#409 The Creative Genius of Rick Rubin
1/8/202643 min
"I set out to write a book about what to do to make a great work of art. Instead, it revealed itself to be a book on how to be.” —Rick Rubin. This episode is what I learned from reading The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin. Episode sponsors:
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First 90 secondsDavid Senra· Host0:00
The first thing I would show players at our initial day of training was how to take a little extra time putting on their shoes and socks properly. The most important part of your equipment is your shoes and socks. You play on a hard floor, so you must have shoes that fit right, and you must not permit your socks to have wrinkles around the little toe where you generally get blisters or around the heels. I showed my players how I wanted them to do it. Hold up the sock, work it around the little toe area and the heel area so that there are no wrinkles. Smooth it out good. Then hold up the sock while you put the shoe on, and the shoe must be spread apart, not just pulled on the top laces. You tighten it up snugly by each eyelet, then you tie it, then you double tie it so it won't come undone, because I don't want shoes coming untied during practice or during the game. I don't want that to happen. That's just a little detail that coaches must take advantage of because it's the little details that make the big things come about. Now, Rick Rubin comments on this passage. The sentiments above are John Wooden's, the most successful coach in the history of college basketball. His teams won more consecutive games and championships than any others in history. It must have been frustrating for these elite athletes who wanted to get on the court and show what they could do to arrive at practice for the first time with this legendary coach, only to hear him say, "Today, we will learn how to tie our shoes."