The Power of One

I’ve spent a lot of time this summer thinking about why last season was so different from the previous season. And although there were many valid reasons, ultimately I think it came down to one thing (or lack of one). Let me try and explain.

A few years ago there was a pretty cheesy movie called City Slickers. It was a comedy about a couple of city guys going to a cowboy ranch on vacation to kind of get away from all the chaos of a busy & hectic life and to try and get refocused.

One of the scenes in the movie really hit a chord with me and I’ve often thought about it since. In the movie, Billy Crystal's character, Mitch, is alone with Curly, played by Jack Palance and Curly is trying to give Mitch some profound life advice.

Curly: Do you know what the secret of life is?
[holds up one finger] This.
Mitch: Your finger?
Curly: One thing. Just one thing. You stick to that and the rest don't mean a thing.
Mitch: But, what is the "one thing?"
Curly: That's what you have to find out.

So I had to ask myself, as a team, what is our one thing? Unfortunately, there’s not a simple answer. To be successful we have to blend many “one things” into one thing. We have to look at it a little differently. To truly be successful in the upcoming season, we have to have a single sense of purpose…one mission, one motivation, one passion, one focus, one reason, one love, one goal, one God, one mind, one heart, one team, one destiny…because we will only get one chance…and there can only be one winner…one champion.

If we can harness all of those into ONE, just think about the things we could accomplish.

The Power of One.
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