Great people are not normal; that is according to the book, Organize Tomorrow Today, by Jason Selk and Tom Bartow.

The trick is to learn to overcome average and become extraordinary.

In Major League Baseball, nothing spreads faster than a scouting report.

Once the “book” on a player has been established, news travels. If a guy murders inside fastballs – or can’t hit a curveball – it doesn’t take long for everybody in the league to know. Once everybody knows what a player can and can’t hit, it’s up to the player to make whatever adjustments that need to be made.

The word had gotten out that the player was struggling to hit breaking balls. Of course, almost immediately, all he started seeing in each at bat was breaking balls. His weakness had been exposed, and now it was getting exploited – big time. Every time the batter came to the plate, he would struggle to survive.

The issue was brought to the player, that he needed to learn to improve, but it seems the player had the same response: He had never been able to hit that kind of a pitch. He wasn’t paid to hit a breaking ball; he was paid to hit home runs off of the fastball.

But things got worse. When finally confronted he was told, “I know that you are a professional baseball player, and everyone knows that you kill fastballs. The problem is that no one is throwing you fastballs anymore, and if you don’t learn to do something about it, you will not only stop facing breaking balls, but you will also never see another fastball again.”

The only right answer is that if you are truly committed to victory, you need to be accountable for what you do and what you can’t do. Adversity must always be faced. The question is not only asking are you willing to face the adversity, but how are you going to make this adversity work toward your advantage.

Learning is always a process. Even when it doesn’t work the way you wanted it to, just remember that the same breaking balls aren’t going to stop just because you want them to.

Learn to adjust, pivot and profit.

Taken from the book, Organize Tomorrow Today, by Jason Selk and Tom Bartow.