{"id":355,"date":"2019-01-31T20:32:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T04:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hockeycircles.com\/articles\/?p=355"},"modified":"2019-02-07T11:20:51","modified_gmt":"2019-02-07T19:20:51","slug":"does-success-come-in-cans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportsa.com\/articles\/does-success-come-in-cans.html","title":{"rendered":"Does Success Come In CANS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>June 1, 2018       |        Contributed by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryanwalter.com\">Ryan Walter<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;believe the most difficult championship to win in professional sport is the first one, because even professional players must first believe that&nbsp;<strong>they CAN achieve<\/strong>&nbsp;the championship, before&nbsp;<strong>they CAN&nbsp;<\/strong>actually accomplish this success. And this principle, in fact, applies to most of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It has been said that life is the opposite of school, because most of the time life gives you the test first and the lesson later. I am a good example of this\u2026 I was an NHL Captain at 22 years old and earned my Masters Degree in Leadership\/Business at the age of 45.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>I have recently been focusing on the power of language and the influence that words have on changing the direction of team culture.<\/strong>&nbsp;As leaders listen-in to the language of their culture, not only can they better identify the culture\u2019s current state (mindset), but with this awareness, leaders have a better opportunity to adjust or shift the direction and energy of their teams. The language of CANS and CAN\u2019TS reveal and initiate very different directional mindsets with correspondingly opposite energies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Think about the negativity of the CAN\u2019T statements we may encounter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThat CAN\u2019T work.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI CAN\u2019T do it.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cYou CAN\u2019T play pro hockey.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThat CAN\u2019T be possible.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cYou CAN\u2019T ever be a leader.\u201d &nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts have found that by the time the average teenager has reached his or her 18th birthday, he or she has heard \u201cno\u201d or \u201cYOU CAN\u2019T\u201d approximately 148,000 times. The irony of-course is that we parents then ask these same teens to take initiative, be confident and believe in themselves, and then we are surprised at their hesitation, inaction, and self-doubt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, think about the positivity of the CAN statements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cYou CAN do that.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI CAN make this happen.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cWe CAN win this shift.\u201d<\/li><li>We CAN keep moving forward.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI know that you CAN be amazing!\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Choose more \u201cI CAN\u201d Language<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From teenagers, to professional hockey players, to professionals in business, developing a consistent awareness of the energy of language is critical to leading culture. Shifting away from the CAN\u2019T and increasing the CAN is foundational for energizing and sustaining what we call the team\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>Future Positive&nbsp;<\/strong>Direction, found in our Thinking Tendencies Model\u00a9. The \u201cI CAN\u2019T \u2026\u201d reveals a&nbsp;<strong>Future Negative<\/strong>&nbsp;frame that moves us emotionally into the Defensive Zone and often washes us with fearful or anxious thoughts. The \u201cI CAN \u2026\u201d activates the Future Positive mindset that delivers energy in a forward direction towards our desired outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Positive Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson examined 60 different companies, with revenues ranging from very good to average, to struggling. Her team recorded, transcribed and codified the words, sentences and inflections heard at each of these company\u2019s management meetings, and identified whether they leaned towards positivity or negativity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Frederickson found that the companies whose sentences and conversations had more than&nbsp;<strong>2.91 positive words for every 1 negative word<\/strong>, were also the companies who generated the highest, most flourishing revenue. Conversely, companies that consistently fell below 2.91 positive words for every 1 negative word in their conversations generated average, or poor revenue. (Flourish, Martin Seligman)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Choose \u201cI CAN\u201d Action<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After several years of trying to persuade grocers to carry his new brand of popcorn called Red Bow, the creator was deeply discouraged. &#8220;Was I, at the age of 63, pursuing a foolish dream?&#8221; he wondered as he drove gloomily back to his Valparaiso, Indiana, office. Were his many years of researching, cultivating, and perfecting the new, better popping corn leading him to a marketing dead-end, he wondered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Chicago marketing firm recommended the product be marketed as Orville Redenbacher&#8217;s Gourmet Popping Corn, featuring Redenbacher\u2019s picture on the label. Still uncertain about their advice, Redenbacher decided to test-market their idea. He approached the largest retailer in the Midwest, Marshall Field&#8217;s Department Store in Chicago. After learning the name of the manager of their seventh-floor gourmet food department, Redenbacher sent him a case of the newly labeled product to his home. Redenbacher did not enclose a note or return address. A month later he phoned asking, &#8220;Did you like it?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Like it?&#8221; the manager responded. &#8220;We want to stock it!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Today Orville Redenbacher&#8217;s product is the bestselling popcorn in the world. However, his success began as he was reaching the age when most people think about retiring. Although he could be called a late bloomer, Orville Redenbacher and many others like him are living proof that it&#8217;s never too late to believe that we CAN and take &#8220;I CAN&#8221; action.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1995\/09\/20\/obituaries\/orville-redenbacher-famous-for-his-popcorn-is-dead-at-88.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Partial Reference<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Choose \u201cI CAN\u201d Thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Experts tell us that we generate between 15,000 and 66,000 thoughts per day and that 95% of these thoughts are the same thoughts that we had yesterday. Habitual I CAN\u2019T thinking begins unconsciously, often during times that we are not paying attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now known that the way we interpret events or circumstances can directly affect our outcomes. Whether we perceive external circumstance to be a&nbsp;<strong>threat&nbsp;<\/strong>(Future Negative \u2013 through the CAN\u2019T frame) or a&nbsp;<strong>challenge<\/strong>&nbsp;(Future Positive \u2013 the CAN frame), vastly changes our energy, and often our results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are a myriad of choices for us to make as we journey through life. The important thing is that we are intentional and self-directed in our choices and focus on the things we CAN and want to do. In the words of&nbsp;<strong>Viktor Frankl: \u201cThe last of the human freedoms: to choose one\u2019s attitude in any given circumstance, to choose one\u2019s own way.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery aligncenter columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"595\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/hockeycircles.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-31-at-8.18.35-PM.png\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"359\" data-link=\"https:\/\/hockeycircles.com\/articles\/?attachment_id=359\" class=\"wp-image-359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.sportsa.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/31201829\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-31-at-8.18.35-PM.png 595w, https:\/\/cdn.sportsa.com\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/31201829\/Screen-Shot-2019-01-31-at-8.18.35-PM-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 595px) 100vw, 595px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WIN the \u201cI CAN\u201d Mind-Game<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Positivity vs. negativity is readily apparent in outward conversations, but perhaps even more important are the conversations that take place in what we like to call our INNER Game. Our Thinking Tendencies Model\u00a9 (above) is a visual to help us better understand the thinking that is being driven by our own inner voice. I have wrestled many times with the internal struggle between \u201cI CAN\u2019T\u201d and \u201cI CAN.\u201d The NHL playoffs that many of you are watching right now are such a good example of the power of our Inner Voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my 9 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens our team never missed the post-season, but we didn\u2019t win the Stanley Cup every season either. I vividly remember the mental struggle introduced by the negative voice in my head when our team found itself down 3 games to 1 (during a best of 7 series) against our opponent. If you follow sports you know that coming back from a 3 games-to-1 deficit is nearly impossible. So, when I allowed it, where do you think my mind would drift?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cPersonally, you\u2019ve had a pretty good season, and that won\u2019t change if you lose this next game.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe weather is starting to get nice; you need some time to rest and heal those nagging injuries.\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cThe odds of winning the series are not in our favour.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We like to say to our clients that we have two choices during our journey towards winning:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>1- We allow our minds to DRIFT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; or<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2- We choose to SHIFT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone has negative thoughts (courtesy of our negative bias), but not everyone has to accept them. During the playoffs, when those thoughts inevitably arose, I would choose to toughen my resolve and shift the focus of my mind on to more \u201cI CAN\u201d language.&nbsp;<strong>Full disclosure: \u201cI CAN\u201d language doesn\u2019t guarantee that you will win\u2026 but it does keeps you in the game.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I look back on many life and career defining moments when I was faced with similar choices. One of these moments came when I was 16 yeas old and playing in the playoffs for the Kamloops Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. Driving with the puck around a Victoria Cougar defenseman, and heading towards the net on a breakaway, the defenseman swung his stick in desperation and took out my skates, flinging me hard into the opposition net. The problem with this scenario was the way that goal posts were cemented into concrete, under the ice, in the old days. Obviously, the posts did not move (the game grew up and now the posts are not solid), so my knee moved, and in a very ugly, damaging way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After many hours of surgery, both Dr. Poulsen and Dr. Smillie believed that the damage to my knee was significantly sufficient to be worried about my future opportunity to continue to play hockey, and they shared these words with my parents. But I had a dream and loved the game of hockey. This busted knee was only a speed bump on the way, and not a road block. Looking back on this defining moment of my career, I am thankful that I didn\u2019t allow my thinking to drift. I share this story first to thank both Doctors, and secondly to highlight that&nbsp;<strong>deciding the words that we accept ends up defining our lives.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Applying \u201cI CAN\u201d instead of \u201cI CAN\u2019T\u201d language (I could have chosen to believe the Doctor\u2019s words) and enduring countless hours of hard rehabilitation, enabled me to move forward, and with a knee brace, skate 15 NHL seasons and 1003 NHL games as a player.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>George Bernard Shaw said, \u201cPeople are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I do not believe in circumstance. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they cannot find them, make them.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If Success does start in \u201cCANS,\u201d how will you adjust your language today?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ryan<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ryanwalter.com\/contact-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Connect with me today! 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