Straightforward Sports Success Makes Other Successes More Likely

Straightforward Success
Having your physical, mental, and emotional needs
in a particular situation satisfied,
setting you up to succeed through your own efforts

When parents, coaches, and teachers satisfy the needs of girls to play sports, they set girls up to be more likely to achieve the following successes through their own efforts. Even just swimming at community pools achieves many of these benefits:

Healthy hearts

Strong immune systems

Resilient bones

Healthy weight

Low risk for breast and other cancers

Low chance of becoming diabetic

Emotional health

Ability to leave an abusive man

Avoiding teen pregnancy

Satisfying girls’ physical, mental, and emotional needs
through sports
sets them up to succeed in all kinds of ways
through their own efforts.

Nike created an ad about many of these successes:

“37 Words That Changed Women’s Lives Forever”
Brian Rea
More Magazine
June 2012, pages 70-75

“8 Health Benefits of Swimming, According to Science, (+5 Tips to Help You Swim Better)”
Jen Reviews

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Satisfying Needs Leads to Straightforward Success Instead Of Juvenile Delinquency

Straightforward Success
Having your physical, mental, and emotional needs
in a particular situation satisfied,
setting you up to succeed through your own efforts

In 2005, the University of Wisconsin–Madison Schools of Human Ecology and Social Work and the University of Wisconsin–Extension, Cooperative Extension submitted a report to Wisconsin Governor’s Juvenile Justice Commission and the Wisconsin Office of Justice Assistance about the most cost-effective programs for preventing juvenile delinquency. These programs satisfied the social, emotional, and educational needs of children, parents, and families. Children who went through these programs with their parents and families were likely to become effective adults in society.

The most cost effective prevention programs included:

preschool education

home visitation programs

parent education

social and emotional learning programs for school-aged children

The programs satisfied needs effectively because:

quality and intensity of services were high

staff members were well trained

program visions were well articulated with strong conceptual bases

The community accountability programs and therapeutic interventions were most effective when they lasted long periods of time, but they still cost far less than incarcerating juveniles. Satisfying the needs of children, parents, and families allowed the children to create straightforward success for themselves.

Satisfying the physical, mental, and emotional needs
of preschool and school-aged children
sets them up to succeed through their own efforts.

“What Works, Wisconsin: What Science Tells Us about Cost-Effective Programs for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention”
Stephen A. Small, Arthur J. Reynolds, Cailin O’Connor, and Siobhan M. Cooney
University of Wisconsin-Madison Schools of Human Ecology and
Social Work
University of Wisconsin-Extension, Cooperative Extension
June 2005

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Norv Turner: From Rookie Coach To Super Bowl Winner By Satisfying Straightforward Needs

 Straightforward Success
Having your physical, mental, and emotional needs
in a particular situation satisfied,
setting you up to succeed through your own efforts

In 1991, Dallas Cowboys owner Jimmie Johnson hired third choice Norv Turner as offensive coordinator. Turner’s only NFL experience was as the wide receivers coach for the Los Angeles Rams. Turner helped quarterback Troy Aikman become a legend. Aikman explained how Norv Turner created straightforward success for the entire team:

“His biggest thing for us has been that he does not allow players to do things that they’re not good at doing,” Aikman said during the Super Bowl week. “If there’s something that I throw well, we’ll throw it. If there’s something I don’t throw well, regardless of how much he thinks it’s going to work, we will not throw it during the game. And receivers do not run routes that they don’t run well. And he’s very adamant about that.”

Aikman spoke in more detail about the straightforward success Norv Turner created in his Undeniable with Joe Buck interview:

Joe Buck:

“What does a great offensive coordinator (Norv Turner) do for a quarterback? What did Norv specifically do for you?”

Troy Aikman:

“It sounds simple, but he took what everyone does best and he
had ‘em do what they do best. You know, I didn’t throw this
particular corner route particularly well. Jim Everett of the Rams
did, and they threw a lot of them. And I never got comfortable
with the throw. And we didn’t throw it. He just said, “Forget it.”
You know, what I did throw well, I threw the dig routes well,
20 yard in routes. We threw the comebacks… And that’s what
I did.

And (Michael) Irvin ran those well. You know, that’s what he did.
He wasn’t just gonna blow by the people all the time, so we didn’t
ask him to do it.

Emmitt (Smith) wasn’t a guy who could catch a lot of balls out of
the backfield. He would catch swing passes and that type of thing,
and that’s what we did with him.

It sounds really simple, but for some reason, most offensive
coordinators don’t go about it that way, and it worked for us.
You know, when we talk about the triplets — me, Michael, and
Emmitt — credit Norv for our successes. You know, he was the
right guy at the right place at the right time, and he got us really
where we wanted to go.”

Norv Turner satisfied the players’ physical needs to do what they were good at doing. That straightforward physical success led to the mental and emotional success of winning Super Bowls.

Another Win For People Doing What They’re Good At Doing

Smart teenagers from five countries gave themselves straightforward success in a United Technologies Future of Buildings and Cities Challenge:

“Once the students signed up to participate, they self-selected
into teams based on interests and skills, and developed their
collaborative designs using Launchpad.”

Judges selected their building as the winning design.

“6 Teens designed this wacky green building of the future”
Eillie Anzilotti
Fast Company
July 27, 2018

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“The Norv Turner Story, From Beginning To End Zone”
Dave Sell
The Washington Post
August 30, 1994

“The Story of Norv Turner: Dallas Cowboys Offensive Coordinator”
John Gennaro
Bolts From The Blue
June 26, 2012

Undeniable with Joe Buck
“Troy Aikman”
2015

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Straightforward Success From Slices Of Pizza

Straightforward Success
Having your physical, mental, and emotional needs
in a particular situation satisfied,
setting you up to succeed through your own efforts

One day, a customer at Rosa’s Fresh Pizza in Philadelphia asked the owner of the store a question that launched pay-it-forward pizza. The customer wanted to know if he could buy a slice of pizza for a homeless person. Owner Mason Wartman said yes.

A slice of pizza at Rosa’s costs $1. By July 8, 2015, customers of Rosa’s had bought more than 10,000 slices of pizza for their homeless neighbors. The wall is now covered with Post-it notes. Notes to redeem for free slices of pizza. Notes of encouragement from the people who buy the pizza. Notes of gratitude from people who now have the security of having something to eat everyday.

With pizza in their stomachs, some of the homeless customers succeeded at getting jobs through their own efforts. Other homeless customers stopped committing petty crimes to get money for food. Homeless customers offer to sweep the restaurant floor or take out the garbage. Wartman hired three homeless people to work in his pizza shop, giving them the chance they wanted to work hard. For Wartman they are “who I want here.”

“A customer walked into his pizza shop and changed Philadelphia with $1 and a single Post-it note.”
Maz Ali
upworthy.com

“Philadelphia Pizza Lovers Pay It Forward One Slice At A Time”
Elizabeth Fiedler
NPR
January 15, 2015

“The Pizza Man”
Reader’s Digest
July 8, 2015

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One Woman’s Straightforward Get-Out-Of-Bed Success Sparks Life Changing Serendipitous Success For Another Woman

Straightforward Success
Having your physical, mental, and emotional needs
in a particular situation satisfied,
setting you up to succeed through your own efforts

Serendipitous Success
Being in the right place at the right time
to just by chance benefit
from someone else’s success

Introduction

Maria Holdsworth is right in saying “It was my good fortune that I was there that day.” Her good fortune began with her own success in getting out of bed and keeping a schedule while unemployed. Maria’s success was also the other woman’s good fortune. The other woman went to the right place at the right time to benefit from Maria’s straightforward get-out-of-bed success. Anyone who benefits from the other woman’s success at her new job will also enjoy serendipitous success from Maria’s straightforward get-out-of-bed success.

Maria’s Story

While I was unemployed I participated In Fremont’s ProNet chapters. I was unemployed for 10 months and showing up at ProNet gave me a schedule and some days even the motivation to get moving in the morning.

One day, a woman feeling hopeless walked into the office needing someone to review her resume. It was my good fortune that I was there that day. Her resume was in order, it was her self-esteem that needed help. I was able to lift her spirits that day, to the point where she smiled…briefly. Literally a few hours after meeting her, she called me to let me know she received an offer from the job she had applied for. I’ll remember that for a long time.

I guess what I saw was someone who was barely holding it together. She had such a wall up when she walked into the office where I volunteered. She was so afraid of the unknown, which was the only promise in her future. She rejected my recommendations that networking were just as important as applying for jobs. I reminded her (in a polite way) that insanity by definition is doing the same thing over and over while expecting different results. She had been looking for work strictly by applying for jobs online but was afraid to go to Meetups or other networking events because that was time she felt she could be spending in front of the computer looking for work.

She asked me a question, I don’t recall specifically what she asked but it had to do with what I thought about her. I think it derived from talking about her in-person interview skills. So, I was honest with her and told her I didn’t find her at all rude, but simply unapproachable. We talked on the subject a little more and the greatest reward was that she smiled. I remember I touched her wrist/arm just to reassure her.

After a few weeks I got the following reply to an email I sent inquiring about her new job:

“Don’t ever forget the impact you have on people like me.
You gave me encouragement to hang on a little longer and
I thank you so very much, Maria.”

Final Thought

Maria now carries with her the inner satisfaction of knowing she made a positive impact on someone else’s life. Maria’s straightforward get-out-of-bed success sparked serendipitous success for the other woman, and the other woman’s serendipitous success sparked satisfying success for Maria.

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Satisfying Employee Straightforward Needs Satisfies Employer Straightforward Needs: Prescriptions & Productivity

Straightforward Success
Having your physical, mental, and emotional needs
in a particular situation satisfied,
setting you up to succeed through your own efforts

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (postage meters, mail machines, etc.) decided to pay for employee prescriptions for diabetes, hypertension, and asthma drugs. With their straightforward physical need for medications satisfied, the employees were able to spend more days on the job. These satisfied employees were able to satisfy the company’s straightforward need for more productivity. Pitney Bowes enjoyed a return on their investment within the first year.

The city of Asheville, North Carolina decided to pay for employee prescriptions for diabetic drugs. Satisfying employee’s straightforward physical need for their medications created such straightforward success for the city that Asheville began paying for hypertension and asthma drugs as well.

“Employers save by paying more for workers’ medicines”
Katie Merx
Stevens Point Journal
January 5, 2006

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