David Deford is one of my inspirations! Therefore, I choose today to share with you insights from David Deford that every leader who chooses to be a spiritual leader will want to apply.
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Today's Article: Follow Your Shot
by David DeFord
In my school days basketball career every coach repeated the instruction, "Follow your shot."As soon as the ball left a shooter's hand, he was to run toward the basket. This put him in a better position for a rebound. If the shooter rebounded the ball, he had a very good opportunity to shoot again from closer range.If a shooter felt too confident that his shot would score and he didn't follow his shot, the coach would scream, "Follow your shot!" from the sidelines. Fail to do it twice and the coach would most often remove him from the game to reinforce his message.Missing a shot was not an offense, but failing tomove forward for the rebound was a huge one.My coaches knew that the moment just after a misfire is the most opportune for a favorable score--if we follow our shots.Not all business or personal attempts we make will bring success. Though we will fail many times, we can increase our opportunities for ultimate achievement by taking advantage of that brief moment after the miss.If we keep our heads high and move forwardTo put ourselves into position to rebound, we can often find ourselves tipping in the game-winning shot.Missed shots (failures) need not be the final outcome--rebound and shoot again.
Related quotes:
A setback will never defeat you. Only yielding to the setback can do that. David DeFord
I am never down. I am either up or getting up! John C.
Behind every success is a succession of failures. Rick Beneteau
The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. Dale Carnegie
Failure is a detour, not a dead-end street. Zig Ziglar
Thursday, November 1, 2007
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