“Hey coach, listen. You got any more of that secret shtuff? I think it's starting to wear off.” In a scene from the movie, “Space Jam” (1996), an animated Daffy Duck asks arguably the most famous basketball player alive whether there’s any more “secret shtuff” for his teammates. The team has been beaten badly in the first half of the game, and in order to win, they want more of the “magic” tonic that Jordan hands them out earlier.
The magic though, is plain water, and Michael Jordan confesses the truth. The team wins in the end after all. The difference is, now they know that the magic is within them, in the potential we all possess, and in the courage and confidence, we need help to dredge up once in a while.
We are all born with infinite potential but need the rest of our lives to realize that potential and bring it to fruition. We live in a world full of great thinkers and ideas, but with very few doers, and fewer still who truly achieve greatness. Success lies in answering that call to action which is represented in the potential that lives within us. A swig of that “secret shtuff” – COURAGE – and off you’ll go on your way to success. Imagination alone cannot help; you need the power of EXECUTION.