Up 1-0 in best of three @CWSOmaha Skip Johnson (@CoachJohnsonOU) delivers an uncommon message for @OU_Baseball and for every leader striving to build an uncommon culture:
🙌 Selflessness is one of the rarest competitive advantages in any organization because it becomes increasingly uncommon at every level. The higher the stakes, the more people protect their status, spotlight, and self-interest. Teams that consistently choose "we" over "me" create separation that talent alone can't overcome.
❓ One of the most powerful questions a team can ask is: "What could we accomplish if nobody cared who got the credit?" Ego divides energy. Shared ownership multiplies it. When recognition becomes secondary to the mission, trust grows, silos disappear, and extraordinary results become possible.
✈️ Your trajectory is often determined by the energy you tolerate. Negative people drain focus, magnify problems, and create friction that slows progress. Protect your environment relentlessly. Removing toxic energy creates the space for growth, momentum, and your best work to emerge in sports and in life.
Selflessness is the ultimate force multiplier: when everyone invests in the mission instead of their own spotlight, ordinary groups become uncommon teams. 🔦 #MCWS #RoadToOmaha
“Why would you ever give less than your best after you lose and don’t get a result that you want? You actually should never do that. You want to know why? You’ll stay a loser,” Kara Lawson
Winners and losers have a choice when it comes to winning.
FINAL: THE LAMPETER STRASBURG PIONEERS REPEAT AS DISTRICT 3 5A CHAMPIONS! COOPER HILLEN SETS DOWN THE FALCONS IN ORDER. THE PIONEERS WILL HOST A STATE TOURNAMENT GAME! 6-5 is the final score. 2 District Champs from the LL!
"Accountability is the greatest form of love.
It's doing what you say that you are going to do.
We call it 'coach fed - player led'.
Our job as a staff is to set the ground rules and the core values of the program but each individual team - it belongs to the players."
"Once your commitment is greater than your feelings, that's when you get results. That's when it happens for you."
Show up when it’s boring, inconvenient, or uncomfortable, and those quiet deposits become the unstoppable momentum everyone later calls “overnight success.
“The game rewards the guys who show up and have a great attitude when it’s not about them.”
- Dusty May
Everybody’s role is important.
(via: @umichbball)
#Michigan#NCAA
FINAL: In a game that takes almost 3 hours to complete, LS digs out of a deep early hole and smacks Donegal 18-8 in 6 innings. Currently defrosting and will have scorecards posted soon. Cole Shehan ends it with this pretty sweet double. LS is 1-0. Donegal is 0-1.
New Year = New Competition
Day 1 of 365
Run a mile and share a verse each day. Living out my One Word INSPIRE.
Today’s verse: 2 Corinthians 5:17
“Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!”
#GetAfterIt
Selfless, Enthusiastic, Relentless, and Trust are the Pioneers Baseball core values. The Lampeter Strasburg Baseball team has an incredible group of coaches that not only teach these values to our players but they represent them as well. Happy National Coaches Day! Thank You!
“Your role is what your team needs you to do to win.” - Jay Bilas
This is big time - everything should be about how can I help my team win
(Via @tonywmiller 🎥)