Why winning doesn’t always equal success
“As parents, as coaches, as leaders, we can no longer lead from a place where winning is our only metric of success, where our ego sits center stage.”
Valorie Kondos Field knows a lot about winning. As the longtime coach of the UCLA women’s gymnastics team, she won championship after championship and has been widely acclaimed for her leadership. In this inspiring, brutally honest and, at times, gut-wrenching talk, she shares the secret to her success. Hint: it has nothing to do with “winning.”
Watch former UCLA Women’s Gymnastics Coach Valorie Kondos Field’s full TED Talk here: