The sun will come out tomorrow
Bet your bottom dollar that tomorrow — there’ll be sun
Regardless of how much you do or don’t enjoy the show “Annie”, there must be something to that idea that strikes a chord with people.
“Tomorrow, tomorrow, I love ya, tomorrow…”
“Keep hope alive.”
“Don’t give up; don’t ever give up.”
What is it about the human condition that has us longing for hope? Longing for something to believe in?
I’m convinced there’s a significant relationship between hope and performance. A really smart man named Mark Hull dissects that idea and more in this 11 minute video. If you haven’t got 11 minutes right now, spend a second or two thinking about this quote: in the video, Mark states, “Without hope in the future, there’s no power in the present.”
If I’m looking to inspire and motivate people, I must help them experience hope. They must believe that there’s a point to what we’re doing. On a larger scale, they must believe there’s a reason for them to be who they are. Hope keeps us from despair. It prevents us from listening to that voice inside of us that asks, “Why bother?”
To help others experience hope, I need to provide them with courage. (Mark gets into that idea in his video as well.) I must be an encourager. And to inspire hope in others, I must experience hope myself. I must allow others to encourage me.
Without hope in the future, there’s no power in the present. If that’s true, then the opposite would in turn be true. With hope in the future, we can experience power in the present. With hope in the future, we can live, lead and love with excellence.
And as Coaches, we can lead and teach others to do the same. Bet your bottom dollar we can.