Winning with Meaning and Purpose with Coach Pete Carroll
“Strong, trusting relationships among people who are striving to be the best versions of themselves create something powerful.”
Today it’s great to have Coach Pete Carroll on the podcast. One of only three coaches to win a Super Bowl and college football national championship, Pete Carroll is in his 11th season as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks. With his unique “Always Compete” philosophy and relationship-based approach, Carroll has a combined 46 years of highly decorated NFL and collegiate coaching experience.
Carroll is also widely known for his off-field impact - through community initiatives that aim to reduce youth and gang violence; his leadership with the WE organization that focuses on youth empowerment; Compete to Create, the high-performance mindset platform he co-founded; the Performance Science Institute at USC that he co-created to educate and inspire college students; and his New York Times best-selling “Win Forever” book.
In this episode we cover:
- How players are handling a virtual off-season
How players are handling a virtual off-season
Some of Coach Carroll’s goals for the virtual off-season
Coach Carroll’s definition of “competition”
The importance of striving to be your best
What it means to be your best on the sports field
How coaches are teachers
When recruiting new players, what are some of the most important characteristics?
What Coach Carroll was like as a child
How determination can be more important than talent
The mission of Compete to Create
The importance of a culture of love
What authenticity looks like in a sports context
Coach Carroll’s belief in the importance of self-belief and self-talk
The difference between extreme self-belief and narcissism
How to cultivate creativity among players
The relationship between expertise and creativity
Michael Jordan’s greatness
The distinction between personal philosophy and vision
The early seeds of vision among those who achieve greatness
The seeds of greatness that exist all around us
Without purpose and meaning there is no winning
How has humanistic psychology influenced Coach Carroll’s personal philosophy
Why to treat every day as though it’s the Super Bowl
The role of fun in sports
Finding what’s most important to you
Coach Carroll’s pep talk to people who have so much fear right now with the Coronavirus
What is Coach Carroll’s vision of humans in 5 years if they practice the psychological skills that his practices with his players
3 авг 2024
