The Similarities of Sports Borrowing Success from the Other Sports You Play No matter what sports you used to play, or currently play (some would argue business is a sport), let’s shine a light on the similarities of sports. Did you know you currently possess the necessary inventory of success traits you can easily apply to your golf game? January 8, I received my weekly installment email of “Ideas that Work” from Strategy+Business. S+B is a publication that dives deep into the theories and operations of business. For 8+ years, I’ve regularly read the publication. Doing so provides me information the golf industry may not normally deliver. For instance, the nuances of business decision making and potentially how a lot my clients may process problem solving situations. The headline at the top of the email immediately caught my eye, “Scoring Under Pressure”, by Ben Lyttleton. Ben’s an accomplished football (soccer to us Yanks) journalist in addition to authoring 2 books. The article highlights the traits and best practices needed to win more soccer games determined by a penalty kick shootout. It’s interesting read of how those traits apply to a job interview or any high-pressure business situation. Earlier in my life, I competed as a goalkeeper at the highest levels of soccer in the US. I emphatically state from experience, determining the winner of any soccer game by penalty kicks, especially those that determine who hoists the trophy, is one of the ultimate psychological wars in sports between 2 opposing…
