From the Founder, Brian Mazza 12/22

How Big Is Your Frying Pan

Nick Saban, the greatest college football coach of all time and the undisputed GOAT of matter of fact leadership, ruthless standards, and shooting it straight, once told a simple story that says everything.

He went fishing with a buddy.

The guy kept catching fish after fish.

But every time he caught a big one, he threw it back and kept the small ones.

Nick finally got annoyed and asked him why.

The guy said

Nick, I only have a nine inch frying pan.

That story says more about life than most motivational speeches ever could.

Because next time you enter a relationship, a friendship, an intimate partnership, a business relationship, a team, or you are assembling a roster as a leader or coach, you should study one thing.

How big is their frying pan.

What is their capacity for self belief.

What is their tolerance for pressure.

What is their confidence level.

What are their self imposed limitations.

We all have them.

I have them.

You have them.

Everyone does.

But here is the line that matters.

If someone only has the capacity for small thinking, small standards, and small expectations, they will reject anything bigger than what they can handle.

They are not bad people.

They are just operating with a small frying pan.

And here is the uncomfortable truth most people avoid.

If you continue doing things the way you have always done them, you will continue getting the same results.

That can be good.

Or that can be devastating.

Growth requires a bigger pan.

Higher standards.

Greater belief.

Less tolerance for excuses.

You cannot catch big results if you are only equipped to cook small ones.

So ask yourself the hard question.

How big is your frying pan right now.

And what are you willing to change to make it bigger or do the same thing staying small.

Nothing changes if Nothing Changes

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