The most precious commodity is time. Escaped time cannot be retrieved. Here's a thin slice of reality: MVB '26 may have the most competition for spots in the history of MVB. Fierce competitors inhabit 360 Lynn Fells Parkway.
Here's how to get nothing done.
- No plan
- Lack of focus
- Let distractions win
- Low energy work
- No accountability..."It's not my job."
Remember the great mathematician, Carl Jacobi, who recommended a central mental model, "Invert, always invert."
- Detailed written plans
- Attention to detail with laser focus
- Sideline distractions. No phone...no background noise
- High energy...not a good time to be the slowest zebra in lion country
- Team ownership of process, of hard work, of standards.
Return to Dr. Fergus Connolly's four factors:
- Skill
- Strategy
- Physicality
- Psychology
- What is my skill that gets and keeps me on the court?
- What is the need, the slot for which I provide the answer?
- What do I have to do to earn that spot, winning the internal competition for minutes, role, and recognition?
- Am I willing to pay the metaphorical price to do that, the dedication, the blood, sweat and tears of sacrifice?
It's an exciting time for Melrose volleyball with many talented players who work hard and manifest a fierce competitive ethos.
Lagniappe. In some measure, we are here because of the commitment of the few. A "middling student" at West Point, Ulysses Grant was selling firewood on a street corner before the Civil War. All he did was to preserve the Union. Winston Churchill's early career was marked by failure at Gallipoli. It resulted in his resignation from his position as First Lord of the Admiralty. He recovered and his steadfast leadership in some measure was responsible for preserving Western Civilization.
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