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Energized environment

Feb 10, 2004 11:45 am / Add a comment

Over the past 10 years, I have read a few books. Each of the book is so full of wis­dom the writer has accu­mu­lated over many, many years. I am learn­ing that not even 10 read­ings of each of these books I have cho­sen are enough. Each time I re-read them, I dis­cover some­thing because lessons I learn through every­day expe­ri­ence pre­pare me to under­stand what the writer is talk­ing about.

This is my 5th read­ing of Pat Riley’s The Win­ner Within: A Life Plan for Team Play­ers.

You also gotta set the stage for peo­ple to excel. No atti­tude lec­ture can take the place of the envi­ron­ment that lead­ers cre­ate for their peo­ple. A sound, ener­gized envi­ron­ment allows excel­lence to hap­pen because a leader has to help tal­ent want to do its best. In the words of Wayne Dyer, the high­est form of san­ity is liv­ing in the present moment. It is also the high­est form of dis­ci­pline: a coach must keep every­one on the team in touch with present-moment realities–knowing where they stand, know­ing where they’re falling short of their poten­tial … and know­ing it openly and fairly.

Pat Riley knows about lead­ing, coach­ing a bas­ket­ball team. But be it be sports or busi­ness, length of cycle may dif­fer, but it seems fun­de­men­tals of build­ing an excel­lent orga­ni­za­tion are the same. I re-read his words, and really, I could para­phrase the entire book.

 

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