Block 2: Friendship

Today's Building Block of the Pyramid of Success : Friendship

Wooden's quote: "Strive to build a team filled with camaraderie and respect: comrades in arms."

When we go through life, it is most often our peers that we feel the closest to. They are the people we mostly closely relate to, the ones who we share things in common with. They may come from different backgrounds and even be of different ages - but they have fundamental element that we must learn from and also who we can teach. The friends we keep are the ones that grow with us, and the best way to grow is to create things together.

We want to know that our team has our back. And that each one is doing their best to bolster the other and tell them right from wrong. They are the people that know us best; the ones who know when we're tired and the ones who know when we still have some fight left inside of us. There is a reason a battalion of soldiers will feel closer to the guys in their unit; sometimes more than to their wives, children or families. A shared experience, knowing that people will protect you and challenge you - no matter what is a level of accountability not many people share with each other. Make it your job to bolster and hold friends accountable, comfort and laugh with them and support them with love....

Leadership Lesson: Love is the most powerful four letter word

We use so many four letter words in every day life; four letter words are considered the strongest verbal and linguistic expression that human beings having. The next level would be a scream or a yell. It is pure emotion expressed in a single sound. Anger. Frustration. Triumph. Every cell in your body vibrates and is senses are heightened when you curse. It is a way of using sound to project your feelings.

So why not love?