{"id":6362,"date":"2016-10-25T14:02:10","date_gmt":"2016-10-25T19:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/?p=6362"},"modified":"2024-05-27T13:52:43","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T18:52:43","slug":"chicago-cubs-going-world-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/chicago-cubs-going-world-series\/","title":{"rendered":"The Chicago Cubs are Going to The World Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div>\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6362\" class=\"elementor elementor-6362\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37a8deb elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37a8deb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ea88ea elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ea88ea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04af043\" data-id=\"04af043\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-065b00b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"065b00b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">A True Leadership Breakthrough<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d3e865a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d3e865a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you\u2019ve likely noticed, I\u00a0have this\u00a0blog called\u00a0<strong><em>Leadership Breakthroughs\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>on the\u00a0<em>Chicago<\/em>\u00a0Executive Coaching website. So, I\u2019m compelled to use my little forum to share\u00a0my gratitude to the Chicago Cubs\u2019 management. \u00a0The National League Pennant is an Epic\u00a0<strong><em>Leadership Breakthrough<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<em><strong>achievement<\/strong><\/em>. From the\u00a0top down, the Cubs have given us an example of combining vision and execution.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1389312 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1389312\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;re going to the World Series!\u00a0<\/p><p>There&#8217;s an abundance of media coverage on the Cubs right now.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-368b79c\" data-id=\"368b79c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2abaa19 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2abaa19\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"260\" height=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/theo-sm.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6364\" alt=\"Theo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/theo-sm.jpg 260w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/theo-sm-112x150.jpg 112w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/theo-sm-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de37443 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"de37443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Theo Epstein, in his post-champagne shower attire, acknowledges our gratitude.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b489f0 elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b489f0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-25e3f54\" data-id=\"25e3f54\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c7e2ce2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c7e2ce2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">What more can \"I\" say?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75bd7568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"75bd7568\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Well. there is a little more. Thanks for allowing me to share my viewpoint and feelings with you. \u00a0Hope it helps in some way.<\/p><p>I don&#8217;t have\u00a0a formal Bucket List. \u00a0But if I did, I&#8217;m not sure that I would have had the foresight to put this on my list:<\/p><blockquote><p><strong>Witnessing the Cubs win The National League Pennant<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><p>I didn&#8217;t dare dream about it. \u00a0Now, I&#8217;m elated and grateful that I can check this off my hypothetical Bucket List.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-496bc3c\" data-id=\"496bc3c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-70517b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"70517b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/NLCS-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6363\" alt=\"Tom at NLCS\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/NLCS-1.jpg 400w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/NLCS-1-150x111.jpg 150w, https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/wp-content\/uploads\/NLCS-1-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" title=\"\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c39e15c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c39e15c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-71c66ce\" data-id=\"71c66ce\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae2afc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae2afc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Gratitude, Blessings and Curses<\/h2><p>I&#8217;m also grateful that my grandfather, a retired Chicago Firefighter, took me to my first Cub&#8217;s game in 1964. That day,\u00a0I was able to walk up the steps and be wowed by the greenery of Wrigley Field. \u00a0An Ernie Banks game winning Grand Slam was icing on the cake.<\/p><p>I have fond memories of by 1969 Bleacher Bum experience. \u00a0Every game was a pep-rally experience. Pitcher Dick Selma led the cheers from the bull pen. We really got our money&#8217;s worth from those 90-cent general admission bleacher tickets. To the tune of &#8220;<em>He&#8217;s got the whole world in his hands&#8221;<\/em>, all of left field\u00a0sang together about having the <strong>Eastern Division<\/strong>, <strong>National League Pennant<\/strong> and <strong>The World Series<\/strong>\u00a0&#8220;in our hands&#8221; with each succeeding\u00a0verse. But it slipped away. Manager\u00a0Leo Durocher ran the regulars into the ground through the long hot summer. In the end, <em>The Amazing Mets<\/em> had the Eastern Division, National League Pennant and World Series in their hands. Ouch.<\/p><p>I&#8217;m grateful that my parents (in 1972) bought the house next to Cubs\u00a03rd Baseman <a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/my-lesson-from-this-old-cub\/\">Ron Santo<\/a>. I thereby had a chance to know him personally. And, to watch him hit a walk-off game winning home run from seats he provided. \u00a0I&#8217;m wearing my Santo jersey in the photo above.<\/p><p>Now this. The Cubs win The Pennant!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-32e4efd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"32e4efd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f0632ed\" data-id=\"f0632ed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f24980 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4f24980\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4372b90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4372b90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As you&#8217;ve likely noticed, I\u00a0have this\u00a0blog called <strong><em>Leadership Breakthroughs <\/em><\/strong>on the <em>Chicago<\/em> Executive Coaching website. So, I&#8217;m compelled to use my little forum to share\u00a0my gratitude to the Chicago Cubs&#8217; management. \u00a0The National League Pennant is an Epic <strong><em>Leadership Breakthrough<\/em><\/strong> <em><strong>achievement<\/strong><\/em>. From the\u00a0top down, the Cubs have given us an example of combining vision and execution.<\/p><h3><strong>Vision without action is a daydream. \u00a0Action without vision is a nightmare.<\/strong><\/h3><p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>&#8211; Japanese Proverb<\/strong><\/p><hr \/><p>Before the arrival of the Ricketts, Theo Epstein and Joe Madden, we lived the daydreams and the nightmares. \u00a0Never both.\u00a0Until now.<\/p><p>At Saturday night&#8217;s post game awards ceremony, Owner Tom Ricketts accepted the the National League trophy then turned to hand it off to Theo Epstein. Theo declined. \u00a0Perhaps a with superstition similar to the one in hockey where the winning captain avoids touching the division championship trophy, Instead they wait to raise the Stanley Cup.<\/p><p>As I write this, the Cubs need four more wins to win for the ultimate trophy. Theo&#8217;s Epstein&#8217;s Vision extends\u00a0beyond the National League Pennant.<\/p><p>For those if us non-players who can&#8217;t control of influence the World Series, let&#8217;s choose to enjoy the rest of the journey.<\/p><h2>Cubs Related Posts<\/h2><ul><li class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post1\" data-post-id=\"4650\" data-post-format=\"false\"><span class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-title\"><a class=\"jp-relatedposts-post-a\" title=\"Leadership Lessons from The Chicago Cubs Cub's management is actually giving us some leadership lessons as they execute their turnaround from their long-time losing legacy. Is it possible that they are creating a textbook turnaround that will be studied for ages? OK, that sounds just like an over-optimistic Cub fan. But hear me out.\" href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/leadership-lessons-from-chicago-cubs\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-origin=\"6362\" data-position=\"2\">Leadership Lessons from Lovable Losers: The Chicago Cubs<\/a><\/span><\/li><li class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post1\" data-post-id=\"4650\" data-post-format=\"false\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/my-lesson-from-this-old-cub\/\">My Lessons from<em> This Old Cub<\/em><\/a><\/li><li class=\"jp-relatedposts-post jp-relatedposts-post1\" data-post-id=\"4650\" data-post-format=\"false\"><a href=\"https:\/\/chicagoexecutivecoaching.com\/smartleadership\/regaining-your-childlike-curiosity\/\">Regaining Your Child-like Curiosity<\/a><\/li><\/ul><h3>Acknowledgements<\/h3><ul><li>Photo of me and NLCS ticket: JD Gershbein<\/li><li>Photo of Theo: Dennis Vo &#8211; my Beta House Dad&#8217;s Day Beer Pong Partner<\/li><li>Grandpa Walter Hilberg for those\u00a0first visits to Wrigley Field.<\/li><li>Aaron &amp; Laura Reed, Kevin Lemanski and Spencer Maus for tickets during this historic season.<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since this is Leadership Breakthroughs on ChicagoExecutiveCoaching.com, I&#8217;m compelled to express my elation gratitude to the Chicago Cubs&#8217; management.  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