How much value does an athlete bring to your professional team? Hiring someone with a sports background comes with pros and cons. What I can tell you is that over the +40 years of intense sports (up to 24 hours per week), I have learned a lot, discovered more of who I am, where my limitations are, and what can be done to push boundaries to come back even better. Tonight I will be running Le Grand Raid in La Reunion Island, la Diagonale des Fous. One of the most difficult race on this format consisting of 100 miles in the mountains with 10’000 meters on positive and negative elevation. To have a chance to succeed in this run I had to work harder than ever on 3 main components : • Preparation • Planning • Resilience The mind will have to do the rest. That’s just my own experience and by no means the absolute truth ! So… curious to hear your thoughts : what are the top 3 transferable criterias you believe sport can bring to your workforce? How much value does an athlete bring to your professional team?
Bon courage David! Very impressive that you keep going at this level of performance... not everyone has this motivation 😉 To answer your question, about transferable skills between high performance sport and work environnement, for me, it's really about the determination to achieve goals, no matter the difficulties we may face along the way, as well as the ability to take risks, even if we may fail.
Courage David ! Il y aura à coup sûr des coups de moins bien mais comme dans l’entrepreunariat la persévérance et la force mentale te permettront de relever la tête et d’atteindre le graal 😉 Force à toi
Tim Meehan
1y
wow. good luck on this race. it's looks impossible. the island looks amazing. You are amazing!
Bon courage David ! Je te cite souvent en exemple auprès de mes apprenants , notamment sur ces points là : persévérance, résilience, orientation résultats pour illustrer les compétences transversales ;-)
One of the top transferable skills I believe is DISCIPLINE ✨ not only was this something transferred from growing up playing sports into my professional world, it’s something I have found is the necessary skill while being a digital nomad. Love the post!
Bravo David Toujours aussi admirative de ta personnalité après toutes ces années. On n'est pas réduit à son activité professionnelle, on est plus riche et le Sport et l'Art sont des champs d'exploration infinie
Bonne chance David! Je me suis moi-même essayée au Tor des Géants cette année. La résilience, le sens de l’urgence et le courage sont clairement des éléments transférables de l’ultra au travail
Yann Koch
1y
I would say 1/Discipline, 2/ Resilience 3/ Focus on objectives...Go go David!!!
Eric Micheau
1y
Good luck David 😉 dossard n°?
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