Episode 005: Brian and Coach Lou Holtz at Augusta
It's a Good Life
Brian Buffini
4.4 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2016
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
“What would your life look like if you took away some of the excuses?” — Brian Buffini
Even the best coaches need little a bit of coaching themselves from time to time. In this case, Brian received priceless advice from top college football coach, Lou Holtz while playing golf at the world-renowned Augusta National Golf Club. While the trip was intended to lift Brian’s spirits after he lost his home and belongings, including his golf clubs, in the wildfires that tore through San Diego in 2007, things didn’t go according to plan. You’ll hear how tough words can bring out your best, the importance of perspective and why excuses never make up for a lack of practice. Most importantly, it’ll encourage you to ask yourself: What would your life look like if you took away some of the excuses?
Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“Can I trust you? Are you good at what you do? Do you care about me? I took those three principles and applied them in my business life and it really solidified my success in business.” — Brian Buffini
“A coach can pull more out of you than you can pull out of yourself.” — Brian Buffini
“A rich man is not the man who has the most but the one who needs the least.” — Lou Holtz
“We lost so much valuable memorabilia that can’t be replaced, but we didn’t lose anything we cannot take to heaven.” — Lou Holtz
“Two are better than one because they have a good return for their labor. If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up.” — Ecclesiastes 4:9-10
“When we don’t recognize our gifts we don’t understand our own value.” — Brian Buffini
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| 0:46.8 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini show where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies of success. |
| 0:53.2 | Here's your host Brian Bafini. |
| 1:04.5 | Well the top of the morning here and welcome to the Brian Bafini show. |
| 1:08.0 | Today we're going to do something a little different. I'm actually joined in the studio today by |
| 1:12.8 | the producer of the show Mr. David Lally. David how are you? |
| 1:15.6 | Grand Brian thanks. David is as you can probably tell is from Galway in Ireland and has worked |
| 1:21.8 | for me for how long now Dave? Almost 14 years. |
| 1:24.3 | 14 years. If you had to kill somebody it would have been out in 10 you know. |
| 1:28.1 | David's actually also a member of the band Brog Wave that plays our theme song along with a |
| 1:34.5 | couple of other famous musicians you've cobbled together. I love that music but today we're going to do |
| 1:39.9 | something a little different. We're actually going to take you to a live event where I told one of |
| 1:45.9 | my all time favorite stories, a real funny story but that has a real profound twist to it. |
| 1:51.8 | And this broadcast is going out during the time of Augusta the Masters and this story is set |
| 1:59.2 | in Augusta, Georgia. Blue Holtz invited me to go play golf there but there's a bit of a back story |
| 2:04.8 | to it that the story of the event really doesn't tell. Blue and I became pals. I first heard him speak |
| 2:11.6 | in 1986 and it just blew me away. We recently did a podcast interview with him from a live show. |
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