The Special One in a long interview tells the secrets of the coaching profession: “I try not to feel too much pressure in my work. I think I have a good relationship with stress”
Josè Mourinho after bringing the Rome in Conference League in his first year in the capital, he is enjoying his well-deserved holidays. Meanwhile, it Special Onewho became ambassador of XTBan online trading company, gave an interview to Forbes in which he touched on various topics, without ever mentioning the Giallorossi team.
How do you become a good manager? “The most important thing is that people follow you. And to follow you, they have to believe in you. Normally, they believe in you if they feel empathetic and honest towards you. In my personal case, as a leader, it means that I have a responsibility not to disappoint people, my team. You have to be with them and for them all the time. They have to trust you. ”
What are the lessons of coaching: can sports coaching translate into business or life? “I had a professor at the university who always said to me:” A coach who only knows football knows nothing about football“. You have to fundamentally know the human being, these are words that I still use today. Footballers are not just footballers. They are men who play football and this is one of the great lessons I learned at the beginning. Another lesson that I have learned from my experience as a coach that you have to deal with the human being. In sports there is mostly a human side; and of course it can stand out in business and other areas of social life. I think that’s the thing. most important that defines leadership “.
How to build and motivate a team, how to manage talents? “You have to know the players, to know them well. They are all different and they all need a different way to communicate, a different way to get feedback, to be motivated. The most important thing is to know their nature, to know everything about them, in order to then interact with them in an almost individual way. I would say it’s a bit like going to a restaurant and yes eat à la carte, How do you say it in French. Don’t look at them as if they are all the same, because they are all different. It’s easy enough to say but harder to do. For a team as a whole, you need to empathize with everyone. You have to make everyone feel important, make everyone feel part of the team and for that you have to know people extremely well. You have to know how to interact with each of them, know how to make them feel important, make them feel part of a team and important to the team. It is primal. So, going back to my previous answer, the human side is the most important thing, you have to create empathy with individuals. ”
How to perform at a high level? “I’d say it’s the kind of character trait that makes real champions. You know how to win. Winning at a certain moment, happens sometimes. But winning for many years, performing at a high level for many years, as some players do, depends on the their resilience. It’s also part of their DNA, they don’t like to lose, not even in training. Keeping their performance high isn’t even a challenge for them, it’s just part of their nature. “
How do you stick to your strategy despite adverse circumstances? “Building strategies means trying to reduce the unpredictability of everything. Football, like many areas of our life, is unpredictable. We cannot foresee everything, but the more we invest in training, the better prepared we are to face different situations. This reduces this unpredictability and gives us security that allows us to make our own choices. We know that football matches involve risks, of course, but we must try to reduce these risks by preparing ourselves as best we can. “
How to make difficult decisions? “It’s hard to go a week without having to make a tough decision. Difficult decisions in terms of leadership, to try to win a game, to help your team win a game. How to deal with this? Of course we try to prepare sometimes, but at At the same time there are times when we have to trust each other. You have to trust your analysis, but sometimes also your feelings and, basically, knowing how to appreciate the risks. If you don’t like the risk and what it comes with, you won’t have It never happened. So sometimes you need to take the plunge instead of being overwhelmed by stress and just enjoying the situation. “
How to handle the pressure? “I try not to feel too much pressure in my work. I think I have a good relationship with stress. Not feeling the pressure is not good, but also feeling too much, if you feel it deeply, is not good. So you have to try to have a good relationship with pressure and stress. My best advice for dealing with pressure? I think there is something more important than pressure: it is our identity, it is what we feel, what we think, our ideas. Don’t be swayed by the outside world and the stress you feel. Try to deal with it in a positive way using your knowledge and experience. Your experience helps you to deal with it, but the most important thing is once again to take advantage of this pressure a little. “
How dare you go beyond your limits? “I think the key is to never settle for what you have and always want more. When you want to earn medals, you want to earn more. When you score, you want to score more. When you have earned money, you want to earn more. Everything. it revolves around “more”. Never stop! This feeling has nothing to do with age, it’s a question of personality. “
Why did you decide to become an XTB ambassador? What common values do you share with XTB? “A well thought out strategy, the desire to win, the same goes for investments. You know, everyone wants to win. In my case, it’s in football. In the case of XTB it’s obviously a different field, but we have the same desire to succeed, to learn every day, to try to be better. Sometimes it’s a matter of intuition. But it’s also a lot of research, preparation and self-investment “.
June 20 – 3:31 pm
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