The Morning Pep Talk #2: "Unlovable"

"To love means loving the unlovable. To forgive means pardoning the unpardonable. Faith means believing the unbelievable."

Good morning to all of the JWT Nation out there. I hope everybody had a good weekend and is enjoying their Monday morning. Here is the word for today...

UNLOVABLE

What is it about you or your personality that is 'unlovable?' Now I know right now you're like 'dang David, I come to you for a pep talk, and you're calling me unlovable? Really? Okay. Bye."

No. Wait. Just listen.

We all have strengths and weaknesses. We all have things about ourselves that we'd like to change. Just for the sake of argument, I'll go first.

My weakness is that I'm too humble. I'm old school. I don't like to brag about it. At the same time, does it feel good to be a champion? Absolutely. Is it hard to be so good at so many things at the same time? Sometimes it does get hard.

You get the point.

So what is your weakness? Some coaches would tell you, "play to your strengths, and improve on your weaknesses." That sounds good in theory, and I"m all about self improvement. At the same time, I tend to subscribe to the theory "do what you're good at, and stay the hell away from what you're bad at."

Let's boil this down to a coaching analogy. You're a great defender, and you're our best rebounder, but you can't shoot at all. So you practice your shot a few days, and now you feel like you're ready to show off your improvements on Homecoming night, because after all your mom is there, and she has her camera ready, and you've been telling your girlfriend that you'll make a shot for her.

We've all been there.

Here's the problem: you're a horrible shooter. And you know what, that's okay. You're still our best rebounder, and we need you to guard #22 from the other team because he's killing us. So get out there and do what you're good at. Just stop shooting. Please. You're killing us, and now your girlfriend is sitting by one of the football players.

So what is it about you... your personality, your habits, etc... what would your coworkers or your significant other or your friends call "unlovable?" Maybe you're selfish? Maybe you talk too much? Maybe you're a double dipper?

Whatever it is, just stop it. Play to your strengths. Stay away from your weaknesses. Take those unlovable parts of your personality and bury them.

Just stop shooting.

I hope we learned something. I hope you laughed. Happy Monday. #JWT #JoinTheRevolution