Once I was driving to work and listening to radio guy interview Miami of Florida legend Ron Frazier. He was the legendary baseball coach that guided the Hurricanes to national prominence. It also had the help for many years of an assistant named Skip Bertman. Skip would later leave Miami and build LSU into a collegiate basketball powerhouse.The radio guy asked Coach Frazier, “When Skip came here they had never won. No one attended the games — they may have had a hundred fans per league game. No one talked about them and no one cared. Now they lead the nation in attendance each year and have won five national championships! I mean who would’ve ever imagined that?
Without any hesitation, Coach Frazier replied, “Skip Bertman.”
I was reminded of this story reading about Walt Disney in the book “Tiger Traits” by Nate Booth who wrote:
“Walt Disney died before Disney World in Orlando was completed. His brother, Roy, Came out of retirement and finished the project. On the opening day of Disney World, a young reporter came up to Roy and said, “Isn’t it a tragedy that Walt never got to see Disney World?” Roy Disney replied, “You’re wrong, young man. Walt did see it. He saw it in his imagination first. That’s why you’re seeing it physically her today.”
Remember, great vision is the art of seeing the invisible.
