Next Play
How to Focus on What Matters Most
and Improve Performance, Productivity, & Fulfillment
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This brand-new Next Play keynote is ideal for any organization looking to:
Develop an unstoppable Next Play Mindset
Improve team performance and productivity
Stay relevant in a constantly changing world
These groups will benefit the most from a Next Play Mindset:
• C-suite executives
• Leadership teams
• Sales professionals
• HR professionals
• Customer service
If this describes your organization, you need a Next Play Mindset:
• Have recently merged or been acquired
• Have a new CEO or leadership team
• Have onboarded new team members
• Are going through a rebrand or a re-org
• Have high turnover each year
This keynote features ALL NEW, never-before-shared stories, stats, and actionable strategies…
High performance is not complicated. Prepare during the unseen hours, work toward mastery of the fundamentals, and make discipline decisions consistently.
But what happens when you do those things and still fall short? When you do everything in your power and come up empty, miss your goal, or lose the game?
How do you respond?
How do you bounce back?
How do you maintain optimism and confidence?
You develop a Next Play Mindset.
You lean into the fact that what just happened isn’t nearly as important as what is happening right now—your Next Play.
This keynote is designed to show how reaching the top of your game doesn’t require more. It requires less but better.
The Next Play Mindset is the ultimate guide for individuals and organizations who want to close the gap between where they are and where they want to be.
Oh, and the Next Play Mindset isn’t just a performance strategy—it’s a life strategy. One that helps you manage transitions, bounce back from adversity, stay centered, adapt quickly, reduce stress, and let go of resentment.
Here are 6 ways the Next Play Mindset makes individuals and teams unstoppable:
1. Transition:
Life is a series of transitions—some small, some massive. Whether you’re shifting from a tough meeting to a family dinner or moving across the country to start a new chapter, a Next Play Mindset helps you let go of what’s behind you and fully invest in what’s ahead. You can’t control the past, but you can control how you show up now.
2. Resilience:
Setbacks are inevitable, but suffering is optional. Resilience isn’t about avoiding adversity—it’s about responding to it with optimism and enthusiasm. Next Play means you acknowledge the stumble, learn from it, and move forward with renewed energy. You bounce back faster because you’re not stuck in the moment that already passed.
3. Being Present:
Worry lives in the past and the future—peace lives in the now. The Next Play Mindset teaches you to leave the last moment behind (whether it was a win or a loss) and be fully engaged in the current one. That’s where performance, joy, and growth happen.
4. Adjustments:
The best performers aren’t the most talented—they’re the most adaptable. Life throws curveballs. With a Next Play approach, you become a constant recalibrator—adjusting your mindset, your emotions, and your behavior to meet the moment as it is. That’s how you stay aligned and effective.
5. Lower Stress:
Stress often comes from fighting what is. The Next Play Mindset encourages you to stop resisting reality and start responding to it. You don’t have to like every situation you’re in, but accepting it gives you the clarity and calm to take the next best step.
6. Forgiveness:
Holding onto anger or bitterness is like dragging an anchor behind you—it slows everything down. Forgiveness isn’t about saying what happened was okay; it’s about deciding that your peace matters more than your pain. Next Play is the act of release—it frees you to move forward.
Here are 3 practical, actionable ways for individuals and teams to implement Next Play:
Short-Term Focus:
When you get knocked off course—missed a shot, made a mistake, had a rough conversation—shift your focus from what just happened to what’s happening right now. That’s your power zone.
Long-Term Direction:
Next Play isn’t only moment-to-moment—it’s about life’s big picture. Shift your focus from what was to what is. That’s how you start fresh, no matter how the last chapter ended.
Goal Navigation:
Whether you crushed your goal or fell short, the question is the same: What now? Next Play keeps you from plateauing after success and from spiraling after failure. It’s your reset button for momentum.
A Next Play Mindset doesn’t mean forgetting the past. It means honoring it—learning from it—and then refusing to let it define you.
In every area of life and business… the NEXT PLAY is always the most important one…
Click here if you’d like to invest in a copy of Next Play for your team, organization, or attendee at your event!
As Mel Robbins said:
“Next Play is real, raw, and packed with the kind of clarity that helps you stop obsessing over the past and start moving forward with purpose. This is the mindset shift we all need.”
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“Alan will provide you with lessons and principles of success that translate across boundaries of sport and business. Alan has learned from the best, and as a result, he is the best.”
Jay Bilas
ESPN
“We had a chance to hear Alan deliver his new Next Play keynote… and it was a tremendous hit! The conversations that transpired during the session were absolutely electric. We got such positive feedback after his session! The Next Play Mindset really is a game changer!”
Jay Hennessey
Cleveland Guardians
“Alan’s Next Play keynote crushed it at our year-end retreat. Our team pulled massive insights from his message – we’re all locking in the Next Play Mindset for 2026!”
Trey Willard
CEO, The W Group Real Estate
