No one is born a winner. People make themselves into winners by their own efforts. I learned this lesson from an experience many years ago. I took the head coaching job at a school in Baxley, Georgia. It was a small school with a weak football program. The school took part in the league matches every year. However, it never ended well. We were more of the audience, watching and cheering instead of sweating out in the fields.
Fortunately, the school held the tradition that the school’s old team was to play against the new team at the end of spring practice. For lack of resources, the old team bad no coach, and they didn’t even practice to prepare for the game.
I was assigned (指派) as the coach of the new team, which was why I was excited. I believed that we were going to win, but to my disappointment, we were defeated. I couldn’t believe I had got into such a situation. Thinking hard about it, I tried to figure out the reason and what I should do next.
It didn’t take long before I came to realize that my team was depending on me. Without proper guidance or previous experience, my team was at a loss what to do. I had to change my attitude so that I could bring out the best in them about their ability and potential.
I would let my action do the talking. First, I started doing anything I could to help them build a little pride. I could see their spirits lifted, with their head held high in great confidence. Most importantly, I began to treat them like winners. Only when they regarded themselves as winners could they willingly invest time and energy.
This summer, the other teams enjoyed their vacations.
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Opinions are divided on it. Some think yes, while others hold the opposite.
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2.劳动的意义。
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Hello, everyone!
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That’s all. Thank you!
Kindness is everywhere in our life. Some of us are just thankful and some help a lot.
When browsing Wechat or other apps, there must be a few people asking for help like ''Oh, I forgot to bring my book back, can you take a picture on the text?'' It's nothing at all for us to do more than lifting a finger, but most times, many people chose to turn off their phones or pretend that they didn't see the note. There will be somebody who answer him somehow, but he doesn't need to be me. Thinking of that, we won't be sorry for him.
But when we're really in need, it's such a kindness of him to reply quickly.
It was a beautiful sunny spring day. I had just finished driving my daughter to the airport to catch an early morning flight. My sons and I then went to a fast food restaurant for breakfast before heading back home. After eating we all got into the car and pulled out of the parking lot.
The restaurant was at the very top of a hill. At the bottom of the hill was a stop sign so we found ourselves at the end of a long line of traffic waiting while the cars at the bottom turned onto the main road one at a time.
As I looked down to the bottom of the hill my eyes saw an elderly man standing by the stop sign. His clothes were old and worn. He held a cardboard sign with the words:''Need Help Please!'' written on it.
My heart went out to him and I imagined myself in his situation.
As car after car turned onto the road without stopping for him. I reached for my wallet to look for whatever cash was left in it.
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As I was pulling it out of my pocket, though, I saw a young woman walk up to him along the side of the road.
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A choice is such a powerful thing.
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