A Lesson on Confrontation
Somehow, somewhere in athletics we were taught to confront people for wrongdoing in front of others. Call them out in front of the entire team. If there’s a issue, the leader is supposed to call the person out and have them right their wrongs. Because they broke team rules or went against team culture. I’ve found that calling people out in front of the entire group does more harm than help. We have to remember that people have feelings and don’t like to be viewed as anything less than perfect. We are insecure. We don’t like to be wrong. We don’t like to be wrong in front of our peers. We like to believe we have it all together. But that’s not the truth. There is so much we have to work on and improve on. Confronting someone for doing wrong is tough because we’re afraid of conflict. I’ve found that how we confront this person is the most important factor. When someone makes a mistake we should go to that per...