If you know me, you know I love words and quotes and books and anything that inspires or makes me think. I especially love to listen to coaches of sports teams talk about how they motivate and inspire their players.
A few weeks ago we attended Rocco and Gino’s end of the season football banquet. I loved listening to the coaches talk about the players and witnessing how truly connected they were to the kids they had spent so much time with for the past few years. At the end of the banquet l, the head coach said something that got my attention. Of course, I had to take out my phone and save the quote in my notes. And, if you know me, you know I’ve been thinking about his words and recognizing the message in my daily life ever since. What he said has been playing over and over in my head, “Don’t work to get done, work to get better!” That’s a good one isn’t it? How often do you just work to get done and then move on to the next thing. I’ve noticed myself doing this time and time again over the last few weeks. But, when I’ve given myself a chance to take a breath and ask myself if I’m working to get done or if I’m working to get better, I’ve noticed that the quality of my work and my personal satisfaction with it has greatly improved. I’m trying to incorporate this mantra into all parts of my life. It’s definitely not easy, but I’m astonished by how often I find myself simply “working to get done”. So, as we are all anxious to get started with lie much deserved winter break, I ask is all to think about how we finish these last few days of school for 2022. Are we working to get finished or are we working to get better?
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