The Fountain Effect
Nicole Smartt Serres
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When Travis Kelce was in college, his football coach gave him some blunt but insightful advice: "Everybody you meet in this world is either a fountain or a drain."
What he meant was that some people enrich those around them and make the world a little better - they are fountains flowing with positive energy. Others mainly complain, criticize, and drag people down - they are drains sucking the life and joy from any situation. His coach made it clear: "I need fountains. I don't need drains."
When Ted Lasso first arrived at Richmond FC, he sensed the dressing room was filled with more drainers than fountains. Too many players were mired in negativity, complaint, and finger-pointing rather than lifting each other up.
Leaders must understand that cultivating a team of fountains spreading positive energy is the secret sauce to success. Fountains raise morale, amplify confidence, and nourish a winning mentality. Meanwhile, drainers zap motivation and fracture unity through endless grumbling.
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When Nathan struggled with self-doubt, Ted showered him with affirmations of his abilities. As Jamie fell into draining egotism, Ted watered seeds of humility.
We all have some drain tendencies from time to time. But we can consciously cultivate more fountain-like qualities every day. Seek to understand others before rushing to judge. Offer a kind word when you have the impulse to criticize. Help others grow instead of feeling threatened. Share inspiring ideas that lift people up.
The world already has too many drains sucking the energy and optimism from situations. We could use more fountains - flowing with encouragement, inspiration, compassion, and positivity to help people thrive.
Let's make the conscious choice to be fountains, not drains.
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8 个月I'm a geyser Old Faithful! Look Out! Listen up doing something you enjoy will attract others who share the same intrest. In fact it speeds up productivity because it will not even feel like work. Sometimes we can have road blocks from others who don't share the same interests as us and they can be negative to you. Make you feel taken away or kept from getting to the next step or next level. Which is when I like to stop pause and think how can I make this a stepping stone to help me continue on my path. Maybe help them understand me or I can also get some insite from them to help me be more tolerant person. A positive outlook sends out the right energy to keep you moving forward. Maybe teaching others effectively how to communicate by relating to each other first before we judge each other. I belive teaching Tolerance is best for everyone. If not I can also teach them martial arts ??,40 years of training. Stay up everyone!
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8 个月Nicole good story about Travis. Sometimes there are people that mngrs realize aren't fountains or drains & just need to be let off the bus.
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8 个月Inspirational as always~
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8 个月Amen to that!!
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8 个月Love this!,soooo true.I started watching Ted Lasso cuz I’ve heard you talk about it here,i absolutely love it,im on my last episode tonight ??