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Strategic Marketing: Demand Generation and Revenue Operations, with Vidyard

Posted on November 29, 2015 by Lee Brooks — Leave a comment

“The first stage of the marketing funnel is denial.” – Tyler Lessard Tyler Lessard and Joe Gelata of Vidyard presented to a packed house at this month’s Strategic Marketing P2P. Their topic: Demand Generation and Revenue Operations. Vidyard have justifiably…

Tagged with: campaigns, Communitech, content marketing, demand generation, funnel analysis, Joe Gelata, marketing programs, perfectionism, revenue operations, smarketing, Strategic Marketing P2P, Tyler Lessard, video marketing, Vidyard
Posted in Marketing

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

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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