The
2012 London Olympic Games, is starting on 27th July and
over 10,000 athletes have gathered in London to test their stamina
and skills with other contestants. Every 4 years, these Olympians
teach the world many lessons. We see tears of joy for winning the
gold and singing the national anthem and tears of sadness for
touching the finish line micro seconds behind the gold medalist.
Michael
Phelps, an American swimmer won 16 Olympic medals, 6 gold medals and
2 bronze in Athens in 2004 and 8 gold medals in Beijing in 2008. I
was reading an interesting article as to what made him different from
other swimmers and how he managed to capture so many gold medals. I
was surprised to read that Phelps learned a trick or two from other
underwater inhabitants, like dolphins and used backstroke dolphin
kick to make the big difference.
Lesson 1 : Learn to do things differently which
makes the difference in your business
Another
sport, I always admired is TRIATHLON where competitors have to
develop skills in 3 disciplines; swimming, cycling and running, a
combination which takes longer to master. Likewise if you want to be
successful in DXN, you have to be a Triathlete and master the 3
disciplines; prospecting, team building and leadership.
Here
I would like to mention one of the greatest Olympic triathlon from
Canada, Simon Whitfield. Simon competed in every Olympic triathlon since its games debut in 2000, where he stunned the world with
his gold medal in the Sydney Olympics. At age 11, he started training
himself to become a triathlon and as of 2008, 1:48:24.02 stands as
the fastest Olympic triathlon. At age 37, Simon has qualified for the
2012 London Olympic in Triathlon. If there is one thing Simon has
proven over his athletic career, it's that when you give everything,
anything can happen.
Lesson
2 : Raise your own bar to get better
Are
you giving your everything to achieve the success you are looking
for?
