Motivational Story - Choosing Your Next Team




Greetings! This week's talk is my fatherly advice to file away when it comes to the day you are choosing your next level team to play for or when the time comes where you can move around to another sports team organization?

First, you should always consider your personal strengths and how they will fit into the system of the new organization you plan to join? How about the coach or manager? Do you know much about this person’s personality? Is the human relationship important for you to be able to relate to this individual on a daily basis or does that not matter? Are you okay with a strict disciplinarian and someone that never smiles? Or a smart, teaching type of a coach who you can see cares about you as a person away from the game?

How about understanding what the city’s fan base expectation is with their players? Some places demand your attention 24/7 and can suffocate your personal life? What about the stadium’s dimensions? Does your game translate better or worse at the new home you desire to play for? What about your teammates? Do you have a bond with many on your current team? Who knows how your chemistry will play out when you join a new clubhouse? Even time zone can play havoc on your psyche. I, for one, have lived on the East & West Coasts and now the Midwest. My lifestyle prefers the Central Time Zone best … and there is a difference! So keep that in mind! 

Just be sure when the day comes for you to make a choice that you consider every single option. You are the performer but don’t discount all of the human elements about You when making these life-altering decisions. Be Happy! If so, you’ll be productive and rewarded! That’s what my first Big League Boss always preached to me! So True!! 

Jim Loria


MOTIVATIONAL QUOTE RELATING TO THIS STORY
 
"You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay?” – stated by Jim Rohn, Author and Motivational Speaker

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