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The Secret of Success the Vince Lombardi Way
It’s true. Famous football coach Vince Lombardi faced one of his toughest life challenges when he became coach of the defeated, discouraged Green Bay Packers. In the first practice as coach, Vince Lombardi stood before the Green Bay Packers silently looking over the players. With enthusiasm and confidence Vince Lombardi said, “Gentlemen, we are going to have a great football team. We are going to win games. Get that. You are going to learn to run. You are going to learn to block. You are going to learn to outplay teams that come up against you. Get that.” Vince Lombardi continued with enthusiasm, “And how is this going to be done? What is the secret to success? You are to have confidence in me and enthusiasm for my system.” Tapping his temple, Lombardi instructed, “The secret of success will be what goes on up here. From this point on, I want you to think of only three things: your home, your religion and the Green Bay Packers, in that order! Let enthusiasm take hold of you.” The players straightened up in their seats. The quarterback said with confidence and enthusiasm, “I walked out of that meeting feeling ten feet tall!” With this attitude of enthusiasm, the same players who had lost 10 games the prior year before Vince Lombardi won seven games. The second year they won the division championship. The third year with Vince Lombardi’s guidance and direction the team won the World Championship. How? They had worked and practiced just as hard in prior years but the difference was confidence and enthusiasm. The difference was not more practice. It was better practice. My team players would tell you, “Lori Prokop is always telling us practice does not make perfect. Perfect practice makes perfect.” What happened for this professional football team can happen for an individual, a business, a church, an organization and a country. The secret of success is that what goes in the minds of people will determine the level of success. A great leader said to me, “Lori Prokop, when a person experiences confidence and enthusiasm, you can see much more than mere hope in his or her eyes. You see determination and belief. You observe her vibrant personality even in her steps. Her attitude towards people, his job and the world is greatly improved when enthusiasm is present. Make no mistake about it. The key to success is living with confidence and enthusiasm.
About Lori Prokop
Lori Prokop is an internationally published journalist
and best selling author. Her most recent books and audio programs
include Awaken Your Million-Dollar IntuitionTM
and Enlightened
IntelligenceTM both to be released in 2005. Lori
Prokop has published seven
previous books all best sellers in their topic categories having sold
over 1/4 million copies in multiple languages and countries.
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