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Sports prepare women for life, business -By Harvey Mackay

I attended Successful business people,however, director of Gopher Athletics at the a virtual panel know that even if adversity strikes, they University ofMinnesota said she learned presentation can work around it. They are resilient. grit from competing in sports. “You stay recently in The strong survive not because they are in there when you get knocked down. Minneapolis determined to conduct business as usual, You have to perform under pressure with about women but because they find ways to rise above calmness. There is always a sense of in sports, which the issue athand. urgency,butyou mustremain calm. highlighted the Remember,youcan’tlivelifewithan “Sports teach you to solve problems. important benefits eraser.Youcan’tanticipateeverypossible Forexample,ifyouhaveabadteeshoton ofparticipation. problem, no matterhow hard you try. But the golf course, you have to think about One of the youcanresolve to face challenges as they how to get out of that situation. Sports panelists cited arise. also builds consensus. You learn to strive a study that The panelists also discussed to getbetterevery day,” Manning added. discovered nearly teamwork,goalsetting,hardworkandthe So what can parents and 90% of women importance ofhaving mentors. grandparents do to help their daughters in C-suite positons in companies have a “Sports teach you about wins, losses and granddaughters be successful going sports background. The moderator,Mary and failures,” said Pam Borton, CEO of forward? Jo Kane, a retired professor in the School PBP Consulting Group, and former head Manning talked about her older of Kinesiology and the former director coach of the women’s basketball teams brother who always told his daughter to of the Tucker Center for Research on at the Universities of Minnesota and dreambig and then dreambigger. Girls and Women in Sport, both at the Vermont. “As a coach, you have to build Day also talked about “feeding University of Minnesota, asked the highly skilled teams. You learn how to your dreams. Tell your daughters and four panelists what role sports play in hire, fire and recruit. All these skills are granddaughters to stay positive. Trust developing this executive skill set. transferrable to business. As leaders you yourself.Manypeoplearewillingtohelp,

Everyone mentioned mental learn how to help people and enhance so don’tbe afraid to askthem.” toughness and resiliency, which translate people skills.” Borton also mentioned the to all aspects oflife,especially business. Laura Day, executive vice president importance of being role models for

Mental toughness is persevering and chief business officer of the your children and to provide support through difficult circumstances, Minnesota Twins, said she learned to and encouragement. “Everyone needs conditioning your mind to think “surround herself with champions –both positive reinforcement,” she said. confidently and being able to overcome men and women. You also need to be “We need to make visions of frustration. Athletes must be in tip-top comfortable with change. Sports unlock possibilities available to young women,” physical shape, but if they don’t prepare a lot of things.” She mentioned that she Lissimore said. “You can do a lot of themselves mentally, they will never is curious by nature and has an insatiable things ifyou putyourmind to it.” become champions. desire to learn. Truly,it’s mind overmatter.

Mental toughness needs to be Day added: “Culture is important Mackay’s Moral: Training for exercised to grow and develop. Get out because you can thrive in an organization sports is good training for business and of your comfort zone by taking on new that shares your values. It’s tough to fit a life. tasks, and then seek out other duties to square peg into around hole.” Reprinted with permission from testyourdetermination. Lisa Lissimore, associate director of nationally syndicated columnist Harvey

As for resilience, nearly all the the MinnesotaState High School League, Mackay, author of the New York Times successful people I know have dealt said you learn a lot from winning and #1 bestseller “Swim With The Sharks with defeat, slumps, failures, change and losing and tackling challenges. Sports Without Being Eaten Alive,” “We Got adversities of every nature. The reason gave her the confidence she needed Fired!...And It’s the Best Thing That they are successful in spite of all that because she had a complex about being Ever Happened to Us,” “The Mackay is they had the confidence and courage tall and skinny growing up. Sports also MBA of Selling in the Real World,” and to face those setbacks and find a way allowed her to work with a variety of “Use Your Head To Get Your Foot In The to overcome them, whether it was pure people. Door.” stubbornness orrefusal to admitdefeat. Julie Manning, executive associate

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