Thinking Outside the Box Scores - Prepare to Fail
I know the old adage says if you fail to prepare you're preparing to fail, but guess what? You're going to fail anyway. Maybe not at that moment or during that stage of the project, but you're going to fail. We all do, even elite athletes.
And here's where Thinking Outside the Box Scores can be helpful in reframing your expectations for success.
As a sports broadcaster I've experienced wins and losses from the sidelines and locker rooms and sometimes even I forget that losing and failing is as much a part of the game as winning.
It sounds like a silly thing to say as a sports fan. In sports it's a given that a hitter will strike out, a quarterback won't complete every pass, a putt will be off the mark or a jumper will clang off the rim. No athlete expects to be perfect. They all prepare with that intent, but they also expect failure as part of the process.
Do you do the same thing? Or do you make an assumption that everything can and will be perfect?
Reframing your expectations around success is just another way to use sports to spark a bigger conversation in business.
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Jen Mueller
Talk Sporty To Me
From weekly conversation starter blog posts to sharing actionable communication strategies in keynote presentations, Jen Mueller gives audiences tools to communicate more effectively and step into conversations with more confidence.
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