Philosophy
Apart from being a football coach, Bo Johansson is also a public speaker, primarily talking about management, as his approach to football coaching is somewhat different from many football coaches. He works from ten clear ground rules:
- Be open to others. Consideration gives you the feeling of well-being, which leads to progress.
- Remember, we're all different. We can be in different moods. Don't always point out the errors and short-comings of others. Respect others eccentricities. You have some yourself!
- Don't demand you have to be perfect. There are a number of factors in most situations, which you can not control or alter. Don't take accidental adversities too seriously.
- Do not destroy the belief in yourself by comparing your weak sides with the strengths of others.
- Be aware that encouragement and praise brings out the best in people. Too much negative criticism brings out the worst in people. By showing that you trust your friends, you show them their importance and skill.
- Be grateful for what others do for you. Be kind to your friends. Treat others like you want them to treat you.
- Be helpful to others. Show respect, sympathy, and understanding to the one who seeks your help. Do not worry. Keep a hold of the goodness that you have in you.
- Keep the thoughts of others to yourself. Be dependable. Never promise anything that you are not sure you can keep.
- Always think positively.
- What you want from life comes from other people. If you want to be admired, respected or loved, it will entirely come though other people. Never through material things. Therefore you must understand other people. And you won't be able to do that before you understand yourself.
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Famous quotes containing the word philosophy:
“What does mysticism really mean? It means the way to attain knowledge. It’s close to philosophy, except in philosophy you go horizontally while in mysticism you go vertically.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)
“Philosophy can be compared to some powders that are so corrosive that, after they have eaten away the infected flesh of a wound, they then devour the living flesh, rot the bones, and penetrate to the very marrow. Philosophy at first refutes errors. But if it is not stopped at this point, it goes on to attack truths. And when it is left on its own, it goes so far that it no longer knows where it is and can find no stopping place.”
—Pierre Bayle (1647–1706)
“Like speaks to like only; labor to labor, philosophy to philosophy, criticism to criticism, poetry to poetry. Literature speaks how much still to the past, how little to the future, how much to the East, how little to the West.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)