Tom Brady: Not just an athlete; also a great leader and determined worker.
Here are five lessons entrepreneurs can learn from the greatest to ever play the game.
1. Keep focused on your goal (even when extreme distractions are present).
- Brady kept focused in spite of Deflategate and his mother being sick for the prior 18 months.
- He never lost focus.
- His burning desire to crush his goals, allowed him to block out distractions.
2. Always take the high road.
- Brady could have stuck it to Roger Goodell during the trophy presentation or post-game interviews.
- He didn’t.
- He let his on-field performance do the talking.
- Brady has been a class act and a great role model for kids.
3. Don’t panic in difficult situations.
- Trailing Atlanta 28 to 3 in the third quarter, Brady never panicked.
- He remained calm.
- His confidence and leadership trickled down to every player on the team.
- In business keeping calm and focused gives you a chance to figure out a solution.
4. Have complete confidence in your abilities.
- Critics have been vocal about Brady's age.
- At 39, Brady is much older than the league average (26.6 in 2015).
- Brady's confidence in his abilities allow him to lead.
- In business, when your team believes in you, it elevates their self-belief. Without confidence, you have nothing.
5. Never give up.
- Against great odds, Brady never gave up.
- The outcome was ring number five and MVP of the greatest Super Bowl game ever played.
- Entrepreneurs need similar resiliency.
- Most fail often before they experience success.
- Simply never giving up can often lead to a successful outcome.
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