We truly have a home court advantage when the crowd gets going and I'm sure opposing teams find DJ Sokol Arena a hard place to come visit. When she scored in the Illinois State game this past weekend, our team cheered louder than we have all season! It is so great to see someone work so hard get a chance to shine!Ĭoming home after spending almost a month on the road had to be one of the best feelings ever! The fact that we had two of the most enjoyable crowds ever is a testament to how awesome our fans are. When she gets into a game, she is so productive because she does such as great job of taking care of the ball and playing good defense. As a freshman, I used to think the ball was a hot potato and I did NOT want it in my hands, so it's really nice to have a freshman that is not afraid to take over.Įven though Tessa does not get a ton of minutes, I absolutely love to play with her because of how hard she is willing to work. Obviously Marissa is doing a great job and I am jealous of how confident she is going into certain game situations. Being a freshman is not easy at all! The first time Flan yells at you is a very scary thing. I am so proud of how our other two freshmen are doing as well and how far they have come. We are really proud of her and how far she has come already! Watch out everyone because next year Bri is going to be a threat down low! Trust me…I would know because she blocks me at least a few times every practice! Bri puts in a lot of extra work before practice, after practice and even on the road. Her blog was so great and it was awesome to get to read about her opinion about our team. Leadership is personal, it is emotional, it is connective.Having to follow up Bri's blog from last week has to be one of the hardest things to do. Leadership is not just logical and intellectual and cold. It is imperative that leadership today get out of our heads and get into our hearts. Our goal as leaders is to be able to understand the language of those we lead (including ourselves) so that we can speak to them ( and us ) in those words and reach their heart. See just how different the words, emotions and meanings can be. Think of how would you describe a sunset then have another person do the same. He’s referring to the language of our soul, the language we use to see and understand life. Mandela isn’t talking about the native language. Just look at the lack of communication and understanding between American liberals and conservatives – same language, no connection. English might be my native language, but just because you speak to me in English doesn’t mean you’re speaking to my heart, and we know this to be true. It’s too easy to interpret Mandela’s quote related to literally language, but I don’t believe for a moment that is what he meant. Use the words that they use, the way that they feel and think, to address the topics at hand. Richard Nixon is credited with quipping “ I know you think you know exactly what you thought I meant to say, but what you fail to realize is what you heard is not what I meant at all.” Our objective as leaders, as people, is to connect with others in their “native” language, the language of their heart. Speaking the same native tongue can still leave us saying one thing but hearing another. After turning beat red and giggling like a child I learned he was speaking of an eraser not a condom. I’ll never forget my year abroad in Britain when a classmate leaned over and asked to borrow my rubber. I once heard an observation of England and the US as countries “ divided by a common language.” Hmm. We might even be speaking the same “language”: English, Spanish or Afrikaans and yet we so often fail to communicate just the same. If you speak to him in his language, you speak to his heart.” He said, “ If you speak to a man in a language he understands, you speak to his head. In honor of Nelson Mandela, I wanted to honor one of my favorite quotes of his.
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