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The Athlete’s Mindset

If you want to know how to lead like athletes, start by observing how professional athletes lead their lives. They approach everything with focus, discipline, and purpose. You should aim to lead like professional athletes who play for a team. When you begin to think about your work as athletes think of their sport, your mindset will shift. Likewise, viewing your workplace as a sports arena can completely transform your approach.

See Yourself in the Game – Lead Like Athletes Do

As you visualize your current work role, how does it relate to a player on the field or court? Are you the star performer? Maybe you’re the steady and reliable cornerstone. Or perhaps you’re the team captain. If you can see yourself as any of these, you’re already starting to understand how to lead like athletes.

Prioritize Your Well-being

Athletes care for their physical well-being. They tend to eat healthy, exercise, and build strength where most needed. You may not need oversized biceps, massive thighs, or impressive shoulders but your physical health affects your performance on the job – sooner or later.

The Importance of a Playbook

Athletes participate in the creation of a playbook for their next competition. To do that, they study the opponent’s strengths and weaknesses while considering their own as well as other conditions like the weather forecast, elevation, fan noise, etc. Here’s what’s even more important… the playbook is created well before the competition and it is discussed, agreed upon, and practiced. The workplace playbook includes things like vision, values, goals, and habits. These elements are transformed into concrete action items that are carefully placed on the calendar BEFORE the week begins. Amateurs allow happenstance and unplanned and undisciplined requests from others to control their calendars and therefore their work. Professionals are more thoughtful and prepared. 

The Difference Between Professional and Amateur

Truly, the difference between a professional and an amateur is less about talent and more about physical training, mental preparation, disciplined execution, and dedicated evaluation. These four practices make up the rhythm of a professional.

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You might also want to check out Today Counts Episode 46: Do You Work Like An Amateur? for a short coaching session closely related to this topic.

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