Our biggest Strength lies in understanding and more importantly accepting our biggest weakness. We as individuals never do that, do we ever? . We all have limitations, limitations are nothing but caps on our abilities. Hey isn’t that negative putting Caps or limitations on yourself, yes true its bad to put any blockages or hurdles, but trust me your ability can just take you to ¼’th to your destination, the rest is attitude , grit and determination, any of the word that is convenient to you. So what am I trying to say? , I believe you have that grit and street-fighter attitude, its great but at the same time know your limitations. The best success story that comes to my mind is that of Steve Waugh.
Steve & Mark Waugh were one of the very few twins who played together in a team sport. Cricket and especially batting came easily to Mark, he was a naturally gifted fielder, and one of the most attractive & stylish batsman of all times. Watching him you felt cricket is an easy game, on the contrary Steve struggled and fought his way through, he was technically not that superior, and was by no means a natural or gifted cricketer, still his track record is better than brother Mark, he had evident weakness like an ordinary player of short-pitch bowling, strong bottom hand player forced him to be more often than not on back-foot. Still he bailed out Aussies out of loosing situations the maximum number of times, due to sheer grit and will to win.
Steve had this unique ability to get the best out of his team mates, and he built the Australian team, which Ponting just inherited. History has been testimonial to the fact that most of individuals with common abilities make extraordinary leaders. Daimen Flemming once said, ” if Steve thinks I can walk on pile of broken Glass, then I can!”, this was the sort of faith players had on Steve. During 1999 World Cup Australia was on verge of elimination from tournament, and then Steve made the famous comments to his mates“If not You, then Who? If not now, Then When?”… and as they say rest is history.
And I have my assumptions for this, if you are supremely talented you are too focused on perfecting yourself, and in the process neglect the team. For instance, Tendulkar, Lara both living geniuses’ still didn’t proves their metal as a Captain. Moreover I you are a perfectionist you expect the entire team to do the same or be at the same level, whereas your team might have different styles or competencies which you might overlook.
Same is role of a Manager, his role in today’s environment has become much of a leader than, just another brain doing analysis. There are specialists for the same, there is always an upper limit on what you can achieve, but the realms of achievement for your team are infinite.
