Welcome to the weekend. Here are four pieces of content to either wrap up your work week, or kick off your much deserved down time.
My Friday FOUR:
Four pieces of content I've consumed this past week that will influence my future blog material and challenge me to think differently about how I manage Cressey Sports Performance. As always, I'm looking to bring you some business-specific information from outside of the world of fitness. Enjoy:
- Be Our Guest (Book) - It's not common for me to share a book recommendation in this list, but in the occasion that I find a quick read that resonated, I will make an exception. I knocked out this entire book from the customer service gurus at Disney in
a single flight and ended up with more than a page of things I know we could do better in my business.
- Why Success Comes to Those Who Stop Chasing It - This was a great reminder of the difference in job satisfaction between the process-driven and outcome-driven crowds. I specially liked this quote: “If the process is more important than the result, you play. If the result is
more important than the process, you work.” (special thanks to Friday 4 reader, Bob Panico, for dropping this one into my inbox this week)
- A Beginner's Guide to Qualifying for an SBA Loan - Funny story: When we opened Cressey Sports Performance in 2007 I made a trip over to the local Target to pick up a small filing cabinet for our waivers and health history paperwork. While at the counter, I was told I could save
15% by signing up for a Target card. Knowing that there were plenty of small expenses of this nature on the horizon, I decided to pull the trigger on it....and got declined. Turns out you need a credit score to get a Target credit card, and I had zero debt and nothing but a debit card that I lived off of at the time. Naive 25-year-old Pete would have benefitted from reading this article when launching a business.
- Why Competing For New Talent Is a Mistake - Instead of hunting for a new coach who understands the newest and trendiest training methodologies, maybe you can just invest in your existing team and pay to send one or more of them to a seminar. This HBR
article illustrates the reality that talent acquisition does little to elevate the skill set of the field as a whole. It also eloquently reminds us that nothing turns your business into a talent magnet quite like developing a reputation within the field for investing in your people's ongoing education.
Make sure to let me know if you come across any material that you think I'd enjoy. More importantly, have a great weekend.
- Pete
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