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Book Report: The Secret Footballer’s Guide to the Modern Game

Posted on August 3, 2015 by Lee Brooks — 2 Comments

“What stands out about Ronaldo, when you play against him, is that he is an athlete: he looks like a middleweight boxer when he takes his shirt off, and yet he moves like Nijinsky, the Russian ballet dancer. When he…

Tagged with: Atletico Madrid, Barcelona, Cristiano Ronaldo, David Dunning, Dunning-Kruger effect, fear of failure, Gareth Bale, Johan Cruyff, Lionel Messi, Manchester United, Mind Gym, perfectionism, Real Madrid, Sepp Blatter, So You Think You Can Dance, The Secret Footballer, Tottenham, Vaslav Nijinsky, Wayne Rooney
Posted in Books, Everything, Soccer, Sports

Panelizing: Marketing Metrics and ROI

Posted on April 28, 2015 by Lee Brooks — Leave a comment

This morning, along with Cam Davies and Heather Hennessy, I was on a panel discussing marketing metrics and return on investment. This session was with the Strategic Marketing P2P group hosted by Communitech. We each had 15ish minutes to present our thoughts…

Tagged with: Cam Davies, Communitech, Dan Deeth, Desire2Learn, fear of failure, Global Internet Phenomena, Heather Hennessy, lead generation, Lee Brooks, metrics, Miovision, mistakes, objectives, panels, ROI, SEO, Strategic Marketing P2P
Posted in Marketing

My Story, Part 2: Challenge Accepted

Posted on March 13, 2015 by Lee Brooks — 5 Comments

The journey was long and tough, but that made me stronger. Not once in my professional career have I faced anything that has even remotely stressed me out the way that UW did. [This is the third of a series…

Tagged with: academics, Canadian Space Agency, challenges, Computer Engineering, Duong Tran, ECE 100, fear of failure, Lee Brooks, mechatronics, my story, presentations, University of Waterloo, UW
Posted in Careers, Everything

Book Report: Mind Gym

Posted on August 18, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 12 Comments

“Inner excellence is a way of thinking and a way of acting. It is a quality of mind, a mentality that says no matter how difficult things become, you are responsible and accountable for your thoughts, feelings, and actions. Inner…

Tagged with: Alex Smith, balance, cognitive dissonance, David Casstevens, fear of failure, Gary Mack, Georges St-Pierre, Greg Maddux, Jack Nicklaus, Jim Ryun, Jimmy Johnson, Joe Montana, John Wooden, Knute Rockne, Lou Holtz, Martina Navratilova, mental toughness, Michael Jordan, Mind Gym, perfectionism, performance curve, Ty Cobb, Vince Lombardi, visualization, Yogi Berra
Posted in Books, Everything, Math and Science, Soccer, Sports

Which voice do you listen to?

Posted on August 13, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 2 Comments

“I felt like I had to be perfect to justify my draft status. I became my own worst enemy. I constantly stressed for others’ approval and worried about what they were thinking. I felt like I couldn’t even make the…

Tagged with: Alex Smith, anxiety, Bounce, choices, fear of failure, Gary Mack, Kansas City Chiefs, Matthew Syed, Mind Gym, perfectionism
Posted in Books, Everything, Sports

Getting out of your own way

Posted on August 1, 2014 by Lee Brooks — 1 Comment

“We all have self-defeating thoughts and behaviors that undermine performance. I call them gremlins, the little invisible creatures that prevent athletes from performing at their best.” – Sports psychologist Gary Mack (Mind Gym – p42) Shortly after the chapter Know…

Tagged with: 30 for 30, anger, anxiety, Arthur Ashe, distractions, fear, fear of failure, Gary Mack, gremlins, Mind Gym, motivation, perfectionism, performance, persistence, self-consciousness, self-sabotage, stubbornness
Posted in Books, Careers, Everything, Leadership, Sports

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