Good to Great

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4AO45fn8jH8 (1:13)

One More Thing…One More Time!  I think the “1MT1MT” motto is amazing.  It is simple and extremely powerful.  The truth that is in that mindset truly separates the good from the great!

Have you ever felt “good” at something?  I am sure you have.  There is something nice in knowing you are proficient…that you are better than some…that you can “get it done.”

But, have you ever felt “great at something?  That is something that goes far beyond the feeling when you are “good.”  You feel dynamic and unstoppable.  You feel proud because it is most likely something you worked hard to achieve…a skill that you honed….a wall that you climbed….something that very few people can do!

The difference in most people moving from good to great is giving that little extra.  I have alluded to the movie “And the Game Stands Tall” where each player has to make a commitment card and give it to a team mate…that team mate holds them accountable for what extra thing they are going to do to condition harder than everyone else.

My thoughts:

1.       It isn’t about doing what you “feel” like doing….if we did that, we would all be watching “Days of Our Lives” or taking naps all day….doing what we “feel” like doing isn’t the answer to being great.  Being great means we push through that “feeling” to something more.  It is the determination to beat the voices that are trying to make us “slow down and take it easy.”

2.       We don’t need to be “normal” and just do it how everyone else does….or we get the same results as everyone else.  Great people do more.  Unmotivated people find it easier to try to make you slow down and do less than for them to do more.  Don’t let them stop you….

3.       We need to do more than our “competition.”  In life that may be a million different things.  In schools, maybe that is the mind set of “well that is all that Abernathy Elementary is doing, so let’s just do that.”  I think we want to do more than those around us to stand out in the pack.

4.       Be ready for the unexpected.  Don’t just do what you “planned” on doing.  Talk to more people than you wanted….stay longer….do more….it will pay off in the end.

5.       What is easy and what is right are not often the same thing.

6.       Great is on the other side of our fears.

Thank you for your desire to do more each day.

Have a GREAT Monday!