Sunday, January 13, 2008
WHAT IT TAKES TO BE #1
In honor of the Superbowl and Football playoffs, a classic reprint of advice from one of the most famous coaches of all time. Enjoy.
“YOU’VE GOT TO PAY THE PRICE”
by Vince Lomabrdi
“Winning is not a sometime thing: it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have never finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do and to win and to win.
Every time a football player goes out to play his trade he’s got to play from the ground up—from the soles of his feet right to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That’s OK. You’ve got to be smart to be No.1 in any business. But, more important, you’ve got to play with your heart—with every fiber of your body. If you’re lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
Running a football team is no different from running any other kind of organization—any army, a political party, a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win—to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don’t think it is.
It is reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That’s why they are there—to compete. They know the rules and the objective is to win—fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules but to win.
And in truth, I’ve known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, did not appreciate the grind, the discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.
I don’t say these things because I believe in the “brute” nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But, I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour---his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear—is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the filed of battle—VICTORIOUS!!”
“YOU’VE GOT TO PAY THE PRICE”
by Vince Lomabrdi
“Winning is not a sometime thing: it’s an all time thing. You don’t win once in a while, you don’t do things right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
There is no room for second place. There is only one place in my game and that is first place. I have never finished second twice in my time at Green Bay and I don’t ever want to finish second again. There is a second place bowl game, but it is a game for losers played by losers. It is and always has been an American zeal to be first in anything we do and to win and to win.
Every time a football player goes out to play his trade he’s got to play from the ground up—from the soles of his feet right to his head. Every inch of him has to play. Some guys play with their heads. That’s OK. You’ve got to be smart to be No.1 in any business. But, more important, you’ve got to play with your heart—with every fiber of your body. If you’re lucky enough to find a guy with a lot of head and a lot of heart, he's never going to come off the field second.
Running a football team is no different from running any other kind of organization—any army, a political party, a business. The principles are the same. The object is to win—to beat the other guy. Maybe that sounds hard or cruel. I don’t think it is.
It is reality of life that men are competitive and the most competitive games draw the most competitive men. That’s why they are there—to compete. They know the rules and the objective is to win—fairly, squarely, decently, by the rules but to win.
And in truth, I’ve known a man worth his salt who, in the long run, deep down in his heart, did not appreciate the grind, the discipline and the harsh reality of head to head combat.
I don’t say these things because I believe in the “brute” nature of man or that men must be brutalized to be combative. I believe in God, and I believe in human decency. But, I firmly believe that any man’s finest hour---his greatest fulfillment to all he holds dear—is that moment when he has worked his heart out in a good cause and lies exhausted on the filed of battle—VICTORIOUS!!”
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Nine Things People CARE ABOUT!
People DON'T CARE how good you are...
THEY CARE how good you're going to help them become!
People DON'T CARE what you've done...
THEY CARE what you've LEARNED and how those lessons can help them!
People DON'T CARE what you can't do...
THEY CARE what you CAN DO!
People DON'T CARE what they hear you say...
THEY CARE what they SEE you DO!
People DON'T CARE what you do for a living...
THEY CARE what you're passionate about!
People DON'T CARE if you're having a bad day...
THEY CARE how you're going to help them have a better day!
People DON'T CARE about price...
They care about value, convenience and risk!
People DON'T CARE about your company...
They care about the problems your company can solve!
People DON'T CARE about being apologized to...
They care about answers, solutions and resolutions!
THEY CARE how good you're going to help them become!
People DON'T CARE what you've done...
THEY CARE what you've LEARNED and how those lessons can help them!
People DON'T CARE what you can't do...
THEY CARE what you CAN DO!
People DON'T CARE what they hear you say...
THEY CARE what they SEE you DO!
People DON'T CARE what you do for a living...
THEY CARE what you're passionate about!
People DON'T CARE if you're having a bad day...
THEY CARE how you're going to help them have a better day!
People DON'T CARE about price...
They care about value, convenience and risk!
People DON'T CARE about your company...
They care about the problems your company can solve!
People DON'T CARE about being apologized to...
They care about answers, solutions and resolutions!
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