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Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Intuitive Group Review ‘Lin-Sanity’

Linsanity
With all of the buzz around “Linsanity” I thought…what better topic to discuss other than taking advantage of your opportunities! Jeremy Lin did not start off as a LeBron James or Kobe Bryant; he really had to use the opportunities he was given to his advantage.

In high school Jeremy Lin was captain of the 32-1 Palo Alto basketball team, and went on to upset nationally ranked Mater Dei.  By the time he graduated he was the All State and Northern California Division II Player of the year. His average stats: 15.1 points, 7.1 assists, 6.2 rebounds, and 5 steals. You would think colleges would be fighting to have him represent their school; Lin wasn’t offered one athletic scholarship out of high school.

Pac-10 schools only offered Lin to walk onto their basketball teams. Harvard and Brown were the only schools that guaranteed him a spot on their basketball teams.  Jeremy took advantage of the opportunity Harvard offered him; even though he was not offered an athletic scholarship he was going to be able to play basketball. When Lin started, the Harvard coach said at best Lin was a Division III player.  Lin did not let thoughts like those affect him.  By Lin’s junior year he was the only NCAA Division I player who ranked top 10 in his conference for scoring (17.8), rebounding (5.5), assists (4.3), steals (2.4), blocked shots (.6), field goal percentage (.502), free throw percentage (.744), and three-point shot percentage (.400).  During Lin’s senior year he was one of 30 mid-season candidates for the John R. Wooden Award and one of 11 finalists for the Bob Cousy Award.  Jeremy Lin was picked among the 12 most versatile players in college basketball.  Lin finished college as the first player in the history of Ivy League to record at least 1450 points (actual 1483), 450 rebounds (actual 487), 400 assists (actual 406), and 200 steals (actual 225).  What NBA team wouldn’t want Lin on their team? None of them actually.

After college Jeremy went undrafted into the 2010 NBA.  With such a great college performance this might crush any other basketball player with hopes of playing in the NBA…not Lin! He was offered one opportunity to play in a summer league for the Dallas Mavericks.  Again Lin played well and caught the attention of four NBA teams.  He decided to sign a partially guaranteed contract with the Golden State Warriors.   Warriors coach Keith Smart said Lin had a tendency to be hard on himself and get frustrated easily, so the decision was made to not play Lin as frequently to remove some of the pressure he put on himself.  Lin made the opening day roster but was placed on the inactive list.  Three times during the season Jeremy was assigned to the Warriors D-League.  Being demoted to the D-League could put a damper on anyone’s ego…maybe make them angry… maybe even sad…maybe even make them quit.  Lin didn’t view his move to the D-League as a demotion by any means; he realized he was learning and putting in work to become a better player.  Jeremy Lin used the move to the Reno Bighorns as an opportunity to grow and become a better player. In the beginning of the 2011 NBA season there was a lockout and Lin took this time to recover from a knee injury. After the lockout Lin was picked up by the New York Knicks off waivers as a third string point guard.  Shortly after their game against the Golden State Warriors, Jeremy was assigned to the Erie BayHawks (another D-League team). During a game against the Maine Red Claws, Lin scored a triple-double with 28 points; three days later the Knicks recalled Lin.  Finally on February 3rd Lin had an opportunity of a lifetime. It was the New York Knicks vs. the Boston Celtics; the Knicks had just lost 11 of their last 13 games and were going to lose this game too.  Knicks coach Mike D’Antoni decided to play Lin in the fourth quarter.  This was just days before Lin’s contract was to become guaranteed, and the Kicks had plans of trading him. The next night Jeremy Lin and the Knicks played the New Jersey Nets. Lin knew the opportunity he had and he took full advantage finishing the game will all career highs in points (25), rebounds (5), and assists (7). In the subsequent game against the Utah Jazz, Jeremy Lin made his first career start. The Knicks beat the Jazz without their two biggest players, Carmelo Anthony and Amar’e Stoudemire.  On February 10th Lin set new career highs of 38 points and 7 assists. Jeremy Lin now starts for the New York Knicks and as the say the rest is history…or should we say making history.



Jeremy Lin obviously has an incredible story of triumph and success, but you should not be surprised that he made it.  Lin never stopped giving it his all in everything he did.  He had set backs like all of us have or will, but he kept his spirit high and his attitude positive.  Lin knew everything he was going through was just a learning process to get him ready for his success.  Jeremy Lin took full advantage of every opportunity that came his way, even if it was not as prestigious as he would have liked. You may find yourself in situations where you feel like you have more potential than the position you are in or should be farther along than where you are, never let this unmotivated you.  You are given opportunities every day to better yourself and push yourself closer to success. Start taking advantage of all these opportunities.  You may not understand them at the moment and you might not realize an opportunity is right there in front of you because you think you are better than the opportunity given; all opportunities are teaching you how to become successful, and one day the opportunity in front of you is going to be your ticket to success . . .
Don’t let it pass you by!

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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Work Ethic: What Does That Really Mean? 3 Tips shared by Intuitive Group Inc.

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Work Ethic: What Does That Really Mean? 3 Tips

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Examining the Meaning of Work Ethic

Over the years I’ve had the opportunity to examine what work ethic meant to me. I think there is a difference between having a work ethic as an employee and having a work ethic as an entrepreneur. For me, they are very different from one another.

Work Ethic as an Employee

 I remember being an employee and selling myself to my employer and telling him my skill sets, my loyalty and my background at other companies. I gave them references and hoped to impress them enough to have them add me to their payroll with my promises of working hard, being a team player and being willing to add to their company’s bottom line.
 When I was offered the position, I remember going in gung ho and working at my fullest. I gave it everything and then I would become disappointed about a lost promotion or disillusioned at some broken promise or something that did not go my way. Suddenly I would feel not 100% and go in at half mast, work like a robot and just meet the minimum.
 The great thing about having a job vs. owning a business was simply that you could come to work with your “A” game or with your “F” game and still get paid the same amount. You do not have to be at your best all the time when you are at a job. You simply have to be consistent at your job. Show up and move through the day, some days good, some days not so good, however, that did not lower or increase your pay. I wasn’t playing at my “A” game most of the time. I was being a “B” to “C” player. I often didn’t feel connected to a mission of a job, only to what it could provide me. If I didn’t get that, I was not interested in working my best. It was an entitled way of being and I thought it smart.
 This was not only harmful to my employer; it was more harmful to me. I began believing a story about what my life was and I began settling for mediocrity and thinking it was good.

The Entrepreneurial Work Ethic

 One day I realized that I did not want to have a mediocre life. I wanted to be a business owner that played on a major scale. I did not want to play small anymore; I just wanted to be more and better. I wanted to achieve my vision before I died.
So I stepped out into the unknown and began my entrepreneurial journey. In this arena I found work ethic. I found that in order to win, I had to work with my “A” game every day. This made me happy because I was reaching and confronting thoughts and behaviors that had been holding me back all my life. I got to explore gifts and talents I never knew I had.
 I got to feel real self-esteem not a false sense. Work ethic is not about working more, harder or faster. Work ethic for me is about becoming real with your work. Loving what you do and feeling like you want your “A” game to be the standard in your life. If this is you then I must tell you that you will have to step out into the unknown and begin the journey.

Here are 3 things I did that really helped me:

Create a self-vision: I created a vision about who I wanted to become in myself. I wanted to be courageous, action oriented, creative and a healthy strong leader. Then I began working towards becoming that. Not all at once either, I made plans and took classes that helped me become my vision. This helped me develop a healing plan for healing myself. It was so important for me because it gave me so many skill sets that were necessary to succeeding. I could not have gotten here with them.
 Create a support system: When I began my journey, I created a support system for me. I did this to ensure my success. I got a coach, a therapist and a mastermind group. When I had these things in place I had created for myself, accountability, camaraderie and leadership. I simply created a cocoon of success for myself to help me transform and become what I wanted to experience myself as.
Read and listen to audios: I shut off my TV and began reading non-fiction books and biographies about subjects and people who have made it to where I wanted to go. I learned so much from this one simple thing. I started out by reading one book a month. Now I read anywhere from three to five non-fiction books a month because my love for learning has exploded and I love reading.
 If you want to find true work ethic within yourself and live your highest vision, then I would invite you to use the tools I used and come and join the fun. Create your adventure, be well and thrive.

 May you direct your dreams!

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