The Anderson's Blog

 

 TEAM BUILDING

 

 

Team sports are really difficult things.  Sometimes your team wins because of you, sometimes in spite of you, and somtimes it’s like you are not even thtere.  That’s the reality of the team game.  Then at one point in my career something wonderful happened.  I don’t know why or how, but I came to understand what “TEAM” meant.  It meant that although I didn’t get a hit or make a great defensive play, I could impact the team in an incredible and consistent way.  I learned I could impact my team by caring first and foremost  about the teams success and not my own.  I don’t mean like rooting for us like typical fan, fans are fickle.  I mean care, really care about the team…about “US”.  I became less selfish, less lazy, less sensative to negative comments.  When I gave up, me and I became more.  I became a captain, a leader, a better person and I came to understand that life is a team game… and you  know what?… I’ve found most people aren’t team players.  They don’t realizse that life is the only game in town.  Someone should tell them.  It has made all the difference in the worldto me. 

said by:  Don Mattingly, All Star First Basement, NY Yankee Captain.

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The best potential of ME is WE!

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19 of 21 notable civillizations have died from within and not by conquest from without.

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Qualitative Differences to Produce Excellence

Technique – Champions are ordinary people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

Discipline – Make the practice like games, and the games like practices.

Attitude of a Champion – What are you eager to do?  Not will but eager is the key.

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Champions don’t look at it as sacrifice.

Champions choose to live as champions.

Champions become champions because they do what champions have to do!

_________________________

Commitments

Commitment is what

Transforms a promise into reality.

It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions.

And the actions which speak louder than the words.

It is making the time when there in none.

Coming through

Time after time after time,

Year after year after year.

Commitment is the stuff character is made of

The power to change

The face of things.

It is the daily triumph

Of integrity over skepticism.

________________________

The Most Valuable Thing in the World

I am the most desirable thing in life.  Without me no one can be healthy, happy, or useful… without me, the hidden wealth and vast resources of this earth would have no value. 

Men and women who try to get along without me are characterless, selfish, undeveloped, useless, and unprofitable members of society.

I am behind every fortune, every art and science, every achievement, every trimumph of man. 

Rich men and poor men alike often try to find substitutes for me, hoping thereby to secure a larger measure of happiness, peace and satisfaction, but they are always bitterly disappointed.  Instead of gain, every subsistute for me brings them loss.

As the creator is greater than the creature, so I am greater than wealth, power, fame, learning or any other acquired possession or quality of man, because I am the source from which be acquired them.

I am WORK.

_________________________

People can be divided into three groups:

• Those that make things happen.
• Those who watch things happen.
• And those who wonder what happened.

_________________________

Society is like the turtle, the only way it can get ahead is to stick its neck out.

_________________________

Schedule your priorities… Don’t prioritize your schedule.

_________________________

Greatest Strength – its your greatest weakness…

___________________________

 10 Pointers for winning the State Championship

1. Get there.
2. When your team gets there it’s not a big deal
3. Do what you did to get there.
4. Be Aggressive
5. Rest
6. Give no easy baskets
7. Get easy baskets
8. Make free throws
9. Make layups
10. Give your team a reason to win

_________________________

Team Building

Shared Ownership

Shared Suffering

Individual Responsibility

Collective Pride

_______________________

Thoughs and Verses

Heart – Thoughts

Words – Deeds

Focus – Energy

Passion – Control

_________________________

Pick the battles big enough to fight, but small enough to win.

_________________________

I should never let our team be satisfied,

I should never let our managers be satisfied,

and I should never be satisfied.

We can always do better!

______________________________

If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen.

~ Harry Truman

_________________________

If you have a problem at home, you need to get it resolved.

_______________________

People don’t pay for average.

_________________________

Geese don’t get high-powered press coverage like sea gulls.  They seem dull, ordinary birds which only attract notice twice a year during migration…..

Life the Blue Angels, they fly wing tip to wing tip.  You can hear the beat of their wings whistling through the air in unison…

And that’s the secret of their strength.  Together.  Cooperating as a flock, geese can fly a 70-percent longer range.  The lead goose cuts a swath through the airrestiatance which creates a helping uplift for the two birds behind him.

In turn, their beating makes it easier on the birds behind them.  Much like the drag of a race car sucked in behind the lead car.  Each bird takes his turn at being the leader.  The tired ones fan out to the edges of the V for a breather.  And the rested ones surge towards the point of the V to drive the flock onward….

If a goose becomes too exhaused or ill and has to drop out of the flock, he is never abandoned.  A stronger member of the flock will follow the failing weak one to his resting place and wait until he’s well enough to fly again.

_________________________

Prejudice is a great time saver, it enables one to form opinions without bothering to get the facts.

_________________________

The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all.

~Eisenhower

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When a man is wrapped up in himself the package is usually pretty small.

_________________________

It is the law of human life, as certain as gravity:

To live fully, we must learn to use things and love peope – not hlove things and use people.

_________________________

Now this is the Law of the Jungle – as old as true as the sky;

And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper.

But the wolf that shall break it must die.

For the strength of the pack is the wolf.

And the strength of the wolf is the pack.

~ Kipling

________________________

If you trust,

you will be disappointed occasionally,

but if you mistrust,

you will be miserable all the time.

_________________________

Times such as ours have always bread defeatism.  But there remains, nonetheless, some few among us who believe man has within him the capacity to meet and overcome even the greatest challenges of the time.  If we want to avoid defeat, we must wish to know the trust and be courageous enough to act upon it.  If we get to know the trust and have the courage, we need not despair.

~ Einstein

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DREAMS

It usually takes a two-year period to determine what you really want to do.

You choose to chase your dream, eat well and enjoy creature comforts.

Four areas of relationships:

• Marriage / romance
• Social / political
• Religious / spiritual
• Career / professional

You don’t have to zero in on any one and you can have relationship – type experience in any of the four.

Your dream is ongoing and never stops… and you never get there.

Failure only comes when you quit.

Your dream is an unattainable thing you keep striving for.

_________________________

Try

Be not concerned

Nor be surprised

If what you do

Is criticized.

There’s always folks

Who usually can

Find some fault

With every plan.

Mistakes are made

We can’t deny

But only made

By folks who TRY!

_________________________

Humility

Sometime when you’re feeling important,

Sometime when your ego’s in bloom,

Sometime when you take it for granted.

You’re the best qualified in the room.

Sometime when you think that your leaving

Will leave an unfillable hole,

just follow these simple instructions

and see how it humbles your soul;

Take a pitcher and fill it with water,

put your hand in up to its wrist;

now remove it and the hole that remains there

is a sample of how you’ll be missed.

_________________________

Shine your stars,

work your horses

fix your problems,

Get rid of deadwood.

_________________________

Cancel your subscriptions, I don’t need your issues.

_________________________

The Addictive Experience

Creates predictable, reliable sensations

Become the primary focus and absorbs attention

Temporarily eradicates pain and other negative sensations.

Provides artificial sense of self-worth, power, control, security, intimacy, accomplishment

 Exacerbates the problems and feelings it is sought to remedy

Worsens fuctioning, creates loss of relationships.

_________________________

Coach Meyer’s Rules

1. Plan the week on Sunday
2. Plan the next day the night before
3. Exercise
4. Say No
5. Take mini-vacations
6. keep a journal (not of what you did, but what you learned).

Mark McCormack’s Rules

1. Get a system, any system.
2. Stick to it.
3. Write everything down.

 

 

 

 

Team Building

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

 

Nineteen

 

 

 

 

 

of twenty-one

 

 

notable civilizations

 

 

have died from

 

 

 

 

 

within

 

 

 

 

 

 

and not by

 

 

 

 

 

conquest

from without.

 

Qualitative Differences to
Produce Excellence

Technique

 

 

 

Champions are ordinary people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well.

 

Discipline

 

 

 

Make the practice like games, and the games like practices.

 

 

 

 

Attitude of a Champion

 

 

 

 

What are you eager to do? Not will but eager is the key.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Champions don’t look at it as a sacrifice.

Champions choose to live as champions.

Champions become champions because they do what champions have to do!

 

 

Commitment

 

 

 

 

Commitment is what

Transforms a promise into reality.

It is the words that speak boldly of your intentions.

And the actions which speak louder than the words.

It is making the time when there is none.

Coming through

Time after time after time,

Year after year after year.

Commitment is the stuff character is made of

The power to change

The face of things.

It is the daily triumph

Of integrity over skepticism.

 

The Most Valuable Thing
in the World

I am the most desirable thing in life. Without me no one can be healthy, happy, or useful…without me, the hidden wealth and vast resources of this earth would have no value.

Men and women who try to get along without me are characterless, selfish, undeveloped, useless, and unprofitable members of society.

I am behind every fortune, every art and science, every achievement, every triumph of man.

Rich men and poor men alike often try to find substitutes for me, hoping thereby to secure a larger measure of happiness, peace and satisfaction, but they are always bitterly disappointed. Instead of gain, every substitute for me brings them loss.

As the creator is greater than the creature, so I am greater than wealth, power, fame, learning, or any other acquired possession or quality of man, because I am the source from which he acquired them.

I am WORK.

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

People can be divided into three groups:

Those who makes things happen.

Those who watch things happen.

And those who wonder what happened.

 

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Society is like the turtle,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the only way it can get ahead is to stick its neck out.

 

Things that make you go hmmmm

 

 

Schedule your priorities..

 

Don’t prioritize your schedule.

 

Thought of the Week

 

 

 

 

 

Greatest Strength –

it your greatest weakness…

 

10 Pointers for Winning the State Championship

Get There

When your team gets there it’s not a big deal

Do what you did to get there

Be Aggressive

Rest

Give no easy baskets

Get Easy Baskets

Make Free Throws

Make Lay Ups

Give your team a reason to win

 

Team Building

 

Shared Ownership

Shared Suffering

Individual Responsibility

Collective Pride

 

Thoughts and Verses

 

Heart – Thoughts

Words – Deeds

Focus – Energy

Passion – Control

 

Thoughts and Versus

 

 

Pick the battles big enough to fights,

but small enough to win.

 

Thought of the week

 

I should never let our team be satisfied,

I should never let our

managers be satisfied,

and I should never be satisfied.

 

We can always do better!

 

Thought of the Week

 

If you can’t take the heat,

Get out of the kitchen

 

Harry Truman

 

Thoughts of the Week

 

If you have a problem at home,

you need to get it resolved.

 

Thought of the Week

 

People don’t pay for average.

 

We Makes Me Stronger

Geese don’t get high-powered press coverage like sea gulls. They’re seen as dull, ordinary birds which only attract notice twice a year during migration….

Like the Blue Angels, they fly wing tip to wing tip. You can hear the beat of their wings whistling through the air in unison…

And that’s the secret of their strength. Together. Cooperating as a flock. Geese can fly a 70-percent longer range. The lead goose cuts a swath through the air resistance. which creates a helping uplift for the two birds behind him.

In turn, their beating makes it easier on the birds behind them. Much like the drag of a race car sucked in behind the lead car. Each bird takes his turn at being the leader. The tired ones fan out to the edges of the V for a breather. And the rested ones surge toward the point of the V to drive the flock onward…

If a goose becomes too exhausted or ill and has to drop out of the flock, he is never abandoned. A stronger member of the flock will follow the failing, weak one to his resting place and wait until he’s well enough to fly again.

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

Prejudice is a great time saver, it enables one to form opinions without bothering to get the facts.

 

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

The world must learn to work together, or finally it will not work at all

Eisenhower

 

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

When a man is wrapped up in himself the package is usually pretty small.

 

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

It is a law of human life, as certain as gravity: To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people – not love things and use people.

 

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

Now this is the Law of the Jungle – as old as true as the sky;

 

And the Wolf that shall keep it may prosper.

But the wolf that shall break it must die.

For the strength of the pack is the Worlf.

And the strength of the wolf is the Pack.

Kipling

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

 

If you trust,

 

you will be disappointed occasionally,

 

but if you mistrust,

 

you will be miserable all the time.

 

The Best Potential of Me is We!

Times such as ours have always bread defeatism. But there remains, nonetheless, some few among us who believe man has within him the capacity to meet and overcome even the greatest challenges of the time. If we want to avoid defeat, we must wish to know the trust and be courageous enough to act upon it. If we get to know the trust and have the courage, we need not despair.

Einstein

 

 

Dreams

It usually takes a two-year period to determine what you really want to do.

You choose to

 

Chase your dreams

Eat well and enjoy creature comforts

 

Four areas of relationships:

 

Marriage / romance

Social / political

Religious / spiritual

Career / professional

You don’t have to zero in on any one and you can have relationship-type experience in any of the four.

Your dream is ongoing and never stops…and you never get there.

Failure only comes when you quit.

Your dream is an unattainable thing you keep striving for.

Taken from Life 101

 

 

Try

 

Be not concerned

Nor be surprised

If what you do

Is criticized.

There’s always folks

Who usually can

Find some fault

With every plan.

Mistakes are made

We can’t deny

But only made

By folks who TRY!

 

Humility

 

Sometime when you’re feeling important,

Sometime when your ego’s in bloom,

Sometime when you take it for granted.

You’re the best qualified in the room.

Sometime when you think that your leaving

Will leave an unfillable hole,

Just follow these simple instructions

And see how it humbles your soul;

Take a pitcher and fill it with water,

Put your hand in up to its wrist;

Now remove it and the hole that remains there

Is a sample of how you’ll be missed.

 

Thought of the Week

 

Shine your stars,

Work your horses,

Fix your problems,

Get rid of deadwood.

 

Thought of the Week

 

Cancel your subscriptions,

I don’t need your issues.

 

Together Everyone Achieves More

With every flap of its wings, the lead bird in flight of Canada geese is breaking through a wall of air, creating a swirling vortex that provides a “push” for each follower. Some estimates show that gees in a V-formation can fly as much as 70 percent farther than they could fly alone. It’s exhausting work for the lead bird, but Canada gees have an answer to that, too: they take turns. When the leader drops back, another takes its place.

 

It’s good to be flying with you!

 

 

 

 

The Addictive Experience

Creates predictable, reliable sensations

Become the primary focus and absorbs attention

Temporarily eradicates pain and other negative sensations.

Provides artificial sense of self-worth, power, control, security, intimacy, accomplishment

Exacerbates the problems and feelings it is sought to remedy

Worsens functioning, creates loss of relationships

 

Coach Meyer’s Rules

Plan the week on Sunday.

Plan the next day the night before.

Exercise.

Say No

Take Mini-vacations

Keep a Journal (not of what you did but what you learned).

 

Mark McCormack’s Rules

Get a system, any system.

Stick to it.

Write everything down.