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Issue 682 - "Consideration Creates Enthusiasm"


Wooden's Wisdom - Volume 13	Issue 682
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"CONSIDERATION CREATES ENTHUSIASM" John Wooden Video Clip (1 min. 20 sec.): Coach Wooden is asked to: "Tell us your views on courtesy and politeness in the locker room." Great example of a culture of consideration. One of the definitions of consideration is: thoughtfulness for other people. Coach Wooden was once asked: "When you look back on your life, how would you really like to be remembered?" He replied: "I would like to be remembered as a normal person that was considerate of others. That would be enough for me." Consideration is reflected in everyday action, not just talk. When we pay attention to the details that are important to others (other people’s details), not just our own, we demonstrate consideration and create enthusiasm. When we make the bed and put the six pillows right where they belong our wives appreciate it. When the employee cleans up the microwave oven in the lunchroom, co-workers appreciate it. When John Wooden’s players picked up and cleaned up their locker room themselves, the student managers and maintenance people appreciated it. When John Wooden never interrupted or talked over an assistant coach, it was appreciated. When every single good pass was acknowledged and teammates never criticized each other on John Wooden’s teams, it was appreciated. Consideration means offering help and doing it before you are asked. Here are two of Coach Wooden’s favorite thoughts on this topic: "Be more concerned with what you can do for others than what others can do for you. You’ll be surprised at the results." "It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely help another without helping himself." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Coach would also remind us: "Forget the favors you have given--remember those received." Will you ask somebody: "What can I do to help you today?" Click here for personal development exercise: Issue 682. Click here for Printable Poetry: Issue 682. Yours in Coaching, Craig Impelman www.woodenswisdom.com Follow @woodenswisdom	COACH'S FAVORITE POETRY AND PROSE Life and Hereafter Not over there do I await Reward for patience here below, Not over there at Heaven's gate Is all the joy that I shall know; Not for the joys to be am I Seeking the better, truer way, All pleasure's not beyond the sky, For I have my reward each day. I hope for Heaven and all it means, And hope to hear the Master tell, When I have quit these earthly scenes, That I have truly toiled and well; But not alone for that I strive To keep my soul unspotted here, Honor has joys for all alive That are as infinitely dear. What can the great hereafter give More precious than my children's love, When I, on earth, shall cease to live, And go to join the realms above? Were there no future, then I say I still should strive to faithful be, That they would run at close of day With loving arms to welcome me. A baby's kiss, a faithful wife, And friends who trust, are not these all Rewards that honor earns in life, Although your hoard of gold be small? And though there were no future, would You still not journey on your way Striving, as ever, to be good Just for the joys you know today? And so I say, not ' over there,' Do I sit sighing, ' I shall know The perfect bliss, with ne'er a care '— The perfect bliss is here below. Nor do I dream of joys to be, And wail the cares that now are mine, Earth's glories now appeal to me, And this life is almost divine. Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)
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