Finding Success in Life (No Matter How Much You Make)

When Paul Assaiante announced his retirement from coaching the men's squash team at Trinity College in Connecticut earlier this year, it marked the end of the most successful run for any coach in the history of college athletics.

During his tenure, Assaiante guided Trinity to 17 national titles, including 13 consecutive championships and 252 consecutive wins from 1999 to 2011.

On this episode of The Knowledge Project, Assaiante draws on his 30 years of coaching to discuss the lessons he learned during his career. These lessons include how to conquer fear and anxiety, why safety is actually found when facing adversity, the importance of practice, and what's keeping you from reaching your goals.

Topics:
00:00 - Intro
00:53 - Run towards the roar
05:04 - Why you need to go backward to go forward
07:40 - How Assaiante defines success and failure
12:58 - How to best prepare for success
17:36 - Why you need to practice your weaknesses
22:58 - Consistency versus intensity
31:02 - How to manage emotions
41:00 - What Assaiante thinks about the current generation
49:10 - Kids, resiliency, and leading by example
01:04:30 - How Assaiante manages the diverse ideas and religions on his team
01:10:40 - Why Assaiante calls his team captains every day
01:13:50 - What are the commonalities between people who, a decade after leaving college, are the most fulfilled and "successful."

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[Thebettermoney]

The coach every parent needs 👏🏾Good conversation! Being a parent of teen aged children, I’ve learnt a thing or two or three 😅Thanks for the work you do.

[noellegilbertdressgirlmeet]

This was excellent! Thank you so much gentlemen. Appreciate your conversation and good human nature dearly.

[chuanxu]

Firstly, I really like your work and really grateful that you are putting the time and effort into making all those interview happen with all those fascinating people. Secondly have you heard of Markus Rothkranz from the youtube channel MarkusPix and The Healthy Life. His life seems interesting and the way he sees it.

[mguNn]

I agree with this gentleman in theory only. In practice... try getting your ass kicked... especially in the USA today. Welcome to the streets. It's cute to talk about failure as some badge of heroic honor... no one wats to live through it in reality.
Be on team win! No one cares about your "failures" and there is no Carnage Trophy... this is reality!