You Can't Do Everything

10 NCAA National Championships, winning 88 straight games, and 4 perfect seasons mark the legacy of one of our time's greatest leaders, Coach John Wooden. Coach Wooden describes "Competitive Greatness" as Being Your Best When Your Best Is Needed. What an amazing way to describe greatness! But the interesting thing about this is that Wooden didn't come to this definition easily. He had to make a choice very early on in his career that set him on this path. And what was that choice? Let's see...

Did you know that Wooden's first job was making $1,500 annually at Dayton High School teaching English? He was also the football and basketball coach. Wooden recounts the situation by saying that they gained a pretty good English teacher and a really bad coach. Interesting. But here is where the big decision came into play that set him on the path to greatness...Coach Wooden decided to quit coaching football after just two weeks of beginning his new job. HE QUIT COACHING FOOTBALL.

If you want to be the greatest at something YOU CAN'T DO EVERYTHING.

Andy Stanley reiterates this idea in his book The Next Generation Leader by saying, "Devoting a little of yourself to everything means committing a great deal of yourself to nothing." To Be The Best When Your Best Is Needed you must decide when to say NO to things that will divert your focus to the few things that God has called you to do. This means saying no to things that are "good" someimes. So remember...Don't attempt everything if you want to be the greatest at what you are called to do.