Why You Should Hire an Adventure Athlete?

I was reading some reviews for the book “Business Lessons from the Edge”, which talks about how extreme athletes use intelligent risk-taking to succeed in business, when the idea of this article came to me.

Why would anyone hire a crazy risk-taker who risk even his own life?

In a previous post I discussed the reasons that make us take a high risk action –as a sport-.

Well what does it take to succeed in business? Risk taking. Preparation. Self-confidence. The same principles that drive extreme athletes to the highest peaks of performance.
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The book shows many great adventure athletes have turned their passions and skills into thriving entrepreneurial careers. By applying these hard-won lessons of athletic competition to the hard-fought arenas of business.

A good adventure athlete –who is a good hire- will be able to use the following skills learnt in from the sport into the business field:

•           Take intelligent risks
•           Make lightning-fast decisions
•           Prepare his mind and body for any challenge
•           Leap over obstacles
•           Roll with the punches
•           Define the goals and go for the gold!

Since most of these sports are team sports where the team passes by a life or death situations and depends on the cooperation between all the team members, these athletes can also be a good team members, and even team leaders.

The book shows the action-packed stories and revealing interviews, which designed to excite and inspire the reader. Stories of how race-car driver Don Bell applied winning tactics to build a $4 billion company; how surfers Izzy and Coco Tihany made a big splash with their surf school and apparel company for women; how aerobatic pilot and paraglider Mike Angiulo piloted a high-flying, billion-dollar venture for Microsoft.

Whether you're running a company or rappelling down a cliff, this is what it takes to make the grade in today's fiercely competitive world. So get ready to climb your mountain. Run your race. Walk your trail. You can make a difference-and aspire to be great-in business, sports, and life. The decision is yours.

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