Over the weekend, Stanford University crushed mighty Southern Cal 55-21. 55 points are the most ever given up by Southern Cal.
The leader of Stanford is head coach Jim Harbaugh, a man with fire.
Read what he said when he was introduced as Stanford Head Football Coach in 2006:
“I vow I will attack this endeavor with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.”
The headline of the article read: “Harbaugh On Fire with Enthusiasm.”
He took over a program with the toughest academic requirements in major college football, and he has them ranked in the Top 15 in America.
He made no excuses. Instead, he brought a fire. In my observations from having interviewed over 4000 peak performers, I have found time and time again that the biggest factor in success is having the fire within. As Jim Harbaugh has shown at Stanford, amazing things can happen when it is stoked.
What are you as an individual and as an organization doing today to kindle the fire within you?
I challenge you to take the approach Jim Harbaugh did when he accepted the challenge of leading Stanford Football:
“I vow I will attack this endeavor with an enthusiasm unknown to mankind.”