Hello C-deckers,
I feel that it is important for one to note that when discussing and counting victories and defeats, winning is not a black and white subject. I know that I just told you what every sports movie every invented teaches you, but it takes two hours to watch a movie while I'll get straight to the point. To me, it is important to constantly be moving the bar. What does that mean you ask? It means that you should always be readjusting what you would consider winning. The easiest way to think of this is to mix the definition of goals and the definition of winning. Your goals should constantly be revisited and changed for the situation.
To get the best results you need to evaluate your situation and move that bar accordingly. You wouldn’t accept a coaching job with a football team that went 0-10 last year and expect them to win the state playoffs their first year. To do so would make you delirious and irresponsible. Instead maybe accept a 4 game improvement, hit that mark… winning. Win less than four games… losing. I feel that real inspirational people can move the bar on the fly and make others feel that challenge. Moving the bar up is always going to be the desirable direction, however there may be specific situations where the bar should be lowered, a concept I will delve into later.
At the beginning of every new officer term for an FFA program officers should reevaluate the goal of the chapter. This change can be a good indicator of how you did that year. Did the chapter win or lose? Are you raising the bar or lowering it? Also don’t be afraid to accept those small victories. You may have not won the state creed speaking contest but you did beat a rival school. Anything to keep that chapter/team moral up.
“We must be careful not to let our current appetites steal away any chance we might have for a future feast.”
-Jim Rohn
From the top... kind of,
Matt Elsass
Interesting thoughts, Matt. I think the winning versus losing debate also tends to overlook the "put your actions where your words are". It's very easy, and unfortunately commonplace, for any outsider to look at a program, evaluate it and offer criticism on how it should be done. However, once you are put in charge of directing the change, sometimes your grandios ideas turn into terrible decisions.
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i got scared when i read the title of this post, i thoguht it referred to moving c deck bar and chill
ReplyDeleteInteresting and very well put. I'm currently in a class called Coaching the young athlete EDUPAES 262. We have spent the majority of the quarter talking about different coaching philosophies and how they should be firm yet flexible enough for re-evaluation. This information on coaching and goal setting can be applied for many aspects in life. I think you'd enjoy the class a lot. Great work!
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