Do you have the support staff?

Recently I had a wonderful conversation with the Children’s Director at our church. Before walking out on stage to rehearse for our Sunday morning service, we found ourselves in this awesome topic of support staff and children.

Here I will share with you the first part of our conversation which was about those who are very successful and how although they are the ones successful, their supporters are probably as important if not more important then the actual person.

For example, take Tiger Woods; do you ever think about what his day was like when he was soaring into the PGA? Do you think he woke up, hung out with friends, played video games, maybe watched a movie and then oh it's Saturday I think I will go play some golf? I think not.

In fact I don't personally know Tiger but I would bet that everything, everything was second to Golf. Sure it’s hard for Tiger to constantly stay focused and to constantly try to improve but how about the loved ones in his life. What if you loved something so much, you were never home for dinner? Or that everything your family did was around Golf? What if you had to cancel field trips for your kids because of Golf, what if you only had 2 days a week together because of Golf. What if you never seen your loved ones on the weekends because every single weekend he or she was out of town in a golf tournament? What if your kids didn't see your spouse for days because of Golf?

Do you have the support staff?

Frankly, I don't know how this works. I think it's wonderful to let your kids see that you are passionate about something in your life but how do you explain to a 3 year old who is begging for attention, "Daddy, has to go golfing sweetheart" after you have already been golfing all week.

How about Michael Phelps? Dale Earnhardt Jr.? John Mayer? Andy Stanley? Sting? Dave Matthews? Or even better yet, the snow skier or bobsledder that absolutely no-one knows about that is training right now for the 2010 Winter Olympics. No matter what, these people have loved ones, loved ones who are sacrificing their time once again to support the one they love.

Can you succeed in your passion without a support staff?

I would love to hear your thoughts.

By the way, I have nothing against golf so please don’t send me hate emails!