Ernie
The above is a quote from the late Ernie Harwell who was the Detroit Tigers’ play by play broadcaster for 42 years. While broadcasting for the Tigers, he became the most popular sports figure in the state of Michigan and his popularity came from living out the above quote—putting the interest of others before his own. As Jim Price, one of his former broadcast partners put it, “If you met Ernie for the first time, you’d walk away and felt like you were Ernie’s best friend.” Former Tiger player Alan Trammell agrees. “He (Ernie Harwell) treated everybody with a quality that very few have — everybody was the same, whether you’re the president or somebody on the street.” The lesson here is that when you’re kind, people notice. It draws them to you in such a way that they want to be your long time friend. The lives of so many miserable people would be transformed if only they understood this.
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Ernie Harwell had it so right and so many times in our lives we discover that being right about something is just no excuse for unkind actions. What amazes me is how one act of kindless is often returned years later by an individual.