Be The Thermostat

Be the thermostat that changes the energy and changes the culture, not the thermometer that adapts to or accepts, or reflects the energy and culture.

I always tell my athletes or young teachers and coaches to 'remember who you are' when they go into a new situation.  When you are young, you are full of energy, life, and new ideas.  But some locker rooms and teacher's lounges have their ways of zapping all of that positivity out of you if you let it.

I also tell them to guard their hearts and remember why they are here.  The more you are in sports and in education, the more you realize that everybody doesn't have the same intentions or 'why' that you do.

That's why it is important to bring the energy that you value everywhere you go.  And it has to be thought about and intentional.

Bring energy when you are going to a practice in December where everybody is dragging in.

When you are going to that challenging conference road game - being energy.

When you have to stay late for that staff meeting in October - bring energy.

Make it a goal to bring energy every day.