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Wooden's Wisdom - Volume 13 | Issue 709 |
Craig Impelman Speaking | Championship Coaches | Champion's Leadership Library Login | |
"THE ENTHUSIASM MULTIPLIER FOR 2025" If you sat with John Wooden in a conversation, whether it was one-on-one or with multiple people, his sincere interest and great listening skills always added enthusiasm to the conversation.
There are three different ways in which improper use of a cell phone can decrease enthusiasm in a conversation:
Number 1:
Two people are talking about a topic. A third person, although not verbally or actively engaged — takes out their cell phone and starts looking things up.
Number 2:
I never heard John Wooden correct anybody in a conversation. Correcting another person’s statement when the correction won’t result in a constructive outcome is an unnecessary enthusiasm diminisher. The improper use of cell phones accelerates this bad habit. This happens when a third person looks for information on their cell phone and then advises the group why the person speaking was wrong.
Number 3:
Don’t be a SMEOE (Subject Matter Expert On Everything).
Before cell phones, this was simply that person who, in any conversation, would always have to go one-up on the person speaking. If the speaker said they had gone to New York, the SMEOE talks about their three-week vacation in Europe.
With the addition of cell phones this bad habit potentially becomes even more of an issue. Now the SMEOE not only quickly goes one-up, but they also look up information on their cell phone to enhance their position. Now the SMEOE looks up the details of the island in Greece they visited and reads about out loud it to everybody from their cell phone.
People that diminish enthusiasm in conversations are enthusiasm diminishers.
The third person who sits quietly and attentively in a conversation (like John Wooden) with their cell phone remaining in their pocket and out of sight — and then thoughtfully asks the speaker a good question so the speaker can expand on their perspective, is an enthusiasm multiplier.
Are you an enthusiasm diminisher or a multiplier?
Yours in Coaching, Craig Impelman
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Looking Back I might have been rich if I'd wanted the gold instead of the friendships Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)
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