Wisdom-Trek / Creating a Legacy

Welcome to Day 321 of our Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me.

This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom

9 Life Lessons from Baseball

Thank you for joining us for our 7 days a week, 7 minutes of wisdom podcast. This is Day 321 of our trek. The past few days we remained in camp around the campfire and dug out the nuggets of wisdom found in Proverbs Chapter 10. Today we are heading back out on the trail, and as we come to a crest of a hill we come to a clearing, and as we look over a beautiful and expansive valley, we see baseball fields with many teams currently playing. This leads me to wonder, “How can baseball be applied to our everyday trek of life?” Let’s give that some thought to see where our trek takes us today.

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We are broadcasting from our studio at Home2 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Last year and again this year I was invited to participate in the Webster family fantasy baseball league. Janet’s husband Rowan, his father, grandfather, and other family members make up the league of eight teams. While I enjoy occasionally watching some sporting events, due to my focus on business throughout the years, I have not allocated the time to really follow any sports. I am a novice of the Buddy League Baseball (which is named after Rowan’s grandfather), but I am enjoying learning and participating. I do hope to gain enough experience to at least hold my own within the league. Since I am involved in the league, I find myself searching out some analogies and parallels between baseball and life and came up with the...

9 Life Lessons from Baseball

With the official opening of the 2016 baseball season last week, let us glean the following lessons that can be applied to our trek of life. To quote the famous line from Yogi Berra, “It’s like Deja-vu, all over again…” Or as King Solomon put it in Ecclesiastes 1:9, "History merely repeats itself. It has all been done before. Nothing under the sun is truly new." So now it’s time to “Play ball!”

1. You can't hit a home run unless you swing for the fences.

To have success in any area of life, you must think big and act big. You can't accomplish huge things unless you go for it. In baseball, with two strikes, you should choke up, and just try to make solid contact. And in life, there is a time to settle for less than a home run. But, always start by thinking big.

2. The best players aren't afraid to get their uniforms dirty.

To make a lasting legacy impact on others you must live by example, and that means living life in the trenches with those you influence. You must be willing to share both joy and sorrow. You need to be willing to give them a hand up and help them physically or even a hand out when they need help financially. If others see that you are willing to get your uniform dirty to ensure that they succeed, they will be more willing to pass it on to others allowing your legacy to grow.

3. Measure everything that matters.

I am learning as part of a fantasy baseball league that those who are successful pay close attention to the stats. This also applies to the real teams.