How to Teach Grit - Five Minute Thursday
Teach GRIT!\n
The Good Dad Project Podcast with Frankie Edgar was a game\nchanger for so many reasons.\xa0 The coolest thing about the GDP\nand having a dad podcast is that no matter fame nor fortune, men\njump at the chance to share their views, their journey, and even\ntheir struggles.
\nFor this week\u2019s five minute Thursday, I wanted to recap some\nhighlights from the interview with Frankie.
\nWhen under pressure, be calm, cool, and collected\nWhen the UFC Octagon cage doors close\u2026anything can happen.\xa0\nThe secret to a successful outcome in the octagon is being prepared\nfor anything because anything can happen.\xa0 Frankie shares that\nbeing calm, cool, and collected is absolutely necessary to be able\nto think rationally.
\nBeing calm, cool, and collected is a skill that transfers from\nthe cage to the family.\xa0 Through our journey of fatherhood,\nthere will be situations that test us under pressure.\xa0 When we\nrespond calmly and avoid a knee-jerk panic reaction, it illustrates\nour emotional resiliency.
\nHow to teach GRIT\nTeaching grit is probably one the most difficult lessons to\nteach our kids.\xa0 Our instinct is to protect them from anything\nthat is difficult.\xa0 Our society also puts such an emphasis on\nwinning at all costs.
\nFrankie mentioned that he loves leveraging sports to teach his\nkids grit.\xa0 For example, he doesn\u2019t really care if his kids\nwin or lose a wrestling match.\xa0 What he wants to see if how\nhard they fight for the win.\xa0 If there isn\u2019t a desire and a\nfire in the belly to win, that is a bigger problem.\xa0 None of\nus can coach desire.\xa0 Desire is either there or it\u2019s\nnot.\xa0 However, we can teach how to leverage our desire to win\nto tap into our grit.\xa0 We can even leverage our losses to\nteach us lessons on how to win in the future.\xa0 Finally, we can\nteach grit through losing and failure.\xa0 A victory is even\nsweeter when we have to work at it extremely hard.\xa0 Lessons of\ngrit are learned through sports and as parents we can use\nsituations like losses to teach these lessons.
\nFor Parents of Youth Sports:\xa0 Take a Seat and Enjoy\nFrankie had some excellent advice for parents of youth sports\nand that\u2019s \u201ctake a seat and enjoy.\u201d\xa0 Be the silent voice of\nlove and support when it comes to sports.\xa0 Its extremely\ndifficult to not get emotionally wrapped up in our kids sports\nperformance.\xa0 I am speaking from a father who is a parent and\na coach of my kids sports teams and I see it all the time.
\nParents can be extremely tough on their kids even when they\nthink they are helping.\xa0 I didn\u2019t really get this mentality\nuntil I read \nThe Matheny Manifesto by Mike Matheny, manager of the St. Louis\nCardinals.\xa0 If you really want to see your child love sports\nand if you want to see peak performance\u2026take a seat, enjoy, and let\nthe coaches do their jobs.
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