I watched an interview today with the Bear's quarterback, Rex Grossman. A few entrepreneurial lessons were inspired by it.
- Without self-motivation and drive, skills are useless.
Rex Grossman came from a football playing, football loving family. His skill training began early; his dad said he learned to throw a football before riding a bike. Those skills would be useless if Grossman didn’t have drive and self-motivation. His dad taught him early when young that when he failed, to overcome the adversity, and keep going. One pivotal lesson was striking out in little league and his dad took him to a batting cage and had him work on his skills. It was a memorable moment for the football player, because he learned a valuable lesson to learn about adversity.
- Disregard what others are saying, play your own game, and do it right.
This past year Grossman faced booing from fans and was tore up by the media. He threw one interception after another. His injury kept him from playing and some questioned if he would fully recover and come back. He had to tune all that out. He obviously didn’t tune out the best advice he said he ever received. The advice was from his dad and the advice was “do things right”.
- Don’t allow where you are born to limit your possibilities.
Indiana is Rex Grossman’s place of birth. He went to college in Florida and from there he was drafted by the Bears from there. His family still has season tickets to the Colts (they give them away because they are committed to attending every game Rex plays in). Grossman didn’t pass up the opportunity to play for Florida; he took a chance and left his place of birth. It was a stepping-stone to future opportunities with the Bears.
- When you get the chance to play, you do your best.
Rex Grossman says that he’s seen some players do well by observing for a while and sitting on the sidelines. Other players do well getting into the game right away and playing. What does he think they have in common? They do their best once they get the chance to play. He says he never takes the opportunity to play for granted.
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