It’s been a crazy week of being up til 2 or 3am in the morning every night so in hopes of me getting to bed before midnight tonight I asked my daughter Ashley to write about a recent lesson she’s learned. Here’s what she shared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Anyone who knows me knows I\u2019m a big basketball fan… and knows my dreams were shattered when the 2020 NBA season came to a screeching halt. (Rudy Gobert definitely deserves his 3rd Defensive Player of the Year award… since ain\u2019t nobody scoring buckets this year.) While I was in my dark, mopey, sport-less abyss and pit of despair… the heavens parted and delivered us all a saving grace\u2014 the 10 part Michael Jordan docu-series on ESPN that the world needed but didn\u2019t deserve called \u201cThe Last Dance\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you\nhaven\u2019t seen it, I can\u2019t recommend it enough (the clean sensored version of\ncourse!) Even those who aren\u2019t big basketball fans walk away with some\nincredible insights and new motivation. Though I could go on for hours about\nall the things I learned from watching, today I\u2019ll capitalize on just one\nprinciple that has especially hit home recently\u2014 to play every \u201cgame\u201d like it\u2019s\nyour last and the whole \u201cgame\u201d like it\u2019s fourth quarter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Throughout\nthe docu-series it becomes clear that MJ lived this principle every single day.\nEvery single game. Every single second in the game. He played his very best. He\ngave it his absolute all. Including… no… ESPECIALLY in his infamous\n\u201cflu-game\u201d against the Utah Jazz which is still a sensitive subject here in\nUtah. That man never accepted anything but his very best on the court and\nexpected the very best out of others. When asked if Michael viewed himself as a\n\u201cnice guy\u201d he gave an incredible speech about the price that comes with winning\nand leadership. Though MJ was pretty intense and may have clashed with others,\nhe respected the game enough to push himself and his teammates to give it their\nall. When he pushed, they rose to the occasion. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last week one of my husband\u2019s close friends died unexpectedly in a rock climbing accident. Her sudden passing was a strong reminder of that important lesson MJ lived by– to live every day like it\u2019s your last. To give it your very all. Life\u2019s too short to procrastinate, put off, or make excuses. We owe it to ourselves, our families, our friends, and others around us to give it our very best and our all EVERY DAY. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
This week and that MJ docu-series was a good wake up call to me and I hope it can serve as a wake up call to you as well. I\u2019m ready to live a little bit more \u201clike Mike\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n