The Diamond Life Synopsis

Overview: People only accomplish meaningful change in their lives through a process, not in an instant. Leaders are developed in the same way and in on the same timeline. The Diamond Life is a process that inspires, exposes, educates, challenges and allows individuals to grow into character filled, skillful leaders that are highly effective in impacting the bottom-line both professionally and personally.

1st Base is about our Essence as a person. It is essential for a person’s long term success as well as for the employer’s piece of mind to have people of strong character in places of leadership. Character counts.

2nd Base is about the fundamental skills it takes to lead. Leadership is not about talent, it is about the Effort it takes to learn the necessary skills and how to incorporate them into your life.

3rd Base is about becoming highly Effective in your areas of leadership. It is about the people you have around you, your team, your inner circle and how best you can use their strengths and yours to go to the next level.

Home Plate is where we score and we really only score when we are able to have the right amount of success that is saturated with significance. In the Diamond Life we answer the questions that haunt us from the shadows of our mind about why we are here, what good am I doing and what will I leave behind?  Home plate is about what comes next, what will be our Encore?

I wrote the Diamond Life as an analogy from the baseball/softball diamond we played on or from the stepped off bases from the kickball games we played during elementary school recess. There was an order to the game and there is a process to follow in order to grow leaders.

Highlights from the Diamond LIfe

There is an individual competition between the pitcher and the batter on every pitch or roll of the ball, but their success only matters within the context of a team win.

There are specific roles and responsibilities for every scenario, for every team member, for every eventuality, on every pitch and everyone must be ready for whatever comes.

Practice matters.

You must run the bases in order, skipping bases is unacceptable.

Many exciting plays will happen all over the field but you only score at home.

You can try and fail 70% of the time and be one of the greatest to ever play but you cannot be afraid to try.