Mamba Mentality: What Made Kobe Bryant So Great

What made Kobe Bryant so great?

When Kobe started out, he wasn’t the best player.

In fact, when he was 11 years old, he didn’t even make a single point all summer at his basketball camp.

Determined to find a way to the top, he developed a new strategy which went above and beyond.

This approach to overcoming obstacles (MINDSET) became his unfair advantage.

What Is The Mamba Mindset?

The Mamba mindset breaks down every aspect of the deeper dynamics of play.

1. Break every challenge into sections.
2. Break down the skills you need to complete each section.
3. Break down what shortcomings you need to overcome to build these skills.
4. Break down what strategies help compensate your own unique weaknesses.

The idea is to tailor your training to what you need to be capable of.

(And this will differ person to person due to inborn advantages).

With basketball, a few of the main skills are:

• Footwork / Foot placement
• Reading body language
• Group dynamics
• Posture
• Rhythm
• Balance
• Timing
• Tempo

And to master these, Kobe took lessons in complementary fields such as Tap-dancing.

It didn’t matter what the field was as long as it helped strengthen the right abilities.

How many other NBA players do things like this?

Exactly.

Kobe learned the total structure and all the rules that go along with that.

If you go out and play, you’ll be great every now and then.

If you play with structure, then you reach another level.

-Kobe Bryant

And to build all these skills, Kobe practiced 4+ times a day.

(Double as much as everyone else).

This level of compounding put him 5+ years ahead, making it impossible for others to catch up.

How Can You Apply This To Your Own Life?

Say you want to start an online business.

The Mamba Mindset breaks the goal into different parts:

1. Choosing a biz model
2. Learning the skills necessary to run it
3. Applying them
4. Identifying your own unique shortcomings
5. Developing strategies + complementary skills to overcome them

Example:

Biz model -> DIY affiliate marketing offer.

Skills necessary?

• Getting traffic / leads
• Persuasive communication
• Building trust
• Basic tech knowledge (building landing pages, etc)

Application?

There are many ways to get traffic / leads.

• Blog posts
• Running ads
• Youtube videos
• Twitter posts etc

You start with what you have a natural inclination towards, and then either learn or outsource the others.

What complementary skills apply?

• Video editing
• Screenwriting
• Public speaking
• Storytelling

There are many ways to go about it.

The main idea is to do what works best for you.

Conclusion

Obstacles seem insurmountable when they aren’t clarified.

Approaching them with the right mindset is what sets you apart.

1. Identify an obstacle / goal
2. Break it into key components
3. Break those into key skills
4. Identify your unique weaknesses
5. Develop strategies to compensate
6. Practice complementary fields to develop the necessary abilities

Want to learn more about applying this mindset to making money?