Fruit trees and vines seek to grow to their fullest capacity to bring forth as much fruit as they are able. When the ripened fruit of these trees and vines are picked, they serve to benefit those who partake of them. With proper feeding and care, they will produce fruit in season year after year, benefiting more and more people. However, once the ripened fruit is picked, it must be used or it will rot, doing no one any good. Leaders, coaches, mentors are much like the fruit tree in that they too continually seek to grow to their fullest potential, providing benefit to others who seek the nourishment of their knowledge, experiences, and wisdom, in accordance with the command given at creation to “be fruitful and multiply.” The best leaders, coaches, and mentors are like trees that are planted and carefully watered and fed, bringing forth their fruit in season. They have developed their skills and insights through years of development that included: -> limitless curiosity -> an endless search to grow to their fullest potential -> an understanding that to receive more, they had to become more -> a desire to help others reach their fullest potential The highest achievers and best leaders know that the end of formal schooling is only the true beginning of education, and they have strategies for increasing knowledge and gaining wisdom. Nick Saban challenges those around him to make one of five choices. They can choose to be… -> Bad -> Average -> Good -> Excellent -> Elite To be excellent or elite, you must decide to continuously seek out teachers, events, and opportunities to learn, work consistently to grow, and focus on each step of your journey. Once you stop growing and become complacent, you begin declining. You can either grow forward or decline. There is no staying the same.
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