Why LeBron Gets Criticized

He’s earned it all by himself

LeBron James doesn’t get it at all, but someone needs to tell him he has no one to blame but himself. He’s the one who has put himself on a pedestal with his mouth and actions. He really doesn’t see how he’s got himself in all this trouble with his public. So, I guess it’s up to me to say why. Someone pass it on to him, please.

He can’t believe he’s not universally loved with all he’s done

• He really wants to be liked, He doesn’t like being the bad guy and has said so.
• He does tons of charity work. He loves kids and likes “giving back”
• He never gets in trouble off the court, No drugs, no arrests, no incidents
• He is engaging, good looking, always smiling and genuinely a nice guy
• He’s a phenomenal basketball player, is always prepared, always plays hard, never challenges his coach
• He’s been an All-Star every year, All- Pro, 3 times All Defensive Team player and too many others to list
• He’s given precious summer off-time to play for Team USA winning 2 Bronze Medals and 2 Gold Medals
• He’s been NBA MVP twice, should have gotten it last year and is on track to win it again this year.
• He’s acknowledged as the best player in the game today, one of the best ever.

He seems almost to good to be true. 
He is a freaky great athlete who has always pushed himself to get the most out of his potential. Even as a teenager he seemed mature beyond his years. All this from a young man who came from what could be kindly described as a broken, unstable and troubled family environment. He deserves much praise and respect for how he has handled himself in so many areas!

So why is he endlessly criticized and mistrusted by the public?
It’s because of the pedestal he has placed himself on with his actions and words. Maybe even with all he’s done, he thinks that he’s a little more special than he is? It’s okay if others idolize you, but people have problems with those who idolize themselves.

The other side of the LeBron story

• He ordained himself KING JAMES before he left high school, he still calls himself KING JAMES…recently painted it on his bike, etc.
• As a pro he made a bold move by selecting for himself Michael Jordan’s number 23…He said as a tribute to his hero. 
• His audacious approach, starting with the KING JAMES, left the clear impression he took 23 because he expected to eclipse Jordan.
• Began referring to his teammates as his “supporting cast.” He wasn’t the only star to do this, but he was the youngest.
• Never won a Championship in Cleveland…making sure everyone didn’t blame him, but blamed his “cast”
• Displayed a reluctance to take charge at the end of games…when the “star” is supposed to want the ball and last shot.
• He denied responsibility for shirking this responsibility, by saying he wasn’t a ball hog and just was passing the ball to the “open” player
• He never seemed to understand the reason those players were open was because they other team wasn’t worried about “them” scoring
• Took the “holier than thou” stance that he was just playing the game it was supposed to be played, refusing to step up, again and again.
• Year after year failed to bring home a Championship…In spite of paying the "right way"...but of course, not his fault.
• Kept increasing demands on management to keep him happy, which they did...they didn't want to lose him to free agency
• Allowed storyline to grow that no matter how he tried, he could never win a Championship in Cleveland…too big a “burden” for even him
• Became increasingly insistent with demands with management to get him the players he wanted…many of whom he got
• Even then, when the playoffs came, he came up weak, playing so poor in games (Celtics) that everyone accused him of(gasp) quitting!
• Never took responsibility for playoff failures, never acknowledged efforts of coaches and management to give him what he wanted
• Drug out free agent signing process…leaving his home team to painfully, publicly twist in the wind waiting for him to decide if he would re-sign
• Made a public spectacle of his announcement on TV, with no courtesy call to his team of 7 years, to alert them he was leaving for Miami
• Alienated many by abandoning Cleveland for Miami so he can have easier road to winning Championships by leaning on Dwayne Wade
• Upon arrival, announced he came came so he could win not 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, not 6, but 7 Championships. Again, Michael Jordan only has 6.
• Continued to frustrate by failing late in games with Miami, just as he had done in Cleveland…Played GREAT until end of game…then folds...still playing the "right way" I guess.
• In playoffs continued to expand his incompetence in the 4^th quarter of games, totally disappearing as a factor, no shots, no points, freezing up.
• Never spoke at press conferences without Dwane, frustrating reporters and others who expect him to stand and speak for himself.
• First season in Miami also loses Championship and it’s his fault, disappearing totally at the end…just as in Cleveland
• Continues to act the big shot role seemingly unaware of his lack of Championship validation…special, entitled, above everyone who is not a superstar
• Still makes lame efforts to, on top of everything, be beloved by all, posing as a humble man of the people, as if he didn’t see himself as KING JAMES.
• Repeatedly insults everyone’s intelligence with interviews saying ingratiating things like '…sure, he’d love to come back to play in Cleveland.'
• Stays oblivious to his role in creating unrest and confusion with his statements…such as how should the Miami fans react to his Cleveland comments?
• Belittles critics as making irrational knee jerk criticisms..."If anything goes wrong anywhere in the world...blame LeBron" ...as he continues to deny that his actions have anything to do with it...thinking he's the innocent victim of unjustified attacks.

He’s criticized because others see what he can’t

• He’s an insanely talented, hard working athlete who is monstrously compensated and who believes in his heart he is the greatest athlete of all time. He may be that good, but…
• It’s hard for the rest of us common folk to enjoy him admiring himself in the mirror as he asks us to accept him as a humble man of the people who we should love as a close friend.
• In spite of his regular season heroics, it’s hard for us to treat him with the same respect as those who have actually fought and won Championships. Not 1, not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5 but 6!!!! …Or even 11, like Bill Russell with the Celtics! Lebron has 0. So calm down Lebron,
• Even if he wins a Championship, we aren’t going to be that impressed with it if he free loads off Dwayne Wade in the 4^th quarter and especially in the final seconds of the game, since that’s when most playoff games are won in the NBA. If you are the GREATEST…BE THE GREATEST!!!

And even if he wins one and makes the game winning shot…super duper. Get back out there, concentrate on your business and win several more. That way it will be easier to tolerate your self worshipping KING JAMES act!

Note: Hopefully this will help the fine young man understand his role in creating the reasons behind the criticism. 

You Can't Play God

You want the best for them, but they may rebel and make even worse choices if they feel controlled.When working with others, you must realize there are limits to what you can do.

You may want things for your people more than they want it for themselves. You may see they’re in a position to do great things to move up, to have bigger incomes, bigger responsibility, a better way of life if they can do certain things but they don’t want it, they’re never going to do it.

Managers and leaders can save themselves a lot of grief if they accept the fact that they can’t play God in other people’s lives.  

People do only what they want to do
Just because you want it for them, doesn’t mean they want it bad enough themselves to do what’s necessary to get it done. At the end of all of your efforts, you’ll find people are going to be what they’re going to be.You may want them to be something bigger, better or more successful. You may see that they have incredible potential.

That doesn’t matter at all.
What matters is what they want and how they see themselves. They’re going to wind up exactly where they want to be. Even if you artificially promote them they will find a way to sabotage themselves and get demoted.

What’s inside their heart is the deciding factor, not what others want for them.

You Won't Know Until You Try

 What you see on the outside very often has NOTHING to do with a person's potential.

"There has never been a test—and there never will be a test that can measure the heart of a man or woman." —Art Williams

Life is full of opportunities.

As you look out there and try to decide what you are going to do with your life, you wonder… “Could I do that? Would I be any good at that?”

There is only one way to find out. Go for it!
Tennis may look like fun, but you’ll never know until you get a racket, get on the court and start hitting some balls. Until you get into the water, you’ll never know if you really like swimming.

On the outside looking in you get certain impressions on how it would be to work somewhere, but you’ll never know for sure how you like it until yo start doing it. You’ll also never know if you have an aptitude for it, if you could be good at it.

The same with employers.
They’ll never really know until they see you in action. It's even true in professional sports. They put months of analysis, testings, interviewing, looking at video, conducting tryouts to see who they are going to draft. They make their pick, sign them to million dollar contracts and then hope. Because years of experience has taught them that they really are just guessing. They won’t know, even after all that research, how they will perform in intense game situations.

So what’s the point? 
If you think you’d like to do something, if you think you would enjoy it and be good at it, then get started and find out for sure as soon as possible.

And if you are an employer...
Don’t pick your winners on appearance. Get them in the game and let them show you who the best ones are. Because if you try to pick them in advance, you’ll almost always get the wrong one.

Testing scores can’t measure anyone’s heart—their will to win. 

And their will to win is what makes them Winners!

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Have you been underestimating yourself, or holding yourself back because you're afraid to try? Or have you hired someone who totally suprised you (or disappointed you) because you misjudged their appearance?

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Be You.

Young people moving up in life are attracted to winners.  

The people at the top of any profession always grab the attention of those on the way up and they're the role models. They’re the inspiration. They show how you can be successful. They give you a template, an example of success. 

One of the greatest ways to learn is by mimicking.  

In fact, that's how we learn as children; that's how we learn most of what we learned to walk, talk, interact with others, what's right, what's wrong. We learned from mimicking others. Now, that's a fantastic way to learn as long as you don't go overboard. The important point is to realize that although you can learn from others—you can copy techniques, ideas, mannerisms, phrases, words, ideas, concepts, schedules, thinking, planning from others but you can never be them.  

You can only be you.  

You are totally unique in the history of the world. Only you were born where you were born, at the time you were born, to the parents you were born to, with or without the brothers and sisters you have, with or without the aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc. in your extended family. Only you grew up in the school system you grew up with and had the teachers you had, the church you went to, the friends you had and the experiences you had.  

All of these things have a tremendous impact on forming you.  

It starts with genetics. Only you have that unique DNA combination of genetics that came from your parents. There could be 20 children in the family yet they will all have their distinct unique personalities and views of the world. There is no one who has ever lived who is exactly like you. So what does that mean?  

That means no one knows what your potential is.  

No one knows what you could be great at.  No one knows how you could impact the world. No one knows what your possibilities are.  There's no way of knowing what level of success you can have in life because there's never in the history of the world been anyone exactly like you. Your joy, your opportunity, your privilege as you live your life is to find out exactly what the answers are to all of those questions.

Go and live your life to the fullness. Be you and find out what that you really is.