#33 – Hernando Planells “Life Is A Choice, Not A Chance”

Why You Should Listen?

Working for Coach Joanne P. McCallie at Duke has taught Hernando Planells that life is about “Choice Not Chance.” To Coach Planells everything is a “Choice” is doesn’t happen by “Chance.” People justify when things don’t go their way saying, “It is not meant to be.” Coach Planells believes that too many of us are stopped by fear not going after what we truly want because we are afraid. People want to know the end of the story without reading the book. It is important to read the book, because that means you have to live life and take chance after chance to get what you want.

Coach Planells whole life has been about taking a chance on him. He had kids very young and he had a choice either to work in corporate America or bet on himself to go after what he felt called to do. It was a long and difficult journey. He was unemployed 18 times, fired 4 times, spent time on Craig’s List to find a job and sent over 1,000’s of emails to get people to take a chance on him. He kept chasing his dream until Coach McCallie gave him an opportunity to assist with the Duke Women’s Basketball Program.

In this podcast, you will receive an in depth conversation on coaching with positive energy, using improv to build self-confidence, learn what millennials want, ways to use practice to develop a competitive mindset, and much more…

Enjoy this episode of The Jim Huber Show!

What You will Hear In This Podcast

0:27- Who is Hernando Planells?
1:25- A drive for Coach Planells to get individuals to be contagious with positive energy
2:13- Ways to use improv to keep the player loose and builds self-confidence
4:37- The one word improv game that Duke uses within their program to maintain a strong culture
7:11- There are different strategies that are effective in handling challenging situations with men and women
8:35- How do the millennial’s’ learn and what do they want?
11:47- The reasons that the millennials want to be stimulated by technology
13:58- The culture of AAU basketball has influenced millennials to be more friends than competitors
15:40- A way that Jim Harbaugh uses Halloween to develop a competitive mindset
18:20- The importance of giving instant feedback to get players to realize it is worth it
19:59- Effective examples on how to give instant feedback to get players receptive
24:11- The experience of being an “Extreme Dodgeball” coach
26:05- Finishing a college degree in 5 weeks to become assistant coach at Duke
28:28- What does “Choice Not Chance” mean within Duke Women’s Basketball Program?

You can follow Coach Hernando Planells at http://alwaysbecontagious.com/ and @hernandojr

Please leave a reply if you have any suggestions or comments about effective ways to coach “Millennials” or hit me up at @jimhubershow

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