Poise is the visible
(to others) and internal (to oneself) comfort and satisfaction that comes from
knowing you have given your very best and have truly functioned near your own
level of competence or potential. You
have satisfied your own expectations.
Confidence is to believe
in yourself and in your ability to contribute substantially to the group or
people with whom you are meaningfully associated (your team, family,
organization, etc.). Poise and
Confidence are synergistically related. They
produce the joy that comes from being involved, successfully, with something
that has challenged your body, mind, and spirit.
Competitive
Greatness is the
outcome. “It is being at your best when
your best is needed.” It is, in the vernacular, ‘having it all together.’
But ‘holding
it all together’ so that you ‘have it all together’ takes patience and faith. These two ingredients are the ‘mortar’ that
flows between and around each of the blocks
Patience is what it takes to
build a player, create a team, bake a
cake or build a man. It takes time; good
things always take time.
Faith. Finally, in Mr. Wooden’s words, “I believe we
must also have faith that things will work out as they should—not that they
will always work out as we want them to, but as they should, so long as we do
what we should do. And we must let that
suit us.”
The Apex of the Pyramid is Success. It is not necessarily (neither should it be)
the trophy or the glory, the ranking or the riches. It is not perfection but it is the goal. It is the satisfaction of knowing that you
did everything within the limits of your ability and effort “to become the very
best that you are capable of being.”
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