Dusty May shares the question he asks every player and why great teams solve problems before they happen. "What obstacles do we feel like this team is going to have?" "Is there some jealousy? Are there cliques? Is there some division in the locker room? How's our chemistry overall? Do you guys feel like we mesh well as a group?" "We try to talk about all those things and get out ahead of them." Most coaches wait for problems to surface. Great coaches go look for them before they cause problems. "If we can anticipate what our issues are gonna be, we talk about them and we decide how we're gonna respond to them. When they do occur, we'll be way ahead of the game." Then he explained the deeper principle: "How we feel is usually a natural chemical reaction in our brain. We just have to disassociate ourselves from those feelings and decide how we're going to respond." "Ultimately, we're evaluated based on our behavior." Choose to respond, not just react. And prepare that response to the best of your ability. "We try to make the conscious decision how we're gonna respond to all these different things now when we're not in the heat of the battle." Feelings are automatic. Responses are a choice. Successful teams make pre-mortems and difficult conversations a natural part of their team processes. (🎥How are you wired podcast )