On Your Defensive Approach, Ordinary Leaders, and Living Boldly
Oct. 20 | The 3-Point Play
BASKETBALL TIP
Be intelligent with your defensive approach.
Mediocre players either let the offensive player shoot or lunge at them and let them drive by. But a good player thinks of two things at once:
- Get there as quickly as possible
- Use short, choppy steps near the end of the approach
Good players do not run and leap and take themselves out of the play.
Good players always stay in the action.
– Dick DeVenzio (STUFF Good Players Should Know)
LEADERSHIP LESSON
“The good-to-great leaders never want to become larger-than-life heroes. They never aspire to be put on a pedestal or become unreachable icons. They are seemingly ordinary people quietly producing extraordinary results.”
― Jim Collins
LIFE PRINCIPLE
“You can either waltz boldly onto the stage of life and live the way you know your spirit is nudging you to, or you can sit quietly by the wall, receding into the shadows of fear and self-doubt.”
– Oprah Winfrey
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