What You Can Learn From Hockey
For those interested in goal setting and how to realize your dream, there is plenty to learn from watching hockey players. So what makes watching hockey players compatible with realizing your own dreams?
There's no question that the ultimate task of hockey players is to score enough goals to beat the opposing team. But, how is this accomplished?
First of all, you can't even begin to win a game of hockey unless you first define your goal. In this sense, as I've said before, the ultimate goal is to score goals so you can beat the other opposing players. Having said that, does it automatically follow that players simply get on the ice and just shoot the puck? The answer is, no.
Once the ultimate goal is set, a multitude of actions must take place. In it's simplest form, the first action that must be taken is to learn how to skate. This is similar to your own goal setting in that there is more to realizing your ultimate success than just to have set a goal. You must begin by taking action so that each necessary skill is learned before you can move forward. For example, if your ultimate goal is to start your own business so that you can live independently of never reporting to a boss again and to make sufficient income to support yourself and your family, it is not enough to simply sate this goal.
What actions you need to take, or skills you need to learn will depend on your background, previous experience, if any, or whether you have a mentor (coach, as in hockey) that can help guide you to profitability. Once you have set your goal, you also need to have an absolutely burning desire to accomplish your dream. This means that no matter the odds, obstacles, or misfires you have, you'll never give up. It also means that you will do whatever it takes, no matter how hard or how long.
Hockey players constantly strive to win. They skate and skate and skate. If they miss a hockey goal once, they just keep trying and trying over and over again. No matter what the odds, no matter how many times they've been knocked to the ice, no matter how many obstacles are placed in their way, no matter how many times they've been slammed into the boards, they keep coming back to realize their goal.
There is much more to learn from observing hockey players that could take an entire book to write. But, right now it is enough for you to learn the fundamentals so that you set yourself in constant motion not being knocked off your game from obstacles that you are sure to encounter. If you have a burning desire, an unquenchable appetite to succeed, you will continue to do whatever it takes to accomplish your goal.
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Added: March 9, 2008
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