Wednesday, March 18, 2026

Shaping Your Career Often Begins in the Weight Room or the Field

"Good artists borrow; great artists steal." - Picasso 

This piece "borrows" heavily from the "parentcub" thread.

Work ethic, training, and collaboration translate to your career. This post steals the best ideas from this instagram thread. Print and save? That's your call. Read the thread and internalize ideas that resonate. 

"She didn't get to the boardroom because she had the best grades." She learned how to fail, to get up, and fail better

Ernst & Young surveyed over 400 female executives. 94% of them played competitive sports. 


Sports make you harder to break. 

The pressure of competitive athletics produces resilient leaders.


Team sport teaches you that your performance impacts others. 

Team sports lowers circulating stress homes. Lessons learned on the court translate to the executive suite...calm under pressure.

Athletes describe better self-esteem and lower anxiety. Coping with stress is part of the training. 

Failure instructs athletes about intelligent risk-taking and the need for resilience. 

The workplace will challenge you. Athletes bring that resilience recall to the job. 

Sports help train women who know how to work hard and to succeed. 

Lagniappe. Learning is 'nonlinear'. Everyone experiences fits and starts. 

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