Andy Neary urges viewers to take full (100%) ownership of losses and lack of talent, both in sports and business. He contrasts how people readily claim credit for wins but shift blame for losses onto coaches, management, or external factors, and he calls for honest self-assessment and improvement. The video uses a coach anecdote and parental-teaching angle to emphasize consequences and end with a direct call to action for personal and team growth in 2020.
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Do you take 100% ownership of your losses? Something I want to talk about right now, and it's driving me nuts. I see it in sports and I see it in business, and that is this. When a team is really good, people love to talk about the talent of the team. Parents love to talk about the talent of their kids. But when a team is losing, when a team is not good, we immediately start talking about the inabilities of the coach, the lack of leadership, the lack of management. And this absolutely drives me nuts because it's amazing how many times people want to take 100% ownership of wins but fail to take any ownership of losses, any ownership of lack of talent. By the way, if you're a parent out there right now and you're teaching your kids, your kids are observing this behavior from you, they're going to bring it into the business world when they get older. And then, I promise you, you're setting your kids up for failure in business. Here's the thing. If you want to grow, if you want to get better, you have got to take 100% ownership of your lack of talent, of your losses. One of the greatest quotes I ever heard came from a former coach of mine when he was cornered by a parent who was literally telling him that he is the reason their child isn't getting a scholarship. He looked at him, he said, listen, I don't play your kid because I don't like him. I don't play your kid because he sucks. Folks, if you don't have the talent and you're losing and it's because of your lack of talent, you have to take ownership of that. Whether it's in sports or in business, you need to get better. Quit blaming external factors for the reason you're losing, for the reason your team is losing. It's not the coach, it's not the management, it's not the market. It's not your competition. It is your lack of talent. So if you want to grow here in 2020, start taking ownership of your losses, start taking your ownership of your lack of talent and do something about it to get better so you and your team can benefit from it.
