A – Z of Sports and Success
The final whistle has been blown on the Sports Series. We have a few minutes of extra time and I think it is a good idea to end the series with a recap of the basics of sports and success. Today we look at the ABCD to Z of powerful ideas and lessons that we can take with us.
How to Transition from Amateur to Professional
Are you an amateur or a professional? Do you get paid to play with what you love? Tiger Woods gets paid to play Golf, Kobe Bryant for Basketball and Lewis Hamilton for racing. Professionals make a living doing what they love, well; some of them don’t really love what they do, but that’s another story.
Mass media and increased leisure time has allowed sports men and women to command high pay as professional players. These players are able to make sport their primary career and gain immense opportunities for training and skill development. Going pro opens a whole world of opportunities. Transitioning from amateur to professional can be a little tricky though.
7 Time Management Lessons From Sports
With only 24 hours in a day, time is a finite resource that has to be well managed. If you manage to think through all aspects of sports, you will realize that there are many lessons in sports on time. Sports and time are natively interlinked.
Every minute counts in sports. The last five minutes of a world cup soccer game keeps fans at the edge of their seats. This is especially true if the game is hotly contested. In boxing, every micro second counts. It can be the difference between life and death.
Its Your Choice: Make Progress or be Relegated
Just like in sports, you can be relegated to lower ranks if you do not prove your worth in business, relationships, money and careers. Promotion and relegation in sports takes place at the end of each season. It involves teams being transferred between divisions.
The best-ranked teams in each division are promoted to the next-highest division, and at the same time the worst-ranked teams in the higher division are relegated (or demoted) to the lower division. In the English premier league, the bottom three teams are relegated. I hope today’s blog post inspires you to avoid the bottom positions. If you are not making progress, you risk being relegated.
How to Make Money like Elite Athletes
A certain businessman was leaving home for a six months around the world trip. Just before his taxi to the airport arrived, he left called three of his employees, Mike, John and Frank. He gave Mike five hundred dollars, gave John two hundred dollars and one hundred dollars to Frank. Then he left.
How to Achieve Peak Performance in 30 Days
Today’s post is a little different. We look at a specific case of someone who wants to achieve a home business goal. A boxer stepping into the ring while at their peak is a dangerous machine. A tennis pro playing at their peak makes for exciting TV. Achieving peak performance has real benefits and provides [...]
Get the Most from Your Personal Cheering Squad
Have you ever had a group of people cheering you on wildly? I experienced the feeling in high school when I played hockey. The wild roar of a cheering squad shouting your name is a powerful energizer. It propels individuals or teams to give their best. It can make all the difference in crucial matches. In crucial moments of your life, your cheering squad will encourage you and inspire you to greater heights.
The Untold World of Success Coaching
Its getting late the sun is about to set. You find yourself reflecting on how your life has been lately. You think back over the last 10 years. You remember the dreams and hopes that you had. Memories and thoughts of missed opportunities. What went wrong? What can you do to improve things in your life? Maybe your motivation is running on low. You do not feel like taking action. You wish you had a coach. You wish that someone could come along and give you a magic pill. Someone to tell you do this or do that and everything will be alright.
How to Avoid Distractions and Greener Grass
Are you a scatter brain? Do you easily get bored and have your mind racing towards the next big thing, the next shiny thing? What happens when the novelty of self improvement wears off? Distractions can cost you success. Elite athletes avoid distractions in the game and during the preparation period. If you are preparing yourself for success, now is a good time to tame distractions.
How to Win with Humility Lose with Honor
In sports, sometimes you win sometimes you lose. It is the name of the game. Winning feels better. Winning triggers positive emotions such as happiness and excitement. Losing on the other hand causes disappointment, anxiety and even depression. How you conduct yourself after winning or losing determines your long term level of success. This is especially true in life, more than in sports.
Competition and Obstacles Only Make You Stronger
What cannot kill you can only make you stronger. The team at the top had to beat the toughest competition. The guy who made it through the tough times came out stronger. Seeking the easy path in life, avoiding making tough choices only makes one weaker.
My friend, do not fear competition, embrace is as a necessary evil for your success journey. Today we look at how to use competition and obstacles to your advantage.
10 Simple Truths About Goals and Winning
Do you set goals and find yourself not achieving them? Today we look at ways of improving your success rate, to help you win more and achieve your set goals.
Just like in sports, life rewards winners. Top athletes attract sponsorship deals and have more fans. Winning and achieving your goals will have a cascading effect on other areas of your life. Success breeds success. Let us look at 10 simple truths about goals and winning.
The Lazy Man’s Guide to Practice and Eminence
Who wants to work hard when there is an easier way out? Not me. Who wants to remain average when they can achieve greatness? Not me. Who wants to break their back for the sake of success in life? Not me.
I have previously admitted on this blog that I am lazy. With time there will be a population explosion of a lazy man’s guides to success on this blog. I will feed you with what I eat. I will not preach water to you before I head out to Margaret River for a wine tasting tour.
10 Forgotten Teamwork Secrets to Success
The first time I went for an orchestra performance I got bored and slept within the first 10 minutes. It was at Perth Concert Hall in a sold out concert. It was “a bit” different from the Hip Hop and RNB clubs that I was used to. My friend who was sitted next to me must have heard me snore. He elbowed me on my ribs and hissed in Swahili “Wewe amka!”. I woke up startled.
Then I started paying attention. I opened my eyes and heart and started enjoying the performance. It was a masterful teamwork performance. The performers worked together to entertain their clientèle in ways they would not have done as individuals. I quite enjoyed the show. You can use teamwork to propel you to greater heights of success.
The Agony of an Own Goal in Sports and Life
A gun man approached Andrés Escobar outside a bar in a Colombian suburb and shot him. The gun man shouted “Gooooooooooooool!”, then shot him again, and then shouted again. He shot him 12 times in what was seen as punishment for scoring an own goal in the 1994 FIFA World Cup causing Colombia to be eliminated in the first round. That criminal act sent chills to players who feared accidentally scoring an own goal, especially in crucial matches. No player wants to score an own goal. It negates all the good done on the pitch. It makes fans and team mates go mad. Scoring an own goal for football players is a cause of shame and is not easily forgotten.
Today we kick off the sports series. We look at what we must really avoid; scoring an own goal.
Introducing the Sports Series
Every four years billions of people worldwide are transfixed on their TV sets to watch 22 grown men kick a piece of leather at the world cup. For a magical 90 minutes, billions of eye balls including mine will be watching the world cup finals in South Africa in July 2010. The city of London will spend £9 Billion to host the 2012 Olympics games. People love sports, love it, love it, love it. Welcome to the brand new series that will use the power of sports to illustrate life changing lessons.
