What leads to success?
New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick has instilled the "Keep It Simple Stupid" approach into his coaches and players en-route to three Super Bowl Championships and an overall won-loss record of 138-86 in 15 seasons as a head coach.
"We try to tell the players exactly what we want them to do. Not 800 things to remember. But these are four things you need to do—'this is how we're going to approach this mini-camp, this is how we're going to approach today's practice."
"Tell them the four things that are most important to you, that you want to see at the end of the day, so when you call the team up at the end of the day or at night, you can say 'here are the four things we talked about in the morning and let's grade that. Let's see where we are today."
If they don't do what you tell them to do, I think you have every right to let them know about it and to make them understand that's not going to be acceptable. Or more importantly, you can't win until those things are accomplished.
"That's also for when we go to a game-plan situation as well. So whoever our next opponent is, the first thing I'll do when I bring the team in is tell them 'Look, these are the things we have to do to win this game, or, more importantly, if we do these things, we're absolutely going to lose."
"Surround yourself with the best people you can find, delegate authority, and don't interfere as long as the policy you've decided upon is being carried out."
Richard St. John also tells us what leads to success
http://video.yahoo.com/watch/22163/1675401
