We have all met (and/or have been? Coach Potato Quarterbacks (QB). There is nothing wrong with being the Monday morning QB. It can be entertaining to cheer or jeer what went right and wrong in the last game. A problem with the coach potato QB is that being one changes nothing.
To make a difference, you have to be more directly involved in the game.
We can criticize most any one for most any thing.
When we are honest with ourselves and each other, then we have to admit in any aspect of life, we are either acting as part of the problem or are involved somehow in the solution.
Or are we hands on involved, and are acting as a catalyst towards positive goals and solutions?
It takes more sustained effort, discipline and work to build up something good than it does to tear some thing down. While at times we must remove debris or the old and risky structure to make room for the good and the new, the end value is found in building. We must not confuse criticism with construction. We must begin with a candid check of our own attitudes and intentions.
The right attitude, the right intention, goal and solution orientation are the keys to advancement in a career, project, company, association or most any other aspect of life.
Being part of the solution is far more exciting and rewarding than playing the critic or the role of coach potato QB. Those involved in positive solutions are often those who end up ahead of the curve, rather than behind the curve or moving with the herd.
“People are more interested in how much you care, not how much you know.”
- from an attendee at the Peak Retailer Summit
“People sometimes act funny at those career applicants who have had a lot of jobs. Why? When a mechanic has worked on multiple cars, that experience makes him more of an asset to someone who needs automotive work done. Find out why the changes were made, and if other factors like integrity, dependability check out, you may discover a wealth of talent.”
- The Elk
There is no wrong time to do the right thing. There is no right time to do the wrong thing.
- Lou Holtz
This masterful opening for the movie clip above was from a different era, during the Second World War. While some things have clearly changed, one of the many insights and take aways from George C. Scott’s vivid portrayal of General George S. Patton was this line: “Americans Love a Winner and Will Not Tolerate a Loser.”
Catch the entire speech in context and think about how this applies to the manufactured housing industry or your business. # #
Video submitted by
Tom Kovach
Norman City Councilman
Political Consultant
“There are no such things as limits to growth, because there are no limits on the human capacity for intelligence, imagination and wonder. ” – Ronald Reagan
“Obsessed is just a name the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”-Author Unknown
Coach Potato Quarterbacks (QB). There is nothing wrong with being the Monday morning QB. It can be entertaining to cheer or jeer what went right and wrong in the last game. A problem with the coach potato QB is that being one changes nothing.
