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Transferable Work Quality #8: Good Enough is Not Enough

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: As an athlete, you never become quite satisfied with the status quo. Inside your head, you know that nothing changes and nobody gets better if people accept that “good enough” is enough. You know how to stay out of the routine because routines don’t help you grow. You have learned how to make little changes in how you improve yourself and your game, one at a time, and plan the next few as you go. As an athlete, you have experienced what it takes to make incremental and long-lasting changes so that you never feel comfortable with “good enough.”

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Transferable Work Quality #7: Opportunity in Adversity

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: As an athlete, you have learned on a number of occasions that on the road to success, you’re going to meet adversity and failure a few times. Great athletes overcome the naysayers and the odds. They adapt their goals to reality, and they never stop trying. Adversity is part of the road, and you have learned to accept it and keep going and to see the opportunity in the adversity.

You know that success is not a one-time incident. Success should be seen as a habit, and inside you can relate to the “champion mentality.” To become a great athlete, you have experienced more success than you have failure in your life. In a way, you have become addicted to success. After you’ve reached a goal, you typically find a new challenge. Through sports, you have learned to pursue success in all aspects of your life.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Transferable Work Quality #6: Focus and Practice

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: Great athletes become great by mastering the quality of remaining focused in their tasks, actions, and challenges. As an athlete, you know the value of being prepared and that without the discipline of practice, you run the risk of never achieving greater success or improving your individual skills. You know how to practice. Being focused and prepared includes knowing all you can about your sport… and ultimately, your profession. The more you know, the more you can do. The best athletes are always looking for ways to improve themselves.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

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Transferable Work Quality #5: Being Optimistic

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: One of the favorite phrases in sports is “You never know.” This is about being optimistic and trusting your instincts and never lying down until the last ounce of opportunity has been exhausted. As an athlete, you have learned that sometimes you have to go with a hunch, confidently knowing that your own optimism might be the only reason to take on a difficult challenge. It is also about treating everyone you meet and compete with, including referees and umpires, with the optimistic opinion that they are good, honest people. As an athlete, you learn to treat every situation as an opportunity.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Transferable Work Quality #4: Purpose

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: As an athlete, you possess a fundamental purpose underlying your success—a sense of purpose in what you have accomplished. And fundamental to this purpose is caring about other people, about being aware of what the people around you need. You have learned about helping teammates play better and compete intelligently. Maybe you came from an athletic program in which you didn’t talk exclusively about winning, but also about life’s great lessons. Maybe your athletic history has helped you see the constant quest to be the best you can be. For you, sports was more than just a game—it also provided you with a sense of purpose.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Transferable Work Quality #3: Going Above and Beyond

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: Great athletes who people admire and respect are the ones who will go the extra mile. The same is true in order to be successful in business and to lead an enriching and satisfying life. As an athlete, it is not enough to do just the bare minimum to get by. You know that each day there is only one person who truly knows what level of effort you have put forth to be successful… you. And when you have stayed after practice to work on a particular skill, or left the party early so you can catch up on important sleep, or put away the X-Box in order to go to the gym, you have demonstrated and experienced the difficult quality of learning to go above and beyond what is required. This is an enormously important skill to possess.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Transferable Work Quality #2: Motivation

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: As an athlete, you know about waking up nervous the day of a big event or practice and realizing that motivation to excel—to harness the excitement and energy for the day—is a fundamental key to success. You know that the drive to succeed often comes from inside yourself and not from any external influence. Fear is something that great athletes also face, but they overcome their fears and go out and compete anyway. Being motivated is about seeing the light, keeping your eyes on the prize and knowing why you want to make things happen. And when you reach success, you know it is not the time to rest on your laurels. You know the temptation to slack off starts when you’re feeling good about who you are and what you’ve achieved… and you know that it takes significant motivation to not fall victim to this temptation.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Transferable Work Quality #1: Being Passionate and Positive

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: As an athlete, you have firsthand experience in finding your passion and working with the best and most positive people you can find. You have learned that focusing on the things you can control and not worrying about the things you cannot control is paramount to success. You have also learned the valuable experience of creating and being part of a team and being a part of a group of individuals who care as much about the people around them as they do about themselves—people who will work synergistically toward a common goal.

Make certain all your future employers know you possess this quality, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

The Top 8 DNA Qualities You Possess That Employers Covet

In the next eight Blog postings, I will cite eight DNA qualities your athletic experience has directly or indirectly taught you that will be very beneficial and transferable to the working world. Make certain all your future employers know you possess these qualities, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.

Employers Know That Athletes Know How To Win!

Inside the book and game of CareerBall: Abilities and motivations are the qualifications employers expect for particular jobs. Your motivated abilities and skills are generally a combination of your own particular DNA and the transferable skills you acquired during your years of sports participation. Since you are an unknown and risky quantity for a prospective employer, you must communicate evidence of these abilities and skills so they can better predict your future performance.

This is a “Which came first, the chicken or the egg?” kind of argument, for it is debatable whether it is athletic participation that allows athletes to develop the traits and skills that make them successful or if it is simply that people who participate in athletics inherently possess these traits. Regardless of the outcome of that debate, at the end of the day, athletes know how to win!

Employers look for signs of a future productivity when they look to hire someone. Typically, every great athlete possesses a few innate traits common to an athlete DNA that are known elements of a productive team environment and a high-level athletic environment.

In the next eight Blog postings, I will cite eight DNA qualities your athletic experience has directly or indirectly taught you that will be very beneficial and transferable to the working world. Make certain all your future employers know you possess these qualities, and be prepared to cite personal examples where each quality was learned.