Are you ordinary?

“I can’t believe that God put us on this earth to be ordinary.” – Lou Holtz

Are you ordinary?

Iconic former football coach Lou Holtz kicked off this year’s ASHE Annual Conference keynote and shared – in his opinion – 5 habits of an effective leader:

• Set your vision
• Determine the talents necessary to achieve it
• Identify bad habits that need to be eliminated along the journey
• Recruit the necessary people to get the job done
• Formulate a plan to reach the vision

Now, back to the ordinary question: whether you are ordinary OR NOT – doing 5 of anything at one time is on the wrong end of near impossible – and Lou’s advice is not a list of 5 silver bullets. So – take ONE of those. Focus on that change, that habit, that discipline.

This is what separates ordinary from extraordinary — the ability to make realistic changes.

As Lou also said, “It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.”