#39 Personal Mastery and Team Building from a World Cup Winning Performance Coach

Paddy Upton is a celebrated cricket coach, a mental performance coach and a business leader who coaches business leaders as well.

Along with Gary Kirsten as Head Coach, Paddy Upton was appointed Mental Conditioning and Strategic Leadership Coach of the Indian National cricket team in 2008. Under Kirsten and Upton, the team attained the  ICC top test team ranking for their first time (2009), and went on to win the  ICC World Cup  in 2011.

Between 2012-2018 Paddy has been Head Coach in 12 professional T20 cricket seasons, for five different teams across three tournaments, including the  Indian Premier League , Australian Big Bash League  and the Pakistan Super League . His accomplishments as Head Coach include leading the  Rajasthan Royals team from four years near the bottom of the IPL log to IPL Semi-finalists and Champions League finalists  in his first season (2013), including a record 13 straight home wins.

Listen to the podcast to learn about:

1:53- Journey to India’s World Cup win as a performance coach

5:13-  How should one go about cultivating mental fitness and mental agility

8:38- Figuring out what motivates and excites you

14:37- Looking at the other end of spectrum, the fear part

16:45- Focusing on the process, the input metrics

18:20- Paddy on building a team

19:59- Assessing the willingness to learn

21:41- Picking people in leadership positions

23:04- Characteristics of a great Captain

25:31- How to make it collectively work as a team

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