TNF Do.Not.Doubt.Yourself.
Rodgers Packers Grow from Self Doubt
Packers getting ready to face the Titans tonight on Thursday Night Football presented by Amazon. No excuse not to watch because Amazon just laid you off and at the same time paid more to the rights to televise this game than anyone has in human history. Growth is hard to come by at the moment boys and girls. But we can still stream content at a highly profitable margin. For the rest of us we have to keep trying. Interestingly in Rodgers post game or early week presser he addressed a somewhat touchy if not difficult to articulate topic of self doubt and the “little voice on your shoulder” as he called it. The voice it seems had been having its way with him, his decision making, execution and overall performance.
Rodgers talking about this voice of doubt was telling. Of course after his performance against the Cowboys it was a relief I am sure to him more than anyone to be able to as he said “send that voice back to hell”. As he got into this conversation about the voice on his shoulder, I imagined all the journalists starting to think about their own voice. They don’t know how to write. They can’t ask a good question in front of a bunch of people. Or like Derek Zoolander started asking ‘Who am I’? Anyway to be able to cast that voice off and back to hell is powerful and often leads to succcess. A true burden, self doubt can handcuff even the most powerful and talented of individuals. Not to excuse the play of the Packers leading up to their performance against the Cowboys but teams players and people in general must at times hit a rough patch in order to reset. Cast the voice back to hell.
So like the rest of us Rodgers and Company keep trying. Psychology 101. Keep trying. Growth often happens in the most dire of situations and indeed for the Packers, while not dire outside of the fact the Vikings have a much better record, it seems they may be on the upswing once again. Just when it looked like they would actually fold, mail it in, tear it down, blow it up - a rookie stepped up, a veteran cast aside the voice of self doubt on his shoulder. Can they do it again tonight? If you still have a job you probably won’t by kickoff. The kids are at Lambeau freezing their asses off I am sure doubting their mission, their purpose. Nay! Do. Not. Doubt. Stay the course and let the English see you do it. Go Pack!
