June 2, 2018
‘You should be angry’
As a follow-up to my previous note on our Season-Ending Awards Banquet…
I left the players with a final challenge, specifically talking to everyone who didn’t win an award or hear their name called.
I asked them: “If you didn’t win an award or hear your name called tonight – are you upset? Hurt? Angry?”
And then I challenged them with this:
“You should be upset. Angry. Did you know anger is one of 8 core emotions that make you human?
But do you know you have 2 choices with what to do with each of those core emotions? 1 is a positive choice that will improve your life, and 1 is a negative choice that will make your life worse.
Specifically with anger, here are your 2 choices:
1 – Negative choice: Self-pity and depression. You can sit around and feel sorry for yourself and fall into depression.
2 – Positive choice: Passion. You can choose to let your anger today to fuel a passion. A fire to have better results next time you are in this position.
I hope you choose the positive choice. Picture yourself sitting here next year. What’s it going to take to hear your name read? If you need help with understanding that, I’d love to give you feedback on how you can make that happen. Then go make it happen, live the next year with passion to be great and win.”
I hope you are living your life with passion. To be great. To win. It’s easy to fall into self-pity, so take action every day to stay focused on the bigger prize. Make winning your habit starting today!
Love this approach to the banquet and how to address those that didn’t get an award.