Ali Edwards, a very talented illustrator of her worldusing photography and writing chooses "one little word" every January
that will inspire and guide her throughout the upcoming year.
She has thousands of followers who carefully choose their own "olw (one little word)".
I choose a word each year but in past years I have not really done much with it other
than choosing it. This time, I am going to treat my "olw" differently. I have
narrowed it down to two and will share shortly.
However, this post is not about what my word is but rather what it will not be...
my anti one little word for 2011 is "mediocrity"
If it is possible to dislike a word with all your might
this is it.
I don't like the way it is spelt,
I dislike saying it
and I am 100% against everything it stands for.
ok, Dee-Ann, we have followed you to this point
but what in the world does your picture of the Flames
and your rambling about words have anything to do
with each other?
The Flames lost tonight 5-2 to a team that
they should have beaten.
They looked awful. The game was boring.
There was no jump in their step.
No sense of urgency.
They embraced mediocrity.
Never mind that the fans expect more
for their well earned dollars they have spent to
support their team,
more importantly the players need to
expect more from themselves and each other.
As I sat watching my team tonight,
I couldn't stop thinking about how
sad it is that a group of 25+ individuals,
who at face value, seem to want for nothing,
could play with such casualness and mediocrity.
Leave it all on the ice and lose,
I am absolutely ok with.
Not showing up and putting in half the effort,
never ok.
Therefore I will suggest to the Flames that
they change their "OLW" from "Mediocrity"
to "Unacceptable".
Unacceptable to do your job half arse (because you and me would be fired if we didn't perform)
Unacceptable to place the blame elsewhere (it is not the coach (or your boss) or your co-workers issue, you own it)
Unacceptable to not take ownership of your own individual play.
Unacceptable to embrace mediocrity.
Leave it on the ice (or floor, or boardroom, or desk - whichever applies)
all the time.
This is how I am trying to live my life everyday
and my children (and their friends) have certainly heard
the above more than once.
What is your anti-one little word?
and as well, what would you choose as your one little word (OLW)? That one word to inspire and guide you for the next 362 days?
1 comment:
I have choose to jump on this journey for olw I.I have not did my blog post on my OLW as of yet.... ALthough there seemed to be so many words that i found that would suit our upcoming year they didn't seem right . I read Ali saying its not your husbands word , or moms word or childrens word and to pick the word for yourself . I think this word pickeed me . Not sure why but my word for the year is BE .
I guess I will find out why soon enough. Look forward to hearing your olw as well .
~L~
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