Comments on: Your Own Standards http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/ thoughts, observations, and commentary from an entrepreneur / CEO / husband / dad / consumer / producer / fan / advisor / participant Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:30:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Project Junto http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1711 Project Junto Sat, 09 May 2009 00:36:42 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1711 This is a great example! People that attain greatness don't get there by getting a lucky bounce, and they definitely don't take credit for it when it happens. You have to push yourself and set your own standards. I guess, in the end, the game that really matters is the one that you play against yourself. This is a great example! People that attain greatness don’t get there by getting a lucky bounce, and they definitely don’t take credit for it when it happens. You have to push yourself and set your own standards. I guess, in the end, the game that really matters is the one that you play against yourself.

]]> By: Fernando Arámburu http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1641 Fernando Arámburu Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:05:38 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1641 Great post Brian. I must say that i'm a NBA fan, and a great Michael Jordan fan. It's amazing how small is the world as I used a similar idea from great Michael Jordan to achieve better standards in my small company in Argentina and to motivate the team and take their standards up and to show them they can do whatever they propose to do... The story is that during the conference after Chicago Bulls title #6 at Utah (where Jordan hit a win shooter ball after stealing the ball from Karl Malone hands). When asked how he could consistently hit big shots when everyone from the opposing team and the whole world itself knew he was going to take it, MJ looked as if he didn't understand the question as say: "Do you mean did I worry about missing the shot?" and then he say: "Why would I worry about missing a shot I hadn't taken yet?" ... As you said in the post, that's the difference between normal people, best ones and all time best ones... Great post Brian. I must say that i’m a NBA fan, and a great Michael Jordan fan. It’s amazing how small is the world as I used a similar idea from great Michael Jordan to achieve better standards in my small company in Argentina and to motivate the team and take their standards up and to show them they can do whatever they propose to do…
The story is that during the conference after Chicago Bulls title #6 at Utah (where Jordan hit a win shooter ball after stealing the ball from Karl Malone hands). When asked how he could consistently hit big shots when everyone from the opposing team and the whole world itself knew he was going to take it, MJ looked as if he didn’t understand the question as say: “Do you mean did I worry about missing the shot?” and then he say: “Why would I worry about missing a shot I hadn’t taken yet?”
… As you said in the post, that’s the difference between normal people, best ones and all time best ones…

]]> By: DJ Waldow http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1637 DJ Waldow Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:28:41 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1637 Brian - Great stuff. I can relate on many levels. I'm a big believer that true leaders tend to have very high standards and expect (more than) the best best from those around them. Thanks for sharing... dj at bronto twitter.com/djwaldow Brian -

Great stuff. I can relate on many levels. I’m a big believer that true leaders tend to have very high standards and expect (more than) the best best from those around them.
Thanks for sharing…

dj at bronto
twitter.com/djwaldow

]]> By: Nick Campbell http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1634 Nick Campbell Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:27:09 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1634 Great post. I started to bypass this post on your front page and I'm glad I didn't. It seems to me that the overwhelming majority of players do it as a job and while that handful of "greats" are trying to perfect their craft. I think this relates back to what Jeff Atwood discusses about with the 20%/80% at http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001002.html. Great post. I started to bypass this post on your front page and I’m glad I didn’t. It seems to me that the overwhelming majority of players do it as a job and while that handful of “greats” are trying to perfect their craft. I think this relates back to what Jeff Atwood discusses about with the 20%/80% at http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001002.html.

]]> By: Brian Wynne Williams http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1583 Brian Wynne Williams Wed, 18 Jun 2008 04:31:47 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1583 @Jared -- thanks! I think it's good that our standards keep rising as we get older (... and older ... and older ...). Hopefully we're getting better at our craft, and without raised standards we'd stagnate. You're right, though, you'll always have setbacks and mini-failures if you're pushing yourself the right way, and you have to keep moving. @Justin -- great point. @Jared — thanks! I think it’s good that our standards keep rising as we get older (… and older … and older …). Hopefully we’re getting better at our craft, and without raised standards we’d stagnate. You’re right, though, you’ll always have setbacks and mini-failures if you’re pushing yourself the right way, and you have to keep moving.

@Justin — great point.

]]> By: Justin Thorp http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1578 Justin Thorp Tue, 17 Jun 2008 13:38:48 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1578 Right on Brian! What helps me is being transparent about what my standards and goals are so that my close friends and general community will help to keep me accountable. Right on Brian! What helps me is being transparent about what my standards and goals are so that my close friends and general community will help to keep me accountable.

]]> By: Jared Goralnick http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1577 Jared Goralnick Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:16:25 +0000 http://www.wynnewilliams.com/your-own-standards/#comment-1577 What an excellent post, Brian. It's good to have high standards, to understand what it is you're aiming towards and recognize when, regardless of the outcome, you know whether you performed at a level you're proud of. Like last night's game--if I were on the Lakers I wouldn't have been proud of the performance, even though they ultimately won. The one caveat is that as we get older it seems that our standards get higher and higher, and we have to recognize when it's simply impractical to expect that perfection. Or, when to recognize that mistakes do happen. That is, when we underperform, we have to, like Magic, move on and play the rest of the game. Thanks for sharing this story--I empathize, and will pass it on. What an excellent post, Brian. It’s good to have high standards, to understand what it is you’re aiming towards and recognize when, regardless of the outcome, you know whether you performed at a level you’re proud of. Like last night’s game–if I were on the Lakers I wouldn’t have been proud of the performance, even though they ultimately won.

The one caveat is that as we get older it seems that our standards get higher and higher, and we have to recognize when it’s simply impractical to expect that perfection. Or, when to recognize that mistakes do happen. That is, when we underperform, we have to, like Magic, move on and play the rest of the game.

Thanks for sharing this story–I empathize, and will pass it on.

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