Energetic Empowerment
So take a journey with me, where nobody did anything for yourself. We all lived life like a quarter-mile track competition, we each stayed in our lane and did nothing for or against anyone else around us. That's very competitive, however, it is also not very entertaining and physically draining.
Now let's take a look at something very different: a team sport. I think my favorite is baseball, now it's still not very exciting, but the sport itself requires great effort between individuals to work towards an offensive or defensive goals. To prevent the opponent from scoring you must pitch excellently, field the ball well, throw accurately, and play your part in the whole scheme. To create scoring opportunity you must hit productively, run intelligently, read the defense, and get the ball into strategic areas.
What does this have to do with empowerment?
Everything.
You can empower and enable someone else and still do your part of the team. There are two different types of players that get hte MVP award (1) is the guy who does everything on their own and is a true team of one (2) is the person who plays their position so well that they make everyone else on their team immensely better. So which one of these MVP winners receives the Championship ring? The answer is the one where the whole is better than the sum of its parts.
I'm telling you to energetically put into the team's efforts and don't be afraid to help someone else improve their game. Through positive input into team, whether you're the coach, the MVP, the rookie, or whoever, you can achieve great victories on a regular basis and that eventually adds up to holding that two foot tall trophy. When you win the Stanley Cup in Hockey, everyone gets a chance to skate around the rink with that huge metal cup above your head. I would want to be on that team. Where we all get acknowledged for our part of the win, and no one is taken for granted for the process.
Do your best to be the MVP for the team, the team where you're all greater together than apart.
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