Loud Thinking

Archive for January, 2015

When you put on that jersey, the name on the front is more important then the name on the back.

People don’t play sports because its fun. Ask any athlete, most of them hate it, but they couldn’t imagine their life with out it. Its part of them, the love/hate relationship. Its what they live for. They live for the practices, parties, cheers, long bus rides, invitationals, countless pairs of different types of shoes, water, Gatorade, & coaches you hate but appreciate. They live for the way it feels when they beat the other team, and knowing those two extra sprints they ran in practice were worth it. They live for the way they become a family with their team, they live for the countless songs they sing in their head while training all those hours. They live for the competition, they live for the friends, the practices, the memories, the pain, its who they are. It’s who we are.- myspace

Don’t practice until you get it right. Practice until you can’t get it wrong.

– Unknown

Winners don’t wait for chances, they take them

– Unknown

Pain is only temporary but victory is forever.

– Jeremy H.

Winning means you’re willing to go longer, work harder, and give more than anyone else.

– Vince Lombardi

“If you live long enough, you’ll make mistakes. But if you learn from them, you’ll be a better person. It’s how you handle adversity, not how it affects you. The main thing is never quit, never quit, never quit.”

— William J. Clinton

Tackle New Projects After Prioritizing the Old Ones

The new year is a good time to think about trying fresh initiatives that can help move your organization forward. But if you want them to be successful, you need to manage the time involved. Don’t give your team more assignments without taking some away first. If you don’t communicate clear priorities, people won’t know what’s important and what can wait, and it won’t be long before almost everyone feels overstressed and overworked. Once you let your team know which areas are ripe for improvement, free up time to move toward that vision by consolidating, eliminating, or streamlining current activities. Then encourage short-term experiments that will help them learn how to get to the vision quicker and with greater impact.

Adapted from “Help Your Team Spend Time on the Right Things” by Ron Ashkenas and Amy McDougall.

“To handle yourself, use your head; to handle others, use your heart.”

— Eleanor Roosevelt

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