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SPORTS Analogy: Realistic Goal Setting, Strategy and Tactics
what a great post.... Business is a sport, with many lessons and resolves running parallel ....
I played football for only a short while in high school.  I did not follow it after that.  I preferred baseball and basketball.  Sports is a good analogy to assess your abilities to 'play' any game or operate a business and to judge whether you will succeed.
Something is very clear in football: there is a goal marker on either side of the field.  The field is 100 yards long.  You have four chances to either run, kick or pass the ball and get it over that 100-yard distance.  There are boundaries and rules to play.
You score points for taking the ball across 100-yard line and the team that gets the most points in the end (a timed game)-- wins.  The team switches possession of the ball every four 'downs'.  Four tries to get the ball moved towards or over the goal, then it's the other team's turn.
The decision on what plays or maneuvers to make in each of those four chances is made by the quarterback.  The rest of the team understands their roles and act accordingly.  
That's the basic idea.  But what can we ... more

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