South Side Foot Ball Club

I tried to turn my eyes from South Side FC but though i have tried , my heart stays with them. There are time that i wanted to give them up for reasons i can enumerate like monitary, time and more like more (he he he) Yep, i wanted to just be raptured by some aliens who wants me to coach their planetary team or to train their inter galaxy and milky way players against Americas Galaxy but my heart was glued to my promise that i will stand beside my players as they learn about foot ball and as they learn about the importance of having a dream. It made me covered with immeasurable joy when their apathy was replaced with action, discouragement with hope, shyness melting like an ice cream and replaced with self confidence. It made me cry (in secret) when they joined me for a foot ball clinic for less fortunate kids. Yes i got players who got the attitude, who got difficulties relating with others and even with their families. I got confused youth and even terrible you. By the way theres also terrible guardians. But i can't give up my team, my players just for those reason. I may have players who will give up the team but it doesn't means i have to give up on him or her. I will coach them in foot ball and in life. And i will stand by them until they see and become what God wants them to become.My goal as a coach is for the team to win games and to win in life. I want them to be the prime example of what youth should be. South Side FC exist for purpose and goals. Be a part of more than the ordinary... be a part of South Side FC.

Push it Push it some more

When i was in the elementary. That was the time when i was still lovable now i'm simply bearable ha ha ha. My teachers labeled me as slow learner and slow reader.And they are actually true. I was the slowest in the class in everything. I am the slowest to climb the stairs, slowest to pass the answer sheets, slowest to answer, slowest to read and even the slowest to cheat he he he.

It's true i'm really the slowest to cheat among my cheater friends that's why i always get caught and there are also times we all get caught because i'm too slow. Really too slow that when i read you can go to sleep and when you wake up i'm still reading.(now that's the exxxxxagerated part)In my sports i am also the slowest.

But one day my foot ball coach told me that in order for me to excel and to achieve whatever i want, i need to push my self to the limit. I need to push my self into learning and learning and learning and not to put a limit on what i can possibly do and learn.

You know what? his words changes everything.After that day when he told me those life impacting words i started pushing my self. I push my self to read more and faster. I push my self to run faster, walk faster, write faster but not cheat faster. There are times that i wanted to be complacent but the words of my coach hunts me every time i stop pushing my self.

Many times i failed. I failed in life, relationships, in business and in other areas but i am still pushing. Every time i fail and fall, face flat down on the ground, i get back up and push my self again.Honestly at my age now 22 ( just kidding i'm actually 19 ha ha ha)I am 40 something, just make a guess whats the something, i am still pushing. I am still pushing my self to achieve my dream, i am still pushing my self to earn much because there are people that needs to be helped, i am still pushing my self to learn.

By the way i finish reading 4 books in a month. Is that fast or fast? But i'm still pushing.Are there areas in your life that needs pushing? Push it push it push it some more.
Much cares,
Neil

Sermon on the ground

Here's my message to my Foot Ball players minutes before we step on the field for the training...

Let me pull-out to you guys some lessons why you are in this football team. This team will offer you not just how to play football but more.

In this team you will always be reminded that:

You need to love your life and you should not allow anyone to take away from you your dignity and honor.

God has created you for excellence.So don't settle for the less.Play better than you are everyday in football, in your work, in your studies and in everything you do.

This team will teach you the importance of discipline.This has got to do with the things that you need to unlearn because discipline is the essence of success."Only a fool despises... discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise"

This team will teach you that it is okay to fail but you've got to learn from it and rise above it and not to quit because you can only fail if you quit.This team is not about giving up but about moving and rising up.

Here you will learn to dream. To see yourself in your mind playing at your best.To believe in your dreams and to have hope that it is possible.Success comes to the dreamer of great dreams.

This team will teach you the value of preparation and training.You are in school for your academic training, so value it and love it. You are in this football field to be trained so learn inch by inch and step by step.Success happens when dreams and hard work meets.

This Team will teach you the value of honor,humility,having a relationship with Jesus Christ as the greatest coach,commitment,goal setting,love,patience,perseverance,honesty,to follow instructions, teamwork and to celebrate someone's success and gratitude.

This team is not the field for cheating. If you cheat in your training and game in the foot ball field, chances are you will also cheat in any field of life.

This Team will prepare you in your journey to success. In this team everyone is valuable and needed.

As your coach my job is more than telling you what to do, how to do and what not to do.I will carry you and the team from the point of your development to the level where you want to be.It is important to me to see you grow in all areas of your life and not just in football.I will not just coach you in football but i will also coach you in life.

I believe in what you can become. I believe in your dreams.I believe in your goals in life I believe in your hopes. I believe that you will become better everyday.You are Gods precious child.Go for your Goals!

When you think it doesn't matter

People, Teams and organizations fail because of an accumulated wrong judgement and poor choices.And you may wonder why in the world a thinking, educated, intelligent person can afford to keep on doing wrong judgement and poor choices. Now heres why.....
Because he or she thinks that it doesn't matter, that its not important.

They don't think that missing the training matters.
They don't think that not listening to the coach matters.
They don't think that skipping classes matters.
They don't think that not working on their reports on time matters.
They don't think that lying matters.
They don't think that making a client wait for hours and days matters.
They don't think that a minute or hours spent on the very less important matters.

Are there things that doesn't seem to matter to you right now? Don't let Failure scream right on your very face soon.Whatever you do right now really matters.

Are you ready to comeback?

Everyone falls, we all in some seasons of our life plummeted down. This is a given thing in life and this as we all know is our ticket to success.Falling down, yes we do, but its the coming back up that is difficult and quite tricky.
Great leaders and celebrities are also doing their best to resurrect their careers and leadership after a big mistake.

Every day, people are rising back again, turning their lives around, some reposition their lives again.By the way its not just the people, companies are getting back on their tracks too.

So if they are trying to get back on their track or to a much better track, why can't you or why won't you. Don't just settle down and accept defeat. You are made for greatness. Theres power in you that will make you soar.Connect with people who can be your wind beneath your wings. People who are positive. People who have the bias for action and not people who will just watch life from the sidelines.

Yes you can. I really do believe you can. I don't care how many times you have fallen, how often times you've failed. You have a God who is stretching His arms to you right now.He wants you to come back, to excel, to live abundantly, to be happy and to bless others.If you are down right now, thats not where you are meant to be.You are made for excellence.Say this now... I'm coming back!
much cares,
Neil

Words do come easy

Parents, Teachers and leaders who are sensitively aware of their behavior and how it impacts the people around them uses words that are empowering, life changing, war stopping, words that are kind. Sadly, there are some whose words scrapes and slices the layers of our emotions, spirits, personality and self worth.

Here's some of those words:

So what?

If you can't accept it, then leave.

Thats a good idea, but heres how to better do it.

Your idea is good but heres a better one.

If you don't like it you may go.

You are not learning.

You give me nothing but headache.

This is not a workplace for babies so stop acting like one.

What part of what i just said you guys don't understand?

When will you ever learn?

Can you do anything right?

Now, theres more of these words and i'm sure you've heard of them. Certainly people don't feel valued and energized when they hear such words. As a leader, parent, teacher or manager it is your responsibility to create and change the kind of environment where you are into a better one.. You can turn one chaotic office into a place where people would love to work. You can turn one messy, house into a paradise, you can transform a noisy classroom to a very inspiring heart moving place with your words.

Heres more:

An employee in the hospital emergency room catching his breath - FIX him! ( your employee is not a machine)

My high school kid can do a better work than you people.( really?)

Our neighbors kid is far better than you. (go adopt him)

Lets begin transforming our home, our classroom our workplaces into our desired place and build relationships that transports people from a shaky, chaotic, stressful, brain cracking situation to a world of serene relaxation. Yes we can if we use kind words.

much cares,

Neil

Why are you doing what you are doing?

A friend of mine who is a public teacher once ask me "Neil can you remind me why i am doing what i am doing", and then i explained to her that its because sometime ago you choose to do what you love to do.

Friend, what's your reason for choosing to be where you are right now and for doing what you are doing?

What's your reason for being at work today?

What's your reason for going to school?

What's your reason why you work abroad?

What's your reason why you took the leadership position?

What's your reason for having a family?

What's your reason for being where you are right now? I hope it is not just for the money money money but because you wanted to grow as a person and because you are following your life's purpose.

Much Cares,

Neil