Disruptive Motorvation

Disruptive Motorvation is the process of purposely and proactively “breaking bonds” and “breaking rank” with convention and prevailing winds to create new realities of possibility and to achieve out-of- box results.

This term borrows conceptually from Clayton Christensen’s theory of “disruptive innovation”:

“The theory of disruptive innovation was first coined by Harvard professor Clayton M. Christensen …  and … popularized by his book The Innovator’s Dilemma, published in 1997.  The theory explains [how] … an [unconventional] innovation transforms an existing market or sector ... where complication and high cost are the status quo.”  [From Wikipedia.  See more at: http://www.christenseninstitute.org/key-concepts/disruptive-innovation-2/?gclid=CjwKEAiA7ZajBRCpur2xi47n1zkSJADqV2Wlp0ojpvJw6FQxtAj5tjqLWS_X1pV0kswwm-_I44nBLBoCELHw_wcB#sthash.xgINn2uz.dpuf]

However, the precipitating notion for Disruptive Motorvation came from a pre-season sports analysis:  

“[Coach Matthew Mitchell] wants Kentucky [Women’s Basketball] to be the fastest team in the nation, the most disruptive team in the nation, and the toughest – mentally and physically – in the nation.”  Jennifer Smith, Lexington Herald-Leader, Nov. 14, 2014, B1.

Frankly, I can think of few things more disruptive in almost any sport than “fastest” and “toughest” – aside from being the BIGGEST or having immaculate execution, resourceful cunning/creativity, “athleticism”, or deadly accurate scoring capacity!  But fastest, toughest and disruptive can certainly make a defining difference – all other things being more or less equal.  If you can disrupt execution, neutralize size and athleticism, and hold scoring capacity in check, you’ve got more than half a chance of coming out on top.    

And then there’s soccer:

“US [soccer] teams have been run with the implicit understanding that they rely on hustle because they aren’t skilled or schooled enough to play straight up with elite teams.”  Jürgen Klinsmann, Coach of the 2014 US World Cup Soccer Team

But basketball is where it's at in Kentucky.  UK Men’s Basketball coach, John Calipari made the following observation immediately juxtaposed to Coach Mitchell’s comments above.    

“We need adversity  … We need to be down 10, and let’s figure out what we are [i.e., – how to disrupt the motorvation against us].  We need to get these freshmen into heated games … Can you make a basket [under highly adverse circumstances]?  Can you make fouls [shots]?  We don’t know until we get some adversity.”  Jerry Tipton, Lexington Herald-Leader, November 14, 2014, B1 

Write this down:

Adversity is going to happen! 

Water runs downhill,

Life untended runs downhill,

Any system un-nudged to the contrary runs downhill,

And MAYHEM lurks on the downhill side of everything!

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Get MOTORVATED/ANIMATED and go DISRUPT some ADVERSITY!

Disrupt the status quo!

Disrupt AVERAGE!

Disrupt complacency!

Disrupt incompetence and ineptitude!

Disrupt "complications"!

Disrupt negativity!

Disrupt stress!

Disrupt uncertainty / timidity / insecurity!

Disrupt non-productivity! 

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Don’t settle for half-a-loaf of mediocre goods;

Become “Hell-on-Wheels” against barriers to advancement and excellence!

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