GOOD MORNING AND HAPPY FRIDAY!

PEP RALLY TODAY- The pep rally will begin at 1:40 at GHS today to allow for all student groups to participate.  Hope to see you there! BE LOUD AND PROUD!!!

LADY BLUES VOLLEYBALL- The Lady Blues continued their winning ways this past Tuesday by defeating Vernon to improve to 2-0 in district play.  This evening they are on the road to WF to face the Lady Huskies from Hirschi High.  BEAT HIRSCHI!

GRAHAM STEER FOOTBALL- The Steers will be at Newton Field tonight against the Stephenville Yellow Jackets.  Kickoff is at 7:30. BEAT STEPHENVILLE HIGH!

RSB3- The Rompin Stompin Big Blue band will be marching in the Sounds of Springtown Marching Festival on Saturday.  REPRESENT!

LADY BLUES AND GRAHAM STEER TENNIS- Our varsity tennis teams will be hosting Hirschi beginning at 9:00 am on Saturday morning.  GOOD LUCK!

GJHS LADY BLUES VOLLEYBALL GRAHAM TOURNAMENT- The GJHS volleyball teams will be playing in our home tournament on Saturday. GOOD LUCK LADIES!

Less is More!

It takes tremendous fortitude to utter the words “I was wrong, and I am sorry.” Synonyms for fortitude include: strength, courage, resilience, grit, determination, endurance, guts, and staying power.  Who doesn’t want to be all of that?

Too often we deal with people who believe that admitting they were wrong shows weakness or ineptness. The danger of that belief, especially when it is held by people in positions of power or authority, is that it backs a leader into defending their poor choices, even when they themselves have come to recognize they were wrong. We end up placing false blame on others in order to prove that they were right. We point fingers and say that someone else didn’t execute as they should have and that is the reason things went wrong. In our minds we see this as a way to save face or retain respect. Sadly, we don’t accomplish any of those things. In fact, we accomplish the exact opposite. Others recognize when mistakes have been made, and they also recognize when a someone is covering his/her own tracks. They ultimately lose respect, trust, and confidence.

If we want to be genuinely successful in both our professional and personal life, we have to be willing to set aside our pride, our fears, and our insecurities, and really come to recognize that to be a true leader that is deserving of their position of authority, we must earn – not demand – the respect of others.  The journey toward earning their respect begins the moment we recognize our mistakes and have the integrity and fortitude to utter the words, “I was wrong, and I am sorry” without any distractors such as, “well, I only acted like that because you did this.” In this case less is definitely more!

CORNY JOKE OF THE DAY:

How do you fix a broken pumpkin? (Scroll down for the answer)

A pumpkin patch!