So the last four days, me and 21 of my collegues attended a training called "Pathways to Leadership." It taught a lot of stuff that I've already tried living, but attending the training really reinforced the stuff I've been trying to live, and also created 21 other people who would support it. The main things I got out of it:
- You have control over your life
- People naturally want to be good, it's up to us to bring that out in them
- Positive reinforcement is much more effective than negative reinforcement
- Look at things in degrees of strength instead of degrees of weakness
Obviously it was a lot more complicated than that (since it lasted four days) but that's the gist. As I was learning about this stuff, it dawned on me that a group of people already lived all the stuff that was taught in the last four days. That is our men's softball team. Many other teams will snipe at each other, yell and scream, etc. Not sure who gets the credit, my first guess would be Jim for putting this team together, but our team sticks with positive reinforcement.
So for all of you who are reading this, feel free to help keep me on this track!
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Positive energies are contagious!
Our softball team is pretty amazing, because we have very high expectations each year, and have had a tough time delivering, but we still all take it very well and get along great.
Honestly, I think our team accomplishes a lot more with less. The picture in my mind is after the game when we're in our high fiving line with the other team, every single one of them was bigger than every single one of us (other than John). But yet we always contend. It shows when we hustle out hits, take walks, and they start sniping at each other.
Yeah, just look at the bad attitudes in professional sports. All those guys drag their teams down. Terrell Owens, Ron Artest (although his teammates supposedly love playing with him), the Trailblazers.
yeah for good attitudes - they're contagious and so necessary!
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