Could playing the game of life too safely, ultimately rob you of opportunity and vision?
What’s your definition of success? Is it vision fulfilled or being in a specific place or position? What if you get there and you are not happy, with no new vision set beyond that point? Maybe you’re a young person with a dream of what success should be, but it seems unattainable so you talk yourself into something else, something easier, something more safe to achieve or maintain. Stay with me (as a not overly sporty person) as I show you what I’ve learned from observing my sons play their favourite sport of soccer (or otherwise known as football). Both love scoring goals and despise conceding same. This naturally places them in an attacking (forward) position, but due to their height, speed and big kick, their coaches invariably choose to assign defender (back) positions to them. This season was no different. The coach asked my eldest, when he met him the first time, what his preferred position was. “Up front, right wing, left wing or striker” was his response. First game and the coach had …