Attitude

1. To me, attitude is how you react at any given time in any given situation.
2. Attitude affects leadership greatly because the way you look at something and how you react to it determines your personality and your morals and values. Others see your attitude every day, and that's part of what determines if they want to follow you or not. In my opinion great leaders are optimistic and willing to constantly have a good attitude, no matter what the circumstance.
3. Your attitude is a choice- The only person who can decide your attitude is you. You are given the privilege of deciding your attitude on life, and how you react relies souly on yourself. In sports, how you react to a play or a mistake mirrors how you react to situations like that in real life, and it helps define your character.
Your attitude determines your actions- How you feel about something is how you're going to react. If you miss a serve in volleyball and feel like you're a loser and let your team down, then that's going to show in the rest of the game. You won't play your best and you will let that one mistake turn into many that help to decide the game.
Your people are a mirror of your attitude- How you act will always rub off on others. As people say, attitude is contagious and that's so true. You must be weary that your actions and attitude are always visible to others.
4. This quote is so true because one of the few things we have total control over in this world is our own attitude. We are given the choice to decide our reactions, and that's a privilege that often gets taken for granted.

Mr. Bollinger

I believe the last point is the most important, and it says, "You are the glue between the leader and the followers." I really think point needs to be stressed because that's the whole job of an assistant coach, or the "second person". You create a type of bridge between the head coach and players considering that usually the players don't agree with everything the coach says. You have the ability to form a feeling of trust, and to solve problems between the two. That's the whole job of an assistant coach.

I believe I'm best at number three, or head coach has to trust you by what you do. I know that the coach gets a good idea of my morals and values through things outside of volleyball, so I always try to practice positive actions 24/7. I don't take place in things I don't believe are right, and I think that shows through my personality and actions. The coach gets to know me through the sport but also through my everyday life.

My weakest is number five, or know your place in the hierarchy because you may have it upside down. Sometimes I act like I'm above everyone else because I'm the leader when in reality it's just the opposite. To work on this I can ask my teammates each day what I can do for them, I can ask how their day had gone, and I can work to make sure they're happy with things on the team.

Mr. Cain's Talk

When he said, "You have the choice to entertain your thoughts" he was saying that you are the one in charge of going after your thoughts and making them come true. As a leader we have the ability to take our own ideas and make them into reality, and that's our job. We are in charge of taking thoughts (our own and others) and to our best ability somehow making them come true in any way possible.

When it comes to adversity, I try to be the coffee bean but tend to be more of the egg. Sometimes when a problem comes my way I automatically get mad and try to ignore the issue (which makes things worse) and I don't even try to think of a solution that could make things easier. So now when adversity comes my way I need to make a distinct effort to be the coffee bean...and try to see the positive side no matter how hard it is.

Mr. Diers

"Trust is in the little things like being on time, being consistent, and being present on a daily basis." This means that with volleyball (year round not just during season) I need to always arrive to practice at least 10 minutes early, always give 100% 100% of the time, and come to every practice, open gym, weights, etc. even if I really don't want to be there. By doing small things like this I can earn the trust of my teammates. Also, "empowering good people" is important in leadership because soon enough you will be gone and it's your responsibility to have great leaders stepping up behind you. In my opinion that's the biggest part of helping Palisade sports...preparing younger people for the great role they will be expected to fill.

That quote is very inspirational because it's saying that the only way you ever have a chance at succeeding is if you step out and try. Someone who gives their all, even if it results in failing, is much more credible, respectable and honorable than someone who was too scared to take a chance, to take a step into the unknown, for they are the cowards who deserve nothing. As Jay Bilas said, "The most important play in any game is the next one."

Initiative and Perseverance

Initiative:
I can show better initiative in my own life and leadership capabilities by starting things that I know will be hard but still sticking to them in the end. I'm lacking initiative in school and doing mt work because it's almost summer, and I just want to be done with school. I can help solve this problem by doing my homework right when I get home so that I don't keep procrastinating, I can make sure that I turn in all my homework by the time they're due, and have someone in every class help hold me accountable.
Perseverance:
I could take that person aside one day and ask what's going on in their personal life and ask how I could help in any way. I could also try to keep motivating them every day, even if it doesn't seem to be helping at first. I could keep telling them to persevere even when things are getting hard and keep trying to be positive while persevering. I can remind them that perseverance is "needed to release most of life's rewards."