Dear Doctor:
You may have never heard of Montana Mazurkiewicz, but Charlie Weis has.
Weis, the new head coach of the Notre Dame football team, rose to fame as the offensive coordinator of the perennial Super Bowl champion New England Patriots. A play calling genius, his ethics were called into conflict last week, when he was summoned to the bedside of a ten year old boy, dying from an aggressive brain tumor.
The boy had been named for Notre Dame football’s favorite son, legendary quarterback Joe Montana, and realizing he was about to die, he asked a special favor of Weis – to call the first offensive play in the game that weekend. Weis agreed to run a pass play to the right for young Montana, who never got to see the play – he died before the game.
On game day, the moment of truth came when Notre Dame’s first possession followed a fumble recovery on their own one-yard line. A hundred times out of a hundred, this is a running scenario, since a pass is too risky that close to your own goal line. Yet Weis, a man of integrity, must have felt oddly connected to the divine as he called a clever diversionary pass play where the team shifted left while the receiver ran to the right. Amazingly, the pass was complete, gaining thirteen yards and a first down.
You could think, so what, it’s one play, early in the game, big deal, he did the right thing. But in South Bend, Notre Dame football is more than just a game, and a new head coach who decides to take risks had better have a good explanation prepared in case things go sour. In this situation, Weis demonstrated character, leadership, and advanced citizenry, by not only honoring his word, but by having the presence, perspective and positive expectancy to capitalize and turn the opportunity into a victory.
You may be faced with a difficult decision, where the more comfortable and predictable option may not be the one your gut tells you to go for. You’ll probably find that paying attention to your highest standards and your purpose makes your decision-making crystal clear, no matter what your left brain is chattering about at the time.
Keep what’s most important to you in sight at times of decision – and may the best values win. Then, energize your efforts, and you’ll know you did the right thing, right.
Dennis Perman DC, for The Masters Circle
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