“Success is the ability to use your passion to help someone else discover their passion.” – Kobe Bean Bryant
“Obsessiveness is having the attention to detail for the action you are performing at the time you’re performing it.” Kobe Bryant
Kobe Bryant is (not was) a hero for many people around the world. Kobe is an icon and one of the greatest basketball players of all time. It is still shocking and devastating that he is no longer here with us as well as his daughter Gigi and seven other victims.
In his short time here though, Kobe left us a legacy. He left us a legacy of greatness, love, joy, desire, and passion. As I always say, greatness leaves clues, and we can learn from Kobe’s greatness and apply it to every area of our lives. Kobe, himself, got involved in self development. He began speaking about his philosophy of the mamba mentality. The mamba mentality was not applied to just basketball. It was applied to life for Kobe. Kobe was in the process of his next chapter of greatness in his life. He created a short film and won an Academy Award. How many former athletes go on to make a picture alone, never mind winning an Academy Award. Kobe also developed children’s books revolving around the mamba mentality.
The mamba mentality philosophy is simply “trying to be the best version of yourself”. It is trying to become better everyday in all areas of our lives. The mamba mentality consists of five pillars. Instead of going into detail myself of the five pillars , I will attach a TedX video from Shanghai, China that Kobe did detailing the five pillars of the mamba mentality.
Here are the five pillars of the Mamba Mentality:
1. Be Passionate
2. Be Obsessive
3. Be Relentless
4. Be Resilient
5. Be Fearless