The Mamba Mentality in 11 Quotes

The "Mamba Mentality" embodies the mindset exemplified by NBA legend Kobe Bryant, inspiring individuals across diverse fields to strive for continuous improvement.

The Mamba Mentality in 11 Quotes

1. Be endlessly curious:

2. Put in the work: "I’m a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.”

- Thomas Jefferson

3. Learn by doing: "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.”

- Walt Disney

4. Practice your craft : “You have to enter every activity, every single time, with a want and need to do it to the best of your ability.”

- Kobe Bryant

5. Master the fundamentals: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times. "

- Bruce Lee

6. Persevere in the face of setbacks: "Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

7. Adopt a growth mindset: "Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.”

- Maya Angelou

8. Get better every day: "Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning."

- Benjamin Franklin

9. Be tenacious: "If you see me in a fight with a bear, pray for the bear.”

- Kobe Bryant

10. Strive for excellence: "Perfection is not attainable, but if we chase perfection we can catch excellence."

- Vince Lombardi

11. Raise the bar: "Celebrate what you accomplished, but raise the bar a little higher each time you succeed. "

- Mia Hamm

The “Mamba Mentality” aligns with the key principles of lean thinking and delineates the behaviors that organization leaders must adopt to sustainable drive cultures of excellence.

Model the behaviors you want your teams to embrace by taking deliberate actions each day, laying the foundation for lasting change.

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