Edition 108 Monday 19th September 2011
Hi, crikey, you wouldnt have had to be too quick or flash to keep up with this Jones boy over the last week! I forgot what a huge impact and effect anaesthetic has on the body post operation and paid the price somewhat! Every mother I know has made the point about there being no pain like that of chidbirth but I reckon I got within a whisker of that elusive barrier as the anaesthetic cruelly deserted me. Anyway staying with last weeks theme there was no point in moaning no matter how strongly my man patient instincts were urging me to do so. I was motivated, inspired and amused by the great feedback I got from ‘Upbeat’ readers relating to the importance of not taking good health for granted. Then I read an incredible story on the weekend about Ian Winson who lost both legs below the knees after the recent Onehunga gas blast. He made his first public appearance since the accident officiating at a marathon that he foundered. He is due to be fitted with prosthetic legs shortly and hopes to walk part of the course next year. The thing that impressed me was his comment to reporters “Sure Ive been angry and said why me? But theres always somebody who’s worse off than me. I’ve got a lot to be grateful for.” WOW, says it all about life really.
Thanks again for your feedback, support and good wishes, it is appreciated and enjoyed.
Even if you are not a ruggers supporter I hope like me you are getting into the spirit of our very own RWC 2011. I am enjoying the coverage and in particular the passion, pride and teamwork the so called minnows or minor teams are bringing to the competition.
I hope you all had a fulfilling weekend with family and friends enjoying all that is good about our great country. take care of your health, have an awesome week, go the mighty AB’s.
Harry the loyal hound has enjoyed the extra attention this week but is over all the moaning
“Coming together is a beginning; Keeping together is progress; Working together is success.” Henry Ford
With the buzz and excitement of the Rugby World Cup on at present I am reminded of the many similarities between the sport and business worlds.
One of the key things that we can relate to is the importance of ‘teamwork’ in both these environments. As Henry Ford reminds us in his quote above, initial selection or recruitment is a beginning but staying together and working together as a team are the keys to success.As all Coaches and Managers will tell you this is particularly hard to do unless all team members are fully committed to the cause.
One of my favorite quotes on teamwork comes from the book ‘Born To Win” written by veteran America’s Cup skipper John Bertrand. This quote says it all about commitment required to any cause..
“My team will be totally involved in my own entire reason for living-to be respected and admired by your peers. I want them to be assailed by the feeling that the only thing in the world they can never do is to let each other down.
This is how I perceive we will achieve our goals through being a fantastically tight team. A team of people who will go to the wall for each other, inspiring, covering,supporting helping out everywhere, each backing up the others, watching each other through the difficult areas, each ready to jump in and help to slave away at what is necessary. We need a team of people who will push themselves until they feel they are going to collapse. And then they will go back and do it again and again. Not because they have to but because they want to. Because the prospect of letting their team mates down is so utterly, so humiliatingly unthinkable.”
Wow, no wonder Australia II won the Americas Cup in 1983 with that level of commitment. Imagine if we could get the people we work with to feel this way about their jobs and the company, hmmmmm.
“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.” John Wooden
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