What a game....What a lesson...
Last night I went to see my beloved Atlanta Thrashers play the Los Angeles Kings here in LA.
Me and this one other kid were the only Thrashers fan in the entire place! It was weird being the only person in the place cheering when the Thrashers scored...which was a lot.
The game was intense and a number of important business success strategies could be gleaned from it.
The Thrashers started with three quick goals and, my friend who I was with at his first hockey game, said "Man, this game is over."
I told him it really wasn't...and boy was I right.
The Kings came within a goal of tying the game in the second period.
In the third period, the Thrashers scored twice quickly to go up by three goals again. And again, my friend said, "This game is over."
Again, I told him it really wasn't.
The Kings scored and then scored again.
They are down by one goal with 10 seconds left on the clock. 9-8-7-6-5....SCORE! Yep, with five ticks left on the clock, they ties the game.
I am bummin' and my friend can't believe it.
Now, I start telling my friend that the Kings are going to win in overtime, that they have all the momentum and that the Thrashers are spent.
Well, I was WRONG. The Thrashers ended up winning the game.
Can you discern all of the life and business success lessons from this game? Post what you think they are on my blog at www.davedee.com/blog
Tomorrow, I'll tell ya the lessons I learned.
Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!
~Dave Dee
PS: With the economy the way it is, NOW is the perfect time to stake you claim in the world by doing something you're passionate about. Go to www.astonishingbusiness.com/book
Me and this one other kid were the only Thrashers fan in the entire place! It was weird being the only person in the place cheering when the Thrashers scored...which was a lot.
The game was intense and a number of important business success strategies could be gleaned from it.
The Thrashers started with three quick goals and, my friend who I was with at his first hockey game, said "Man, this game is over."
I told him it really wasn't...and boy was I right.
The Kings came within a goal of tying the game in the second period.
In the third period, the Thrashers scored twice quickly to go up by three goals again. And again, my friend said, "This game is over."
Again, I told him it really wasn't.
The Kings scored and then scored again.
They are down by one goal with 10 seconds left on the clock. 9-8-7-6-5....SCORE! Yep, with five ticks left on the clock, they ties the game.
I am bummin' and my friend can't believe it.
Now, I start telling my friend that the Kings are going to win in overtime, that they have all the momentum and that the Thrashers are spent.
Well, I was WRONG. The Thrashers ended up winning the game.
Can you discern all of the life and business success lessons from this game? Post what you think they are on my blog at www.davedee.com/blog
Tomorrow, I'll tell ya the lessons I learned.
Kick butt, make mucho dee-nero!
~Dave Dee
PS: With the economy the way it is, NOW is the perfect time to stake you claim in the world by doing something you're passionate about. Go to www.astonishingbusiness.com/book
posted by Dave Dee at
12:12 PM
2 Comments:
They won in the overtime because they had a pattern of taking the iniative in being offensive. The opposers were playing in defensive mode.
Carol
There are two completely opposite lessons from the game.
The first is persistence and determination. Despite being down by 3 goals early and then again in the third period, the Kings never gave up. They continued to play their game,relentlessly keeping the pressure on the Thrashers. It would have been easy to say after giving up 3 quick goals, "Tonight is just not our night. Let's save ourselves for the next game." However, they didn't allow negative circumstances to turn into negative attitudes.
The second lesson is not to become complacent. In business, as well as hockey, when things are going well we tend to let up and forget what brought about the success. Good teams and good business people recognize the effort needed for success and continue to apply that effort in good times and bad.
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