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Coach Shively
Football didn’t make me who I am, the people who led me did. Although it might shock the people who know me only as today’s version of Jeremy, my earliest lessons in leadership and teamwork were learned on a football field. From ages eight to fifteen, football was my whole world. Yes, I played football.Yes,…
Trying Versus Doing
Trying got me here. Doing keeps me here. Recently, I’ve been doing a lot of reflecting on the power of “trying.” Maybe other leaders do this, but I find myself saying, “we’re trying,” or “out here trying,” whenever anyone pays me a compliment related to progress they’re seeing, or achievements they’re crediting to me. The…
START
For years, I’ve been saying that college students aren’t being prepped to lead; they’re leading right now. They’re running student organizations. Managing million-dollar budgets. Holding each other accountable. Balancing 40+ hour weeks filled with class, extracurriculars, work, studying, and (if they’re lucky) a social life. If college students wait to graduate to lead, like the…
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