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1.0crowdspring Bloghttps://www.crowdspring.com/blogMikehttps://www.crowdspring.com/blog/author/mike/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="VnHqUqXPEq"><a href="https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/10-things-entrepreneurs-can-learn-from-athletes/">10 things entrepreneurs can learn from athletes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.crowdspring.com/blog/10-things-entrepreneurs-can-learn-from-athletes/embed/#?secret=VnHqUqXPEq" width="600" height="338" title="“10 things entrepreneurs can learn from athletes” — crowdspring Blog" data-secret="VnHqUqXPEq" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! 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Unlock your potential with our free quiz! Entrepreneurs can learn a great deal from the world of sports, and in particular, we can learn from the professional athletes themselves. In the past year, I have written several posts about ways we can learn from others and from the world around us; I wrote about how much we can learn from kids, what dogs can teach us, and what we can learn from musicians. This morning I was thinking about ways to improve my focus and productivity, and it occurred to me that athletes provide a great model for this; here is a group of professionals whose careers depend on their ability to focus and produce. A relatively small subset of workers within a more significant industry, athletes are not only there to entertain us. but to motivate and inspire us. In business, we are constantly bombarded with sports analogies and metaphors, and as a society, we tend to lionize athletes and their achievements. I believe this esteem is appropriate, especially in business contact. Professional athletes strive daily to perfect their skills, promote their teams, and win. Entrepreneurs stand to gain significantly by doing these things, too. 1. Athletes train. Athletes prepare themselves before and during their season through constant training and conditioning. Strengthening exercises, stretching, and endurance training; are all part of a regimen that top athletes carry out throughout their careers to ensure they are in top shape to perform their jobs. The best entrepreneurs enact their own version of this; we work out by constantly studying new business ideas and innovation, strategizing, analyzing, and planning. The best entrepreneurs ensure their minds are well-trained and properly conditioned to adjust to an ever-changing competitive and business environment. Discover your leadership style.Take our free quiz and find out what kind of leader you are. Get 15 actionable insights to make you a better leader and discover five iconic leaders who share your style.Start the quiz - completely confidential and free! 2. Athletes focus. When a batter is in their stance, standing at home plate, and closely watching the opposing pitcher, they show intense focus and concentration. In business, we rarely have someone throw an object toward our bodies at 100+ miles per hour (not that it doesn’t happen occasionally). The extraordinary focus required in sports is a quality that athletes develop over time, and that good coaching and training encourage and enable. Entrepreneurs can learn much from athletes about keeping their eye on the ball and concentrating on what’s most important at any given moment. 3. Athletes practice. Unlike the everyday conditioning that athletes do to keep their bodies strong, practice is repeating a motion or activity repeatedly. This starts when athletes are still kids playing in a youth sports program. Kicking, dribbling, swinging, and throwing are physical activities that, when repeated endlessly, allow the body to develop a ‘sense memory.’ This sense of memory is how athletes’ bodies can respond in fractions of a second to the fast-moving action..