A Coach's Diary

I was watching the second installment of the Geno Project on ESPN last night, and Geno made a quick comment on The Law of Sacrifice from John Maxwell's book, The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership.  He didn't address the book or the law directly, but his statement about the leadership growth from a freshman to a senior in his program and the amount of responsibility that comes with it alludes to it. As a freshmen, Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis had one job: to come in a score.  Now, as a senior, she is counted on to do so many things on top of that.  Its not easy to do, but it is part of the growth of becoming a leader - the added responsibility of having to do your job on top of helping others be successful at their job as well.

A Leader Must Give Up To Go Up To be great at anything, you have to be willing to make sacrifices.  Greatness as a leader is no different.  As a leader, you have to often sacrifice many of your individual wants and needs for what's important for the group.  You have to learn how to put others in front of yourself.  That sacrifice often means giving up your time, your resources, or doing some of the things you like to do for entertainment such as TV and social media, but the higher you move up, the more you have to devote your time to growth, the more time you have to be willing to sacrifice. The heart of a good leadership is sacrifice. If you desire to become the best leader you can be, then you need to be willing to make sacrifices in order to lead well.  If that is your desire, then here are some things you need to know about the Law of Sacrifice. There Is No Success Without Sacrifice For everything you have missed, you have gained something else; and...