In David Mattson’s book that we read in class, we have gone through many of his rules. My favorite rule, that I believe will be helpful to anybody in anything, is rule number 1: You have to Learn to Fail to Win. I learned this before I even realized with experiences in sports growing up. I have played golf competitively since I was about 13 years old. A big moment for me was in my junior year when I missed qualifying for the state championship, which I felt I was good enough to play in. While this devastated me, it caused me to work harder than I ever have before. The next year I made it to the state championship and had a lot more success along the way in other tournaments. This helped me prepare for college golf, and be ready for to compete at a higher level. These learning experiences played a large role in being ready to help the team qualify for the NCAA DIII national championship as a freshman.
I realize now that the heartbreak I had before was preparing me for my future. You have to learn from your mistakes and from that you will only get better. This has helped me in sports, and I believe that it will also help me in the future in my work life and personal life.
BoweryJE22
It is great to realize this lesson early on so you aren’t too hard on yourself later in life. This concept can be applied to so many different things in life, including sports.
Awesome story! Business and sports are similar in many ways. A lot of lessons we learn in one can be applied to the other.
In sales it is very important to be able to except failure in different areas and then allow this to push you harder the next time. Failure will be there quite often in sales and therefore as a salesmen you must be able shake it off and keep working your hardest. Once again, allow your failures to push you harder don’t always let them bring you down.
Failing is something we are all terrified of, but usually those who fail the fastest who turn out the most successful