WHY LEADERS MUST BE UNREASONABLE

An article Coach VanHekken found that works for the whole program, the whole school, and the whole world!!!

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
George Bernard Shaw

Leaders must be unreasonable. Why? Because success does not occur naturally. As leadership guru Peter Drucker once said, “ The only things that happen naturally in an organization are friction, confusion, and mal-performance. Everything else is the result of leadership.” To be successful, all teams, businesses, and groups need at least one unreasonable leader who will drive the team to greatness. You have to be the catalyst for your team.

If you want your team to be great you:

• Can’t tolerate mediocrity; can’t permit people to get distracted by trivial issues
• Can’t allow people to fall into the trap of the comfort zone
• Can’t let people give up or give in
• Can’t accept lame excuses

Because of your intense commitment and unrelenting will, you must DEMAND certain standards from yourself and your teammates. Why? Because you have invested too much to settle for anything less!

• You must be unreasonable when you observe laziness
• You must be unreasonable when you see selfishness
• You must be unreasonable when you hear negativity

Sometimes your unreasonableness must come across softly when you ENCOURAGE, COAX, AWAKEN, PERSUADE, STRETCH, TRIGGER, INSPIRE…. Other times your unreasonableness must come across harshly when you CHALLENGE, PROVOKE, PROD, PUSH, PULL, INCITE, GOAD, BADGER, HOUND, ENFORCE…. Invest the time to accurately judge the person and situation to know which approach is best. Bottom line: As a leader, you must BE UNREASONABLE when it comes to your team’s success. You just can’t afford to be intimidated, timid, uninvolved, permissive, apathetic, or “reasonable.”


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Leadership/Habits

I WILL DO MORE
I am only one, but I am one.
I cannot do everything, but I can do something.
And what I can do, I ought to do.
And what I ought to do, by the grace of God, I will do.
I will do more than belong...I will participate.
I will do more than care...I will help.
I will do more than believe...I will practice.
I will do more than be fair...I will be kind.
I will do more than dream...I will work.
I will do more than teach...I will inspire.
I will do more than earn...I will enrich.
I will do more than give...I will serve.
I will do more than live...I will grow.
I will do more than talk...I will act.
I will be more than good...I will be good for something.

- Anonymous

Habit
How shall I a habit break?
As you did that habit make.
As you gathered, you must lose;
As you yielded, now refuse.

Aut viam inveniam aut faciam

The first athlete to figure out what the above quote is wins a prize!!!