Sporting events are a great microcosm of the games we all play. So we can take some great lessons away from them. One of those lessons is playing to win. Now you may be thinking … that seems kind of silly. Doesn’t everybody play to win?
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Our basketball team had a BIGG win over the weekend that will improve their ranking as they head into the NCAA Championship Tournament. Their winning season has some great lessons for all of us.
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One lonely person stands with his back against his own goal line. The ball is placed in a tee sixty yards or more away.
The opposing team’s kicker and his cohorts stand ten yards or so behind the line of scrimmage. Suddenly they rush toward the line.
The kicker approaches the ball. He swings his leg. The ball flies up in the air, turning end over end.
The receiver on the other team positions himself to catch the ball. Then he looks for openings created by his blockers.
And then it happens…
The runner cuts across the field. He’s running and running and running. But he’s not making any progress.
He’s going against the traffic. The players all try to shift quickly in the other direction.
And all of a sudden, the runner sees an opening.
The crowd rises to their feet in a collective mass. You can feel the excitement as they begin to cheer.
He’s moving away from the crowd. No one can catch him. The only people around him are his own players.
Touchdown!
The crowd roars.
Success!
BIGG success is life on your own terms. It’s all about entrepreneuring your life – taking control to design and build the life that fits you perfectly.
You may or may not be an entrepreneur in the traditional sense of the word. However, you are the entrepreneur of an incredibly important enterprise – your life.
Will you score a touchdown? You will if you understand five lessons about making the BIGG play:
1) Catch the ball
You can’t score a touchdown if you’re not in the game. And you won’t score a touchdown if you don’t have the ball.
The game is your job or business. The ball is a strategy to make the BIGG play.
But beware: once you’re in the game with the ball, people will be trying to tackle you.
2) Respond to the situation on the ground
Entrepreneurs know they can’t predict the future. So they don’t try.
They formulate a strategy and then start running. And they watch. They analyze.
They shift in this direction or that. They respond to the situation on the ground to make the BIGG play.
3) You may have to go against the traffic
To make a BIGG play, you may need to get away from the crowd.
You may have to go against conventional wisdom. You may have to try things, even though people say they won’t work.
You must be willing to risk getting tripped up or tackled by someone you didn’t even see coming.
It’s okay. There will always be another play. You’ll get your chance again.
4) You may spend some time going nowhere
There will be times when you need to make a lateral move if you want to make the BIGG play.
You will be running hard. But you may feel like you’re going nowhere.
Remind yourself that you’re setting up for a BIGG play. You’re buying time to observe the field of play.
All the time, you’re learning. This knowledge will help you find your BIGG break.
5) You must constantly look for an opening
Finding an opening among the masses is the key to finishing your BIGG play.
You have to find your space – a place where you can leave the crowd behind.
You may take your existing product or services to a new market. Or you may introduce a new product or service to your existing customers.
You may take on a project that no one else will touch. You will differentiate yourself somehow to break through the crowd.
Take these lessons to heart and reach BIGG success!
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If you want to reach the heights of your career, you have to build confidence. We develop our confidence, or lack thereof, from childhood on. Every experience builds upon the next. Learn how to build upon your success and defeat destructive thought patterns so you can win the game you choose to play!
Want to be More Attractive?
People are attracted to confident people. So if you want to be a leader, you have to exude confidence. We found a great article by John Wesley on the Pick Your Brain site. He offers ten tips to build your confidence. We loved it!
Confidence Killers
We found a great resource from the greatest school on the planet – the University of Illinois. Okay, we’ll admit our bias on that one! If you don’t read the whole thing, at least check out the self-defeating thought patterns.
The Power of Doing What You Do Best
The judges of the reality show, Britain’s Got Talent, got quite a surprise when this young man showed up to sing opera. After all, when’s the last time an opera singer reached the masses? See how the audience and the judges responded to one person doing what he does best.
Anita Bruzzese is the author of 45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy. We were fortunate to meet her at a conference we attended a few months back. She had a great post recently, where she discussed a game she played with her kids called, “Which would you rather?”
With this game, you present your fellow players with a choice. For instance, I asked Mary-Lynn which she would rather give up for a month – chocolate or her cell phone.
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That was a tough question, but I would give up chocolate. My phone is my mobile device; there’s no way I could live without it for a month!
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Hmmm … Mary-Lynn with no chocolate. I’d plan to be away that month!
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A fun way to keep a conversation going
When we discussed conversation continuers recently, we said that games are one way to keep a conversation going. This is a great example of a game you could play to do that. For example, you could ask …
If you check out her post, you can see how I answered the questions she asked.
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A fun way to improve strategic decision-making
Decision trees are a great way to visualize possible business strategies, since a business can be thought of as a series of either / or options. Sounds like a ramped-up version of “Which would you rather”, doesn’t it? Question 1 leads to Question 2 and so on.
For example, let’s say you plan to start a restaurant. Play “Which would you rather?”
Which would you rather open – a big restaurant or a small restaurant? Let’s say you choose bigg … with two g’s of course!
Which would you rather be – part of a franchise system or an independent? You really want to create your own brand, so you want to be independent.
Where would you locate – in a strip center or a free-standing building? You could do some research to determine which one seems to work better for restaurants like the one you plan to start.
We could keep going, but you get the idea. The reason you create the decision tree is to see the impact of your choices. For instance, if you chose “franchise” for the second question, they may specify whether you’re inline or free-standing.
A fun way to teach your kids critical entrepreneurial skills
Play this game with your kids and help them develop critical entrepreneurial skills! Just add the “decision tree” dimension one question at a time. So instead of asking your kids to think of one question, ask them to think of three – the initial question and a follow-up question for each of the possible answers. They’ll be thinking like an entrepreneur in no time!
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With this game, you present your fellow players with a choice. For instance, I asked Mary-Lynn which she would rather give up for a month – chocolate or her cell phone. 
That was a tough question, but I would give up chocolate. My phone is my mobile device; there’s no way I could live without it for a month!