HEADS YOU LOOSE!

Yesterday we looked at the "hinge of history" and how simple decisions and actions like where to have lunch, turn left or right, stop or keep going, can change your life and that of many others. Like life, most sports are games of inches which can be both glorious or painful depending on the slimmest of margins.

Consider the example of how something incredibly simple can have such a huge impact. Back in 1979, the NBA used to flip a coin between the two teams with the worst records for the number one pick in the draft. The Chicago Bulls called "heads" and the coin cam up "tails", thereby giving the first pick to the New Orleans Jazz. But the Jazz had to give the pick to the Los Angeles Lakers as compensation for signing one of their free agents. That number one pick became Magic Johnson from Michigan State. The next season, led by their rookie guard, the Lakers became NBA champions and there would be several more. The New Orleans Jazz moved and became the Utah Jazz without playing another game in Louisiana. And if Chicago won the coin flip there is little doubt that they would not have been in a position a few years later to draft a player by the na,e of Michael Jordan.

This is why you never give up and never underestimate the powers of your actions and their accompanying reactions. Because you never know where or when you'll find your "Magic"!