“Leave It On The Court”

We don’t know what the economy is going to do, we don’t know if our thorough plans are going to work … so what do we bet on???

Leave it on the Court …

It is a famous sentiment from John Wooden (former head Basketball Coach for UCLA and one of the best coaches of all time).

It means that when you go out on the floor, play at 100%. Don’t hold any part of your performance back for use later or at another time. Just put your all into it and the game will take care of itself.

Amazingly, if you put your absolute all into your day, it is always satisfying and always fulfilling. A string of those days produces desired results of well-formed goals. It is that hard and that simple.

To put your “all” into the job means to bring your full focus, your best thinking, your healthy self, your aware listener and your passionate performer into the role you have at work. Any job qualifies: you toss a burger, push keys on the keyboard, talk to people all day, balance numbers, make decisions, you represent clients … Whatever you do, this works.

Results are just feedback for the effectiveness of your efforts. Results do not define you, nor do they describe you. They simply report the effectiveness of your work. The results help you know what to continue doing or what to look at changing. No more, no less.

Celebrate success, learn from mistakes. Be curious about your processes versus defensive about your performance. Change supports opportunity and vice versa.

Have fun, make money, make a difference, enjoy the people you do it with.