#MO1

A few years back, I went to a clinic of baseball coaches and while there, I listened to a coach talk about the Magnitude of One.  The coach used it as reference to improve every minute at whatever you are doing at that moment.  He went on to elaborate that this mantra didn't just follow them in baseball but should carry over to all aspects of their life.

Since that time, I have adopted this as our own team motto but expanded a little with some help from other coaches and research that I have done.  #MO1 isn't just something that we use when we participate in baseball activities but it is something that we try to carry over into our lives.  Magnitude can be defined as of great size.  I like to think of it as of great meaning or the impact that one can make.

We took a team trip and had a coach talk to us.  He also used one but in a different realm.  He tries to get his wrestlers to improve one percent every day.  I got thinking, "Hmmm, what other ways does one effect us?  What really is the Magnitude of one?"

Another way that we can use One is to make it a personal goal to positively impact one life every day.  It can be something intentional or unintentional.  It can be anonymous or worthy of credit.  When we consider the impact that could be made if each of us set out each day to impact one person's life, think about the changes.  It reminds me of the movie Pay it Forward, but instead it is just the Magnitude of One.  This could be the greatest influence in society.

If we think in Biblical contexts, it brings me back to John 14:6, "Jesus answered, 'I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.'"  You see, there is only one way, one truth, and one life.  Jesus is the one way for us to get to the Father. 

As you can see, improvement in your life, and the impact you have on others comes down to the number ONE.  The number one can change you life and the lives of the people around you.  Strive to improve daily and impact one other life, and things can change.