Today, during practice 139, I began to see Batman beginning to believe. This was so cool to see. Recently, you see, Batman did what we all do. He messed up. Instead of doing what he (we) would normally do (cover it up and cover his ass) he choose better. He made a mistake and instead of measuring what to do in light of the consequences, he simply thought about it for a few seconds and decided to step into it. He took productive action (PA).
He got his hands dirty and worked in an instant to fix the problem. Instead of screwing around with how to handle it, he got after it. He didn’t call Andrew, his leader. He called on his inner reserve. He performed in the moment. He realized this was about his belief in himself. He trusted himself. He did it. This is golden. You see, Batman didn’t know he was about to build his CORE when he totally messed up this past week. He’s been building up to this through a bunch of practices. He used to worry too much about his mess ups. He finally heard Z’s “leaf, branch, and trunk” convo. He realized his mess wasn’t as big as he initially imagined. He hadn’t really cut a tree down at it’s trunk, he had simply lopped off a few leafs and knicked a couple branches. He took a few seconds and did some thinking instead of covering his ass. His few seconds of thinking, followed by good PA, resulted in him getting sweaty, stinky, and feeling good about his cleanup in aisle four, so to speak. His belief was built. His belief that he can do more than he once thought.
These kinda moments are how great teams are built – one small, insignificant step at a time. Batman is beginning to believe as are many of his teammates. Who knew the power of silence could be so golden. Who knew…
BUILT TO LEAD 