MarketingFunWithMike, Love or Like?

Love or Like?

With ESPN airing another one of their great 30 for 30’s this week (Catching Hell

starring poor Steve Bartman the infamous kid who tried to grab a ball and

the whole Cub fan base blamed him for losing the game and series and not

making it back to the World Series.)

I thought it would be a great time to remind everyone of a theme that I

firmly believe in.

I always say live every day like it is your last and enjoy Mondays as much

as Fridays, etc etc.

But I don’t want to ever confuse passion of life, work, and family with that

same crazy passion and dedication to sports.

Sports are sports…they are great to play and compete in, as a coach I want

nothing more than to win the championship each year. Those are my

expectations and I am disappointed with myself if we can’t achieve it.

But it is only a game…

Love your family.

Love your job and work tirelessly to improve at it.

BUT…

LIKE sports.

That’s it.

If you do anymore than like your sports team then you are bordering on what

is deemed an obsession or intense love. And intense love should be reserved

for improving your family’s living arrangements, making your friends feel happy

and engaged by your friendship, and helping make charities get that extra push

that they need through your donations.

Businesses need people who love life, love family and like sports.

Successful business are not built on workers who obsess about their sports

teams and if they have a little bit of time worry about their kids and their

job that they are being paid to do.

Make the decision today to appreciate and like sports and everything that

they provide in life but don’t cross the line into a love and obsession of them.

(Unless of course you are being paid as a GM, coach, or professional athlete!)

Thanks for reading everyone have a great weekend!

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Signing off now…
CARPE DIEM FOLKS!