Lazar

The OKC Thunder just brought on a guy from Minnesota. His job in practice is to guard Kevin Durant. He told Kevin:

“I told him, ‘I’ll be going up against you all the time. I’m going to push you. I’m going to fight you. I’m going to try to make you mad,”’ explained Lazar Hayward, a 6-foot-6, 225-pound second-year player out of Marquette. “But at the end of the day, it’ll help him because when those guys (opponents) guard him, they’re not going to let him do what he wants. It wouldn’t be fair to him if I didn’t do my best every night in guarding him at practice. So at the end of the day, it’s good for both of us.”

Right now I have a Lazar. Its my boss D. He is always on my case and riding me hard to be better. He says you have tons of potential and are a valuable asset but he wants me to be the best. He wants me to grow old with this company and personally see to it that I am my best. He knows he is personally responsible for how I turn out. He has 11 years on me. Thats a lot of heartache, growth, and maturity. SO… that leads me to trust him and know that when he is pushing me and trying to make me grow that it will be good for both of us in the end. He, and my employer and best friend and me, well as a person, employee, and sales leader. 

So who is your Lazar? Who pushes you to be better so that when its game time you are right where you need to be and even better than before? 

*Side note- the Thunder brought this guy on just to make their best guy better. That is interesting. His lone purpose on the team is to help them win games by pushing Durant. DONT EVER UNDERESTIMATE THE LAZARS ON YOUR TEAM.