Ok, yes, I’m biased. I was a quarterback and I coach Nike Sparq Elite quarterbacks but I must say, the mindset of a quarterback truly applies to business. I know many women and some men are very tired of sports cliches in business but this one is true and relevant. If you watched the Michigan vs. Notre Dame game last Saturday and saw this kid Tate Forcier play, you will agree. Peter Schrager at Fox Sports wrote an excellent article on this.
The Quarterback Mindset to Success
When all chips are down and it looks like everything is closing in around you, as in our lives today, you must stay confident and diligent like a quarterback. As a youth, I was taught that in order to come back from a serious deficit, you must stay positive and you must keep your wits about you even when you are losing. I know it sounds impossible to do, but it is true. Even if you’re deep in your own territory and you have 88 yards to travel down the field with 2:00 minutes left on the clock, you must be able to think like a quarterback and relax and do not get any teammates rattled.
In the real world, you’re the quarterback of your team and your teammates may be your family and/or friends. It is imperative that you relax, chill, and be calm even despite MASSIVE setbacks. It seems insurmountable but like this kid Tate Forcier did at Michigan, you must calm down and move down the field with passion even with nothing in the bank and your tank on empty. A quarterback mindset doesn’t dwell it what is happening or dwell on what the deficit is. A leader/quarterback dwells on the possibility and moves with passion and confidence down the field of life towards this vision.
Even if you don’t know the answers or exactly how to move down the field, just relax and move as slowly and as quietly as you can and know with all confidence that you’re doing the right thing. That’s what Forcier did. He moved the team down the field even though he had no experience, is a freshman, and supposedly didn’t know what he was doing. My secret is that I was taught this mentality as a high school and college quarterback and this is what I pass on to high school elite quarterbacks and the business world.
You are NOT your bank account in its current state. Act differently. If your bank account has $10 in it and that’s all you have, who cares. Don’t dwell on the $10, dwell on doing something that puts you in a position to make $100,000 in the next year. Have vision and think long term field planning as a field general and quarterback of your own brand. Think outside of yourself and outside of what’s happening right now. This is vital to your personal success.
Written by Gerard Spinks, CEO, of Spinks Industries a web content development and marketing agency in Atlanta, GA. Gerard is also a writer for the Atlanta Examiner and author and publisher of two books.
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