May 10, 2024 • 8 mins
For our "Shop Talk" series, Coach Bill pontificates on vacuums and when they can hurt you.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Everybody. It's Bill Courtney with an army of normal folks,
and we're about to share with you Shop Talk number nine.
I can't believe one number nine, but we are Shop
Talk number nine, and we're going to talk about the
uselessness of using a vacuum in your life. It's great
(00:26):
for getting dirt off carpet, but it's a pretty poor
tool for living with. We'll get into that right after
these brief messages from our general sponsors. All right, everybody's
(00:53):
Shop Talk number nine. Those of you who've ever used
a vacuum to get dirt off the carpet, typically they
work really well. And the way they work is air
is sucked in through the input of the vacuum, and
that air is strong enough sometimes with the brush to
pick up dirt. And then when the air goes into
(01:16):
a cylinder of some sort, whether it's a bag or whatever,
it spins around real fast, and the dirt is heavier
than the air, so the dirt falls out of that
centrifuge of air falls into the bag that collects a dirt,
and then the air is expelled through the output, So
(01:36):
air in spins fast in circles air out. That's how
vacuum works. That's what a vacuum is. That's how vacuum
cleaner works. But that's what a vacuum is. In spins,
real fast out. The vacuum itself is the spinning, and
a vacuum cleaner is a great implement for getting dirt
(01:57):
off a carpet, But a vacuum is a terrible thing
to live in. What that means, y'all, is if if
you surround yourself with people that look just like you,
vote just like you, love just like you, worship just
like you, live just like you, basically have a life
(02:19):
just like you, every conversation you have is going to
be circular. You're all going to agree with each other.
You're all gonna have the same perspective. You're all gonna
have the same ideas, You're all gonna have the same ideals,
you'all gonna have the same narrative on life. You're all
gonna have the same everything. And so you sit at
(02:41):
a table with a bunch of people that look just
like you, act just like you, vote just like you,
believe just like you, worship just like you, love just
like you, and as you have conversations about things going
on in the world. You're all going to be going
in circles around the table, just agree with each other.
That's not growth. That's thought inside a vacuum. Now, look,
(03:04):
there's nothing wrong with having people in your orbit that
are from your world where you can discuss your most
intimate thoughts and your fears and your goals. And it
may be a small group of church, it may be
a forceoment golf, maybe a group you sit down with
at a corner table in some cafe and share a
(03:26):
cup of coffee or glass of wine. And you need
places like that to go to, you know, recharge your batteries.
But if that's the only place you go, if that's
the only place you exist, I would say you're not
having a whole lot of growth because inside that vacuum,
(03:51):
you don't get input into your mind and your ethos ideas.
It may be contra to what you think and believe.
And I'm not saying that we ever need to give
up on our principles or give up on the things
that we believe in. I'm not saying that, But I'm
saying to find consensus and to civilly have discourse about
(04:16):
the things that divide us. You're never going to fully
understand that perspective and to consider another person's point of
view unless you're unwilling to get out of your own
vacuum of thought. So while a vacuum cleaner is a
great thinking, great thing to get dirt off a carpet,
(04:36):
it's a terrible place to live because without those convergence
of ideas and principles, without that expiration of things outside
of your own belief set, there's no way you're going
to grow. I've learned that a number of different places.
(05:00):
One of them was a Manassas. When I coached at Manassas,
you know, that was a very very different social setting
than anything I'd ever been exposed to. And I had
a lot of preconceived notions about kids from New Chicago
in the hood. I had a lot of preconceived notions
(05:23):
about society, the politics of that society, and why people
often ended up in poverty and how they existed in poverty.
So when I went to Manassas, I got way outside
of my vacuum. My thought was outside of my vacuum,
(05:44):
and I listened and I learned, and I got to
see a point of view in a perspective that I
had never ever considered in my life, because I'd never
ever heard it. And once I considered and listened to
a different narrative and a different perspective on life and
(06:05):
a part of society, part of my society that I'd
never immersed myself in, I started to grow and I
started to change my opinions on some things. Now. Did
the basics and fundamental tenets of who I am and
what I believe in my faith, in my family and
all of those things changed, No, not really, but they
(06:27):
certainly evolved. And they evolved because I was outside of
my vacuum. I was outside of my comfort zone. I
was outside of a place that I'd always kind of existed,
and through that I grew. I became a better football coach,
I became a better manager and my business, and I
(06:48):
became a better person. And I have a perspective now,
an understanding of a perspective now that allows me to
have conversations that are useful and relatable and real that
I would have never been able to have had I
not had that experience of being outside of my vacuum
(07:11):
and a place that was foreign and different to where
I came from. And so I grew so shop talk
number nine, Think about a vacuum. We often talk on
an army of normal folks about how change can happen
this country, but it starts with you. And I do
(07:32):
believe that it starts with every one of you seeing
a small area of need in your corner of the
world and fill in it. But I will tell you
the most effective way to do that is to break
free of your vacuum of thought. Open your eyes, open
your mind, open your heart, open your ears, and hear
(07:55):
other points of view, other narratives than other perspectives. And
if you hear those and understand those and learn from those,
when you do step out of your comfort zone and
you do seek to do something for your society and
your own neck of the woods, you will be much
(08:17):
more prepared to handle the challenges that come as a
result of doing that work. And I promise you this.
You will get five hundred times more out of it
than you put into it, and you will grow and
you will learn. That's shop talk this week. I hope
you'll think about it. I'm Bill Courtney. We'll see you
(08:39):
next week.
Everybody. It's Bill Courtney with an army of normal folks,
and we're about to share with you Shop Talk number nine.
I can't believe one number nine, but we are Shop
Talk number nine, and we're going to talk about the
uselessness of using a vacuum in your life. It's great
(00:26):
for getting dirt off carpet, but it's a pretty poor
tool for living with. We'll get into that right after
these brief messages from our general sponsors. All right, everybody's
(00:53):
Shop Talk number nine. Those of you who've ever used
a vacuum to get dirt off the carpet, typically they
work really well. And the way they work is air
is sucked in through the input of the vacuum, and
that air is strong enough sometimes with the brush to
pick up dirt. And then when the air goes into
(01:16):
a cylinder of some sort, whether it's a bag or whatever,
it spins around real fast, and the dirt is heavier
than the air, so the dirt falls out of that
centrifuge of air falls into the bag that collects a dirt,
and then the air is expelled through the output, So
(01:36):
air in spins fast in circles air out. That's how
vacuum works. That's what a vacuum is. That's how vacuum
cleaner works. But that's what a vacuum is. In spins,
real fast out. The vacuum itself is the spinning, and
a vacuum cleaner is a great implement for getting dirt
(01:57):
off a carpet, But a vacuum is a terrible thing
to live in. What that means, y'all, is if if
you surround yourself with people that look just like you,
vote just like you, love just like you, worship just
like you, live just like you, basically have a life
(02:19):
just like you, every conversation you have is going to
be circular. You're all going to agree with each other.
You're all gonna have the same perspective. You're all gonna
have the same ideas, You're all gonna have the same ideals,
you'all gonna have the same narrative on life. You're all
gonna have the same everything. And so you sit at
(02:41):
a table with a bunch of people that look just
like you, act just like you, vote just like you,
believe just like you, worship just like you, love just
like you, and as you have conversations about things going
on in the world. You're all going to be going
in circles around the table, just agree with each other.
That's not growth. That's thought inside a vacuum. Now, look,
(03:04):
there's nothing wrong with having people in your orbit that
are from your world where you can discuss your most
intimate thoughts and your fears and your goals. And it
may be a small group of church, it may be
a forceoment golf, maybe a group you sit down with
at a corner table in some cafe and share a
(03:26):
cup of coffee or glass of wine. And you need
places like that to go to, you know, recharge your batteries.
But if that's the only place you go, if that's
the only place you exist, I would say you're not
having a whole lot of growth because inside that vacuum,
(03:51):
you don't get input into your mind and your ethos ideas.
It may be contra to what you think and believe.
And I'm not saying that we ever need to give
up on our principles or give up on the things
that we believe in. I'm not saying that, But I'm
saying to find consensus and to civilly have discourse about
(04:16):
the things that divide us. You're never going to fully
understand that perspective and to consider another person's point of
view unless you're unwilling to get out of your own
vacuum of thought. So while a vacuum cleaner is a
great thinking, great thing to get dirt off a carpet,
(04:36):
it's a terrible place to live because without those convergence
of ideas and principles, without that expiration of things outside
of your own belief set, there's no way you're going
to grow. I've learned that a number of different places.
(05:00):
One of them was a Manassas. When I coached at Manassas,
you know, that was a very very different social setting
than anything I'd ever been exposed to. And I had
a lot of preconceived notions about kids from New Chicago
in the hood. I had a lot of preconceived notions
(05:23):
about society, the politics of that society, and why people
often ended up in poverty and how they existed in poverty.
So when I went to Manassas, I got way outside
of my vacuum. My thought was outside of my vacuum,
(05:44):
and I listened and I learned, and I got to
see a point of view in a perspective that I
had never ever considered in my life, because I'd never
ever heard it. And once I considered and listened to
a different narrative and a different perspective on life and
(06:05):
a part of society, part of my society that I'd
never immersed myself in, I started to grow and I
started to change my opinions on some things. Now. Did
the basics and fundamental tenets of who I am and
what I believe in my faith, in my family and
all of those things changed, No, not really, but they
(06:27):
certainly evolved. And they evolved because I was outside of
my vacuum. I was outside of my comfort zone. I
was outside of a place that I'd always kind of existed,
and through that I grew. I became a better football coach,
I became a better manager and my business, and I
(06:48):
became a better person. And I have a perspective now,
an understanding of a perspective now that allows me to
have conversations that are useful and relatable and real that
I would have never been able to have had I
not had that experience of being outside of my vacuum
(07:11):
and a place that was foreign and different to where
I came from. And so I grew so shop talk
number nine, Think about a vacuum. We often talk on
an army of normal folks about how change can happen
this country, but it starts with you. And I do
(07:32):
believe that it starts with every one of you seeing
a small area of need in your corner of the
world and fill in it. But I will tell you
the most effective way to do that is to break
free of your vacuum of thought. Open your eyes, open
your mind, open your heart, open your ears, and hear
(07:55):
other points of view, other narratives than other perspectives. And
if you hear those and understand those and learn from those,
when you do step out of your comfort zone and
you do seek to do something for your society and
your own neck of the woods, you will be much
(08:17):
more prepared to handle the challenges that come as a
result of doing that work. And I promise you this.
You will get five hundred times more out of it
than you put into it, and you will grow and
you will learn. That's shop talk this week. I hope
you'll think about it. I'm Bill Courtney. We'll see you
(08:39):
next week.
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