Episode 004: An Interview with Lou Holtz
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 April 2016
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
“You don’t need a motivational talk at half time if you’re way ahead.” — Lou Holtz
Brian Buffini goes into the archives for this interview with one of his mentors, college football coach Lou Holtz. Over his nearly four decade career, Lou earned a reputation for turning losing teams into winning ones. Here, Lou shares his best tips to help you achieve goals, reach success and W.I.N. You’ll learn his three rules for life, the three questions everyone asks and the one thing he says makes life worthwhile. Turn your goals into reality, stay on track and get motivated to succeed with these wise words from Lou Holtz.
Inspirational soundbites from today’s interview:
“A leader is somebody who has a vision and a plan.”
“Anytime you want to accomplish something, it starts with having dreams.”
“Don’t go through life and be a spectator—be a participant.”
“Goals make things happen.”
“If you want great advice, listen to your spouse.”
“Decide what you want to do and remember the word, ‘WIN’—What’s Important Now.”
“I went back to coaching because of the challenge.”
“You have to have a purpose, a reason.”
“Our obligation is to make people better.”
“If you have to have something to do, someone to love, something to hope for and something to believe in—what’s more important in life?”
“Embrace change as long as it’s taking you where you want to go.”
“When you’re significant, you help other people be successful.”
“There are only two types of people: those who lift up and those who hold down.”
“Happiness is nothing more than having a poor memory.”
“If you want to achieve something, you have to be willing to sacrifice.”
“As long as you have an excuse, you’ll look for reasons why you can’t succeed.”
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini Show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation, and methodologies |
| 0:13.5 | of success. |
| 0:14.5 | Here's your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:18.6 | Well, the top of the morning to you and welcome to the Brian Bafini Show. |
| 0:28.3 | We've got a great broadcast for you today of an interview I did with Coach Luholz. |
| 0:33.4 | It was at a live event of ours in San Diego. |
| 0:36.3 | You know, coach has taken six losing college football programs and turned them into winners |
| 0:41.2 | within a couple of years each time. |
| 0:43.2 | The only coach in NCAA history to take six teams to a ballgame. |
| 0:48.3 | He was later inducted in the College Hall of Fame. |
| 0:52.2 | He's a man of true experience, great charisma. |
| 0:54.9 | He's become a TV analyst and now he's on serious XM radio. |
| 0:58.2 | He's a best silent author, a remarkable guy. |
| 1:01.1 | I first heard Lu and a seminar in 1986 and he said something that day to change my life. |
| 1:07.1 | He said, there's three questions that every customer has about you and your business. |
| 1:10.9 | Can I trust you? |
| 1:12.4 | Are you good at what you do and do you care about me? |
| 1:15.6 | Well, I can tell you all these years later, I took those three questions, built my business |
| 1:20.4 | systems and customer service around it and that's become the backbone of my business |
| 1:24.9 | success. |
| 1:26.1 | I owe a lot to coach. |
| 1:27.9 | Over the years, we've had a great chance to become friends, golf and buddies. |
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