{"id":10317,"date":"2012-04-30T05:30:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-30T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?p=10317"},"modified":"2014-10-13T13:35:22","modified_gmt":"2014-10-13T18:35:22","slug":"floyd-mayweather-little-child-reminds-us-of-the-little-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/floyd-mayweather-little-child-reminds-us-of-the-little-things\/10317\/","title":{"rendered":"Floyd Mayweather Becomes a Little Child and Reminds Us of the Little Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a296a24fa2fc69ef5487857f02f111e8\" data-index=\"9\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Single Post readerboard -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:inline-block;width:728px;height:90px\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-8207522353004717\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1144967431\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<!--powerpress_player--><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_flv\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mayweather-cotto-hbo-ppv.flv\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/?powerpress_pinw=10317-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/mayweather-cotto-hbo-ppv.flv\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"mayweather-cotto-hbo-ppv.flv\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/shmula.com-lean-leadership\/id930098243?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fstaging.opexlearning.com%2Fresources%2F%3Fp%3D10317\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/staging.opexlearning.com\/resources\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p><span class=\"drop_cap\">F<\/span>loyd Mayweather is fighting Miguel Cotto on May 5, 2012. As public relations for that upcoming fight, there&#8217;s been a series of features on each fighter &#8211; on Mayweather and Cotto &#8211; all over CNN while I watch the news.<\/p>\n<p>One I recently watched on CNN was an interview held by Michael Eric Dyson with Floyd Mayweather on HBO 24\/7. While Mayweather typically focuses on money, fame, and money again, but in a real moment of honesty, Floyd Mayweather reminds us of the little things.<\/p>\n<p><DIV style=\"padding: 2px; margin: 1em 1.5em 1em 0.5em; background: #FFFFA0 none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: solid; border-width: thin; border-color: #AE9F44; display: block; float: right; width: 20em;\"><DIV style=\"padding: 5px; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-size: 9pt;\">Personal Application<\/DIV><DIV style=\"background: #FFFFFF; padding: 0.5em; color: #0062A8;\">Today, even though you may be busy in your Lean journey. Remember the little things when it comes to people. When on the floor, call people by their first name and ask them about their day; about their hobbies; about their families. Ask them if there&#8217;s anything you can do to help them today. Remember that we&#8217;re in the business of building people, not just improving operations.<\/DIV><\/DIV>In the interview, Mayweather recounts his childhood: his mom on drugs; his dad in and out of jail. And then he shares this interesting bit &#8211; which, for just one moment &#8211; melts away his oversized ego and he becomes a little kid again:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Me and my dad have never been bowling. Me and my dad have never been to dinner. We&#8217;ve never sat down and talked as father and son. Me and my dad&#8217;s relationship has always just been boxing. Nothing else. Just boxing. If it wasn&#8217;t about boxing, then it wasn&#8217;t about nothing. 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