Only Eleven!

My son recently made the football team at Whitworth Buchanan Middle School. There are almost 50 kids on the team. At any given time there are 11 on the field and the rest line up along the side and watch the game. They are all waiting for their name to be called to enter the game.

Where are you? Are you one of the eleven or are you on the side lines. Do you know what it takes for one of those kids to transition from the sideline to a star on the field?

They have to catch the attention of the coach. They have to perform well enough in practice that the coach can no longer ignore them and has to find a way to work them in.

This doesn't happen accidentally. It usually doesn't happen in the game. It usually happens in practice. The coach starts to notice the work ethic, commitment and improvement.

You have to practice. You have to hone your skills. You need to constantly be reading, meeting with people smarter than you and copying what they do. Eventually people take notice and have no choice but to put you in their game.