Last Saturday the team I Coach of 8 to 10 years olds played one of the most inspirational games I have ever watched. There was tears of grief in the stands and tears of joy for our side.
In what was one of the most grueling games I have ever watched, my El Segundo Eagles won the PCC Championship for the Mitey Mite Division.
I am the dude closest to the pole.
So why would I write about my team on a marketing blog? First off I am breaking my own rules and taking that rare moment of indulgence. While I am at it may I wish you a Happy Thanksgiving?
This team won a game that was won on pure desire. Heart. In other words it took three overtimes to win this game. I kid you not only were the teams and staffs drained, the parents and fans were wiped out.
I have not experienced this kind of noise on the sideline since my days of playing in College.
Three overtimes is not easy and I for one have never been put into that kind of pressure cooker as a player or Coach. Imagine 8 and 9 years olds. These kids on both teams got experience that will serve them for ever.
In a way the students taught the teachers(Coaches and Parents).
Yah we adults face a world currently that seems a bit bleek. It is the Over Time on some of your business futures. Taxes are due and some of you haven't had a deal in awhile.
Kevin Hogan discusses the current Survivor show on NBC as a game of will. Much like my football players victory, this show is a battle of "who wants it more?"
Hogan compares success to a rocket:
The fact is that she broke the earth's gravity and that took a LOT of fuel. A TON of energy. But once you have momentum, once you have established the ability to control the self, amazing things happen.
Like the team I Coach who paid dearly in sweat and practice all season, constant improvement is necessary for success that most will say is easy and instant.
As Woody Allen says,"The secret to success is showing up. How many ever do actually show up and are present when faced with adversities? Honest assessments of self are necessary for growth.
Todays market is crazy. But I promise someone in your marketplace is succeeding right now as I write. Someone is tearing your market up. Transaction City! Why can't it be you?
Much like 8 and 9 year olds who frankly may not know any better than to give their best effort...Why can't it be you who gets the deals? Or are you too adult to keep persevering?
