"Don't tell me how rough the water is, just bring the
ship in".
I first saw this quote on Kobe Bryant’s
twitter feed a few years ago as a
“Mambo-ism”. I don’t know who originally said this but I have
said similar things for years. Among them is the one quote that my
players always rolled their eyes at ‘Don’t tell me about the labor pains, just
show me the baby.’
One of my former bosses was Andy
Carter. He was the Vice President of
Athletics when I was at Newberry College. I remember him always
saying that ‘if it was easy, I wouldn’t need you’. That has stuck
with me to this day. Each of us have certain strengths that we bring
to the table. We have a responsibility to utilize these strengths to
attain success.
Another thing that I constantly say that gets an eye roll
from my players is when I ask them what is in the middle of all
excuses. I then proceed to tell them that the answer is
‘U’. The same can be said for what is in the middle of all
results. Obviously, there is team work involved in a lot of what we
do and most of the time, we are not on an island. However, we must
take the approach that we must do everything that we can do to be
successful.
John
Wooden, the legendary basketball coach, once said ‘Do
not let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do’. You have
heard it said that you are normally part of the problem or part of the
solution. You may not be able to do everything, but you can always
do something. If we wanted to, we could sit around forever coming up
with reasons why we can’t do something. That is not
productive.
What can we do? How can we make things
better? Sure, there are many challenges that come our way that might
appear to be insurmountable, but what kind of attitude do we take? I
know it’s cliché but we need to have a can-do approach.
Jamy Bechler is a certified John Maxwell leadership coach, speaker and trainer. You can contact him at Jamy@CoachBechler.com. You can also subscribe to his leadership newsletter by clicking here.
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