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Jay Shetty PodcastKOBE BRYANT'S LAST GREAT INTERVIEW On How To FIND PURPOSE In LIFE | Kobe Bryant & Jay Shetty
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WHAT IT’S REALLY ABOUT
Kobe Bryant on Fatherhood, Storytelling, Fear, Long-Term Growth and Purpose
- Kobe Bryant explains that becoming a father shifted his focus from himself to his kids, which led him to create stories where young athletes see themselves.
- He describes handling fear and emotion by sitting still, accepting them and unpacking what he is actually afraid of until it looks like imagination running its course.
- He credits his skinny, awkward youth and time spent alone in Italy for teaching him to think long term and improve piece by piece through consistency.
- He argues that creativity comes from structure and obsession, describing a routine of scheduled writing and of shooting down his own ideas to find their flaws.
- He recounts being rejected by studios and publishers, which pushed him to self-publish and build his own studio, and he stresses diversity, quality and learning from mentors past and present.
IDEAS WORTH REMEMBERING
5 ideasUnconditional love gives children the freedom to fail
Kobe says his father's message that he was loved whether he scored zero or 60 gave him the confidence to go for things in basketball, writing and business, and he sees parents who do the opposite paralyzing their children with fear.
Unpack a fear to see it for what it is
Kobe says that instead of suppressing nerves, you ask what you are afraid of and follow the chain of consequences, such as missing a free throw, being embarrassed or being talked about, until you see whether it matters.
Think long term and focus on growth over results
Kobe says he was too small to compete as a kid, so he committed to getting better at one thing each year over many years, and he criticizes youth coaches who use a big player's size to win now instead of developing the child.
Don't negotiate with yourself
Kobe says that when your body or mind tempts you to ease off mid-workout, you remind yourself the deal was already made at the start of the plan and is non-negotiable.
Structure and obsession drive creativity
Kobe says his ideas come from a fixed writing schedule and from obsessing over a concept for a long time, as with the show Detail, which took about a year before the name popped loose. He also tries to shoot ideas down to find what's wrong with them.
WORDS WORTH SAVING
5 quotesThe results don't really matter. Uh, it's the figuring out that matters.
— Kobe Bryant
I'm not negotiating with myself. The deal was already made.
— Kobe Bryant
Emotions come and go. The important thing is to accept them all, to embrace them all, and then you can choose to do with them what you want versus being controlled by emotion.
— Kobe Bryant
Creativity a lotta time comes from structure.
— Kobe Bryant
Sports is the gretest, greatest metaphor we have in terms of dealing with life.
— Kobe Bryant
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