Sequoia] sometimes pushes partners to reargue a case if he feels they’re being too positive.”
Do the unsexy work (source):
Simone Biles Mental Focus (source):
📺 Video
I think most sports documentaries are overrated these days, but The Redeem Team documentary about the 2008 USA Olympic Men’s Basketball team was good (IMO). Listen to interviews with Lebron, Kobe, Coach K & more.
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