Thursday, April 16, 2009

Dreams...Systems...A Kick in the Ass


Life Lesson: Working hard with a single mindedness of perfect will allow all your dreams to come true. Sometimes people stay away from dreams because it sounds a little fluffy or hard to achieve, it just seems out there. A company normally does not say our dream is to become this, instead they say our vision is to become this. I guess they believe it sounds a lot better, to use vision then dream. Sports teams at the pro and college level promote their vision for the next year and the following years. There is not a business or pro/college team that does not have a vision for their future. Most corporations publish their vision statement for everyone to see. People would not buy stock in the company if they did not know where this company is going demonstrated by their dream or vision statement.
Where are you going in life? Please update your dreams for me and give me your dreams/visions for 2009. I would love for you to do this for me. Hopefully, if you wondered about dreams being a little “goofy or hokey” the vision statement demonstrates the importance of completing it.
Now, you have your dream and you are willing to work hard, you must establish a systematic procedure for success. Life Lesson: you must develop a system and have the discipline to follow the system. Delanie and Reaghan need a system at Ole Miss and then a system for how they will study for their classes. Please recognize this challenge, most of the time you will not have someone telling you exactly what to do. People do what the boss or coach tells them. Sean and Amanda do not work for an employer so they must develop a self discipline to work their system. If they worked for Hatcher or Walt, they would know their job responsibilities. Nobody will tell Reaghan and Delanie what to do next semester. They must follow their own system and have complete trust in it. Here is a great example for Connor. Here is a System: M-F Lift 2:30-3:30, break, speed train/agility 3:45-4:15, break, Hit 4:30-5:30. This is the type of work ethic required to be a champion. This is hard as a freshman but can Connor find a way to implement a schedule as this for his own development? He will develop a system like this as he gets older, I would love to see him do it now.You may have times where you need a little motivation or a push to workout. You are in Maine where it is cold; it is cold in Memphis too. You are all healthy so there is no excuses for not exercising. I cannot feel sorry for you for even one minute. Please keep this in mind as you approach your exercise. Life Lesson: There is an 18 yr old boy coming home from Iraq without an arm or a leg who would give anything to run and lift, So what is your excuse? “Oh, you are not in the mood or do not feel like it.” Well pick it up, you know it is good for you, kick yourself in the ass, everyone needs a kick in the ass every once in a while, no big deal with that, now demonstrate the self discipline and go out and do what you are suppose to do!

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