Share your favorite “A’s”
Share comments about your favorite “A’s,” or how the Learn to “School” Your Toughest Opponent book is helping you or your organization.
18.Dec.07 
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Share comments about your favorite “A’s,” or how the Learn to “School” Your Toughest Opponent book is helping you or your organization.
18.Dec.07 Sharing
I have a lot of favorite “A’s.” But my favorite “A” out of all of them is Attitude. I realize that whatever kind of Attitude you have, it will have an affect on other people, and make them have either a better, or worse Attitude.
Showing APPRECIATION and receiving APPRECIATION are huge for me. As a dad and as a coach I can tell you that feeling appreciated plays a big role in The Game Of Life. I never let my kids or my team feel unappreciated and they do their best to always make me feel the same way. I couldn’t imagine coaching without feeling appreciated. I certainly rely on appreciation as a Dad.
I feel I should also comment on Attitude. Attitude is huge. Your attitude is something observed by everyone you meet. It’s tough to keep a good attitude all the time, I wont lie. I have let other “bring me down” and become the person I don’t really want to be.
I met Rick Pitino and was able to have dinner with him. His advice goes along with what Jack is trying to get at in his book. Coach Pitino told me that everything in life has an energy, both positive and negative. Our job as parents, coaches and teachers is to find that positive, no matter how hard it is to find. You’ll be rewarded by setting this example and having a good attitude that people will remember you by!
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I would like to share how the School of Life Foundation has affected my life both at home and also at the office. Recently we expanded our building and staff. We struggled with personality types and the whole change was very hard. We have a few employees that have been with the company for a while and new people who were with their previous employer for a while. Mix the two and you get friction. I also have three kids at home. Two girls and a boy. Their ages are 16, 14 and 12. I was going through such a struggle. Dealing with the stress and the personality conflicts at work, teenage conflicts at home and also with my husband. It all seemed to be falling apart. I went to a Luncheon and The School of Life Foundation was there. I was so overcome with emotion; I felt that my Higher Power put them there just for me. I listened to their speech and thought that it is just what I need and it is just what our office and my kids need… to learn the “Straight A’s in life.” I went up to Jeff and Jack after and thanked them for being there and asked for a few books so that I can take them home and back to the office. I did! Our family goes on road trips quiet often and I took the book with us. We read it as a family and did the assignments. I also introduced it to our staff and we incorporated it into our weekly staff meetings. We not only read it together but we did the assignments. It worked wonders for us and our relationships. People always comment to our Doctors about what a great staff we have and how lucky they are that we all are such a team! My children have made such an improvement that my 9th grader was just awarded “Most Improved Student of the Year!” The School of Life has changed my life immensely! Thank you so much for your great service to others!