What I Learned at Softball Camp
So last week, I was at the University of Hawaii watching my daughters (and a number of other young softball players) go through the summer softball camp.
There was something cute and very interesting I saw happen on the very first day.
Five players were just arriving at a hitting station where they were going to be hitting into a net. The players were about 8-9 years old so, to make things fun, the coach running the drill asked, “Who wants to go first?”
Guess what happened?
Four of the players immediately raised their hands.
That left one player who didn’t raise her hand.
So which one of the four hand-raising players did the coach pick?
NONE
The player that got to go first in this drill was the “other one”-the one that didn’t raise her hand. Why?
Because when the coach asked the question and all the other girls stood there and raised their hand, this player stepped right into the drill and got ready to hit. She didn’t bother to raise her hand to “say” she wanted to go first. She took action and went first.
There are times, when you KNOW what you want, that it’s better to shut your mouth, stop talking about it, and just do it!
So are you just talking about what you want to do and what you want to accomplish?
Or are you out there DOING what you want to do?
This week, make the choice to start DOING. Every day, do something to get you closer to your goals. Don’t have goals? Time to set some! Need help? I can walk you through it step by step right here.
I love this story! The point is so vividly clear that our 10-unders will understand it.