When I was in high school, I did stats for our guys water-polo team. I did it mostly because the guys on the team were really cute. I loved getting to sit at a table and mark in the book and cheer and hang out with the guys.
My favorite part of the whole job was that I got to travel with the team. When they went to away games, myself and the other stat girls got to go on the bus with them. That was a major woo-hoo for me.
One day, I had to turn in a test before we left for a meet. I told my friend who did stats with me to tell the bus to wait and that I’d be right there. I turned in my test, and when I ran out to where the bus was—it was gone. They had left without me. I was devastated. I couldn’t believe that they had left me behind. I remember walking around the parking lot for a while, thinking the bus (huge, yellow, black lettering) had to be there somewhere.
Of course, most of me was so upset because I didn’t get to hang out with the cute boys. But there was also a part of me that loved the whole element of being a part of something bigger than myself, of being a part of team. Even if it was in a minor and supporting role, I loved feeling a part of a larger group.
I vividly remember standing in the kitchen when I finally accepted that the bus had left without me and headed home, sobbing my eyes out at the thought of what everyone else was experiencing without me. It was a terrible, lonely feeling.
The natural transition here is to talk about the workshop, because sign ups close tomorrow. There are THREE spots left, and of course I want you to sign up and come.
If you want to hear more about what we’ll be doing, read this.
If you want to know more about why I do these, read this.
And if you want to sign up, go here. Soon.
And if you can’t come at all, I understand. Really, I do. Some of you are going to pursue personal coaching options instead, and I am a big fan of that.
I’m pretty much a big fan of whatever gets you up off the couch, to be honest. You are the leader of your own life, whether you come hang out with us next weekend or not. Whenever you approach each situation in your life from the perspective of leadership, you win. And I’m your biggest fan, no matter what.
One of the biggest temptations in life is to back out of it. To withold ourselves from our own life. This is resistance, and this is exhausting.
Maybe you’re resisting coming to the workshop. Maybe you’re resisting making a difficult choice, or having a painful conversation, or doing any number of things that would require you to lean in rather than check out.
Do something today. If that means sign up for the workshop, do it. Quickly.
If that means making a call or making dinner, do it.
Get up off the couch.
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