Stop the Drama on the Field

Stop the Drama on the Field

By Stacie Mahoe

If you have drama in your life, chances are you bring it on yourself. I recently saw another example of the effect of "drama." This time it was in the online business world. No fist fight broke out seeing as how the drama was all carried out online, but there were insults, attacks, name calling - all your basic drama. Interestingly enough, the drama stopped. How? One party manned-up and admitted they were wrong. They admitted that the situation should have been handled privately instead of in a public forum like internet pages. They admitted that they should have contacted the person they were upset with, and talked about how each side had so many other things to do than be involved in drama. This party also talked about the fact that if you stay away from the NEGATIVE and stay focused on the POSTIVE you'll have much greater success in whatever you do.

You see, the "keep the drama off the field" concept is not only a lesson for your softball team. This is a lesson for life AND business.

There's also something else I want to mention. Often times people who DO bring their personal life into public areas end up saying something like, "This has nothing to do with you, you should keep your mouth shut and stay out of it."

Well, that's true. Your personal life isn't the business of your teammates....until you choose to bring it on to the field with you. At that point, you've made the conscious choice to make your personal business the business of everyone on the team because now your personal issues have invaded team time and space. So if you want everyone to "stay out of your business" do not bring NEGATIVE personal issues onto the field with you. This includes any negative comments, actions, or opinions about others on the team. If you have a personal problem with your left fielder, keep it personal and keep it private. If you keep it personal, your short stop or your pitcher or anyone else has no say in how you handle that issue.

However, if you decide to bring those personal issues up in any way shape or form during softball time, you've just made it the entire team's business. Personal drama has no place on the softball field and you are not being the best softball player you can be if you bring it there. Once you bring it into softball time and space, it IS everyone's business and you give up the right to tell others to stay out of it and keep their mouths shut. Great players find a way to leave personal issues off the field so that they can perform at their best day in and day out. They also find a way to help their teammates do the same regardless of how they feel about them personally. Remember, you'll have much greater success if you stay focused on the positive and let the negative go.

by Stacie Mahoe
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