What to do when the odds seem stacked against me?

[davidthefat]

Originally Posted by PayneTrain

I think by the time that you are a highly-experienced junior or senior on the team, you need to begin entering a mentor's school of thought. You can relate really well with the kids if you give off the impression that you know what is best without saying it, and asking them questions about what they think. They can feel a connection with you being closer to their age, but you give off a vibe that you know what to do, as you've been in their exact positions before.

You sacrifice a lot of subjectivity, but you leave every meeting feeling satisfied.

It sounds like a mentor on your team and yourself are taking two wildly different approaches to the season. I think it would be best for you to reel in your "shoving" into a scary pit of complexity, and just nudge them down the hill on their bicycle. The team will realize how far they can get with just a nudge.

You owe it to yourself and your team to be the best you can be for everyone involved. Sometimes being a great teammate means sacrificing a bit of your philosophy in order to understand and appreciate theirs.

Another mentor told me that, in life, sometimes you just have to go with the flow and stop resisting even if you know you are right.