a coaching call with her FYM Fit Club
coaching group and asking me a few questions
about some of the material she wanted to cover.
I shared with her some of the lessons I learned
as a baseball coach and as a competitive athlete
that I felt would be of value to her group.
But the more I thought about it, I felt like
Maybe I needed to share that same information
with you.
See, when I was coaching I truly believed that
being college athlete was the best way that someone
could spend their college years in preparation for
future success.
Think about it:
:: You are forced to deal with adversity in sports.
The people that manage adversity the best are usually
the ones who excel.
:: You have to be goal oriented. How else can you
train all year for a goal that only is potentially achieved
at the end of the season?
:: You have to be able to prioritize things and manage
your time.
:: You have to be willing to work within the framework
of a team.
So here are a couple of keys to athletic success that
I shared with her and I want to share with you:
1. Train to get better, not to get done. Same thing
applies to business. Are you training each session
as if the quality of the service you deliver will dictate
your success? Are you treating each marketing activity
with that same respect as well?
2. Be a Champion. Championships aren't won
Overnight. They take months of practice, a willingness
to work and a genuine passion for what you're doing.
3. Have small victories. Winning one game doesn't
mean you win a championship - but it's a way to
measure your progress and validate your efforts. Have
short term ways to measure your efforts.
4. Compete. I think this is a biggie. No competition
leads to going through the motions. Athletes train.
Everyone else works out. The difference...competition.
Are you going through the motions in your business?
5. Handle adversity. In baseball, hitters that didn't let
one bad at bat turn into a bad game were the most
successful. In business it's the same. A missed sale
doesn't mean you can't sell. A bad marketing campaign
doesn't mean you're destined for failure. Learn from
it and move on.
Honestly, I could go on for days about this stuff.
Very few of my beliefs about success didn't stem
from coaching. If you think about the coaching you
do with your clients, you'll probably find a lot of
concepts that you can transfer to the business side
of things to improve your success.
In other words - You'll learn by coaching.
Have a great weekend!
Pat
Fitness Consulting Group
PO Box 1539
Elizabethtown, KY
42702-1539
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