As we all know, Soccer requires a great deal of teamwork. Players of the
game must be coordinated and cooperative if they desire to success on
the field. Apart from teamwork, soccer teaches that the only sure path
to success is through hard work, setting feasible goals and having
Perseverance. In the first part of this article, (click here in-case you missed it), we talked on some similarities between Soccer and Life. Continue after the cut..
So, What does Soccer has to teach us about life?
(6.) Have a feasible plan or goal
Football managers in the EPL and other leagues in the world
often have a fixed number or amount of points they set for their team. For sure
you would have heard some managers in the EPL murmuring that "once their team gets
40points, they are sure of survival" i.e not being relegated. So also in life, we
should have a feasible plan or goal that is achievable.
(7.) Once you start well you should finish well
Every year you see some teams involved in a
relegation dog-fight. They start putting more efforts into matches. In-fact, some
of those battling with relegation to the lower league play so good that they
even take points from those teams in the higher half of the log table. Assuming
these teams had a good start to the league, put in more vigour, more efforts
to their game of course they won't be involved in their struggles with
relegation.
Likewise in life, we see some people who wait until the last second before they start putting in efforts. Some won't read until its two or three
days to their exams, won't work on their business plan(s) until they are to
face panel of judges. Don't ever let your survival tactics, business
plans go down the wire before you start working on them. Early planning goes
down a long way in helping you achieve success .
(8.) Always be consistent
Chelsea football club, winners of the Barclays Premier
league for this season actually deserve to win the Barclays English Premier
league. They were not only the team with the most wins but they were the most
consistent. Though at times, they were accused of packing the bus 🚌 and
playing boring games. But to be honest, they had an aim which was to get their desired
results. Though they suffered upsets at some moments, they picked themselves up
and continued getting results.
Few would remember their loss to Tottenham
Hotspur football club at the turn of the year but they moved on from the
defeat. For a team who spent the most time at the summit its no mean team to
feat to win the premier league despite the set backs . And the main lessons
from them is that, at times its not how you play the game that matters but how you get
the right or desired results.
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Alli Shamsudeen Ayobami is a
student of the University of Ibadan. He is a Member of the press organisation on
campus. Alli loves watching Soccer and his favorite team is Arsenal FC of North London. You can contact
Alli on [email protected]_icestorm or whatsapp on +2348175259644.
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