The Butler Way: Part One (Humility)
Recently, I listened to a podcast entitled Work Life with Adam Grant . He focused on the issue of having too many people on a team trying to be the star rather than those same individuals trying to make the team more successful. The main illustration for his point was the Butler Basketball Team and their former coach Brad Stevens . The Butler Bulldogs employ principles that they call The Butler Way , and the more I thought about each of the principles, the more I thought that each of them can make an impact as much off the basketball court as on the basketball court. The first principle is humility and even though it seems like a simple principle to live out, many people neglect it without a thought. The Butler Way describes humility as knowing who we are - strengths and weaknesses . People who act out of place of humility understand their limits. They also work to fit within their role on the team because their desire is...