Coach Krueger

Coach Krueger came in to our classroom and spoke with us about courage and sacrifice, and what sacrifice really means. He went over many things that were very important and essential for leadership. He interacted with us and asked us to write down some things, including what trait that we have that we believe makes us good leaders. I said mine was trust, becuase I know I can rely on my team and I believe that they are honest to me. I know them well enough to trust that they will be this way. He also asked us that if we had a magic wand and could just instill one leadership trait into everyone on our team that would make us better, what would it be. I said desire, because sometimes my team gives up and just goes with the flow. Sometimes it seems like they don't really care. We need to want to play the game and play with 100% effort all the time. The thing that Coach said that stood out to me the most was him saying that sacrifice = selflessness. I believe in this. He gave us some pointers as to how to be more selfless, and he said to 1) promote someone other than yourself, 2) Take a subordinate role, and 3) Give secretly. That is really what hit me the most-giving secretly. This means giving something to someone else without them knowing. That is when you don't care about the credit, you just get to make other people happy or successful, which makes doing something good for others feel so much better to you. It is just a really good feeling. Coach Krueger also gave us quotes that I thought were right on target:

"Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the 'me' for the 'we'." -Phil Jackson