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Now for this week’s story:
All of us have dreams. So many of us work really hard at trying to make them come true. However, it seems that they will never come true. But I am here to say that if you see it, feel it, and believe it, your dreams will come true.
As many of you know, I played basketball for my High School’s team. I loved playing basketball, so after I graduated, I continued playing pick-up ball for many years. In these pick-up games I played with many of the kids that played for our local High School team. Because of this I knew these young players were extremely good. However, I found out that their team not only had a losing record, but they were losing virtually every game.
It made no sense to me that they were losing so many games. As I told you earlier, these were really good players. Once I left high school, I no longer attended high school games. However, I decided I would go to a game to see why my young friends were always losing.
I got to the game early and deliberately sat on the bleachers directly behind the coach. This allowed me to hear what he was saying to the team. The point guard, I’ll call him Jim, was a friend I played pick-up ball with. Because of this I knew he was really good, but I also knew him as a person.
The game started and during the first half the team was doing really well. Jim was running the offense, and the team was easily winning the game. Then the second half started with the coach, a man I didn’t know, approaching the bench and saying to me, “I hate basketball.” Well, obviously this is not a good sign. The coach is the leader of this team and if he tells them that he hates the game, it doesn’t exactly instill confidence. I said nothing back to him. Let’s face it, what could I say, other than you’re an idiot.
As the second half progressed the team led by Jim started playing worse and worse. Essentially nothing had changed. They were just playing badly now. Finally, their so-called coach called a time out. Instead of being way ahead the way they were in the first half, they were only a few points ahead.
When the team huddled around the coach, the huddle was directly in front of me. I could hear everything that was going on in that huddle. The coach said to his team, and this is a quote, “Here we go again. we freak out and we lose.”
I’ve never been a person who would sit back and not point out a wrong. Many times, when speaking up, I have gotten myself in a lot of trouble. To this day, I am shocked that what I did next did not get me thrown out of the game.
When I heard the coach say this to the team, I stood up and started screaming at my friend Jim. I was screaming for him to get the heck out of that huddle and come over to me.
I literally got in Jim’s face and was screaming. I said, and this is a quote, “I don’t even know the offense you are running. But it’s obvious to me that you know it and know it extremely well. Hell, you were winning the first half virtually the entire time easily. Now get the hell out there, run the offense and win this game.” Well, that’s exactly what Jim and his team did.
This brings us to the point of this story. First, make sure that your leader is a true leader and will get the best out of you. Second, Jim and the rest of the team were losing because they didn’t see themselves winning. They didn’t feel themselves winning, and they certainly didn’t believe they could win. However, once they believed they could win, they then saw it, felt it, and it then happened.
If you believe in yourself. Work really hard. You will then see and feel your dreams coming true. Sometimes it takes a while for your dreams to come true, but they will come true. Keep moving towards them. You’re Amazing And I’ll Prove It!
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