One of the most successful college football teams right now credits some of their success to something really unusual. They just told us in an interview why they think karaoke is contributing to their winning record this season. BYU football team was 11 and two last season. They just recently topped the Big 12 power rankings this season and they are just off to a really great start this year. Kalani Sitaki, their head coach, has a meeting with the team every single Thursday and in these meetings, coach or player has to pick a song and the rest of the team has to all sing it together. The song could be anything. And if anyone is caught lip syncing, they have to roll the length of the football field in football gear because the whole point is for everyone to join in together. In our interview with them, they were telling us that ultimately this has made them not take themselves so seriously all the time. And it's also naturally allowed all of them to be more open with each other and a lot of different ways. And if you're on some sort of team or you're part of some sort of group, which most people are, it's a really cool idea. It's worked for BYU. And I was actually telling one of my international colleagues about this story and he was saying, there's there's a soccer team. Sweden that has all of their players perform in a show at a local theater every summer together for the same reasons. So clearly the idea is out there. This situation, Kalani's leadership style, goes hand in hand with this whole idea. He told us that he encourages his players and his staff to speak freely in meetings, and he actually wants them to suggest alternative ideas if they have them. Basically, perspective is power to Kalani. And he was saying that, you know, having a different view on something can be a good thing. And so activities like karaoke causes people to get out of their shell. And loosen up a little bit and feel comfortable enough to speak up if they want to. So if you're brave and you try out karaoke or something similar with your team or your group that you're a part of, we wanna know how it goes.
