Are your friends part of your future?
The late great UCLA basketball Coach John Wooden would say, “Show me your friends and I’ll show you your future”. John would go on to encourage you to stop and do a simple exercise:
- Write down the names of the friends you spend most of your time with.
- Now ask yourself, “ Are they holding you back or pulling you forward?”.
The great successes in my life all seem to be proceeded by great questions. This question is one of those great questions that I now ask myself every year.
Are your friends part of your future?
Four of the friends that help pull me into my future
In January 2011, we went to LA together to experience the John Wooden Leadership Program. All day, we moved from an hour in a court side class room to an hour on the court as we learned and experienced John Wooden’ s legacy. John had just passed away 7 months before and the love that the coaches, Lynn and Craig, had for John was present with us. This is a life experience that continues to inspire and one that I’m very grateful for.
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