Failure should always leave a mark. But it’s how you respond to failure that will determine whether that mark can highlight your greatness. No business leader, entrepreneur, coach, or athlete ever sets a goal to finish 38th in any competition, so I’ll spare you the silver lining of golf great Tiger Woods’ finish at The Masters—a tournament he’d won five times in his career, including just last year.
How A “Next Play” Culture Fuels Big Ben & The Undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers
Imagine turning on your TV for a Week Nine NFL game and seeing a score so bizarre it made you question the expiration date on the leftover sushi you consumed for lunch. I put my reading glasses to the bridge of my nose and, indeed, confirmed the graphics showed the undefeated Pittsburgh Steelers were losing 13-0 to the Dallas Cowboys. This despite “America’s Team” being ravaged by injury, dysfunction, and using their fourth starting quarterback in the last five weeks. What are the odds they’d have a halftime lead on the NFL’s last remaining unbeaten squad? Better yet, what are the odds the Cowboys, playing with a quarterback who had only completed two passes in the last 3 years, would have a 10-point lead heading into the fourth quarter?