It was years ago that the late Green Bay Packers football coach echoed these words as part of his famous “What It Takes to be Number One” speech:
“Winning is not a sometime thing; it’s an all the time thing. You don’t win once in a while; you don’t do things right once in a while; you do them right all the time. Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.”
Reverend Lombardi (as my high school football coach referred to him) knew something about winning – that it was habitual. But I believe he can teach us something about alignment when it comes to our core values as well.