BE UNREASONABLE

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself.  Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man." 

- George Bernard Shaw 

Leaders must be 'unreasonable' because success does not occur naturally.  99% of the things that happen naturally on teams are friction, segregation and laziness.  Everything else is the result of leadership.  To be successful, every team needs at least one ‘unreasonable’ leader who will drive the team to greatness.  You have to be the catalyst for your team. 

If you want your team to be great you: 

- can't tolerate mediocrity. 

- can't permit people to get distracted by trivial issues. 

- can't allow people to fall into the trap of the comfort zone. 

- can't let people give up or give in. 

- can't accept lame excuses. 

Because of your intense commitment and unrelenting will, you must DEMAND certain standards from yourself AND from your teammates.  Why?  Because you have invested too much to settle for anything less.

 

You must be unreasonable when you observe laziness. 

You must be unreasonable when you see selfishness. 

You must be unreasonable when you hear negativity. 

Sometimes your unreasonableness must come across softly when you ENCOURAGE, COAX, AWAKEN, PERSUADE, INSPIRE... 

Other times your unreasonableness must come across harshly when you CHALLENGE, PROVOKE, PROD, PUSH, PULL, INCITE, GOAD, BADGER, HOUND, ENFORCE... 

Bottom Line: As a leader, you must be UNREASONABLE when it comes to your team's success. 

You just can't afford to be intimidated, timid, uninvolved, permissive, apathetic, or "reasonable." 

As George Bernard Shaw's quote reminds us: 

Your team's progress depends on it... 

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