Ok,
sorry for the lack of content lately...been really busy with the new
job and odds/ends around the house with the move. Regardless....here I
am with a little different post than I usually write.
I
talk a lot about how important a great team is for your career,
mentors, corporate culture...all kinds of stuff. The one topic, I
haven’t spoken much about is “Individual Performance”.
With that, here
is a recent quote from my favorite coach, Bill Belichick when speaking
this week on leadership:
"We’ve
all heard the saying ‘there’s no I in team’ but in my mind I think
there is a balance on that. There is an ‘I’ in ‘win’ and that stands for
individual performance. Without strong individual performances from all
members of the team, again regardless of what that person’s role... We
can all stand around in the locker room and hold hands and chant ‘Team!
Team! Team!’ all day and that isn’t going to do anything. We have to go
out there and individually perform. There is a balance there.”
This
quote blew my mind. Seriously, there is an “I” in win.....and it stand
for Individual Performance.
WOW!! Talk about amazing career
advice...thanks Bill!
So,
next time you’re in the dumps at work or struggling with your
career....remember, hard work and strong individual performance is the
KEY...the absolute key to everything else. None of the other stuff
matter is you can’t perform.
Coach
Belichick has another saying I love “Do your job”.......when trying to
advance your career or grow....focus on doing your job and having a
strong individual performance. Everything else is gravy.
More soon...I promise
