Have you made room for just showing up?
One thing I get from listening to determined, creative people is how someone can make room if they create it. It happens by showing up.
A story about Scott Brooks, a former NBA player who became a head coach, got me thinking.
Instead of the typical coaching route into the league via a college team, he started with a press pass and a piece of paper.
He finagled a Clippers media credential for the 2002-03 season, and before every home game he would walk through the security doors at 4 p.m., sit 15 rows up in the stands, pull a notebook out of his backpack and chart the drills.
“I’d say 80 percent of the time, nobody knew I was there,” Brooks says. “I wasn’t there to be seen. I was there to see.”
The next year, Bzdelik hired Brooks to be an assistant on the Denver Nuggets.
He eventually became the head coach of the Oklahoma City Thunder and under his leadership reached the NBA Finals.
When you run into a wall with your career, ask yourself, are you ready to sit and see?
When was the last time you decided just to show up and learn?
From the desk of Adam Thomas 