If you’re smart—and I know you are—you’re going to set sports career goals for 2012. But before you do, read this first:
The key to achieving your sports career goals is to know exactly where you want to go and how you plan to get there.
Generic goals such as, “I want to work in sports” is too broad. It doesn’t mean anything. Even when you narrow your goal to something more specific such as, “My goal is to work in sports marketing” — that’s still too vague.
The two most crucial areas of concentration for achieving sports career goals are the “Where” and the “How.” Where do you want to go? How do you plan to get there? Below are two ways that will help you answer those questions. [click to continue…]
About Chris McKinney
Chris McKinney is the president of SPORTS LAUNCH™, a career services firm dedicated to helping college students and career-changers launch sports careers. Chris' new book, How to Land Your First Job in Sports: 7 Simple Steps can be found on www.SportsLaunch.net.
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We hear it in sports business all the time. Passion. It seems to go hand in hand with sports and it’s paralleled in business. You see it on resumes and ad campaigns. Dictionary.com defines passion as a strong or extravagant fondness, enthusiasm, or desire; and though it’s a noun to be effective in your career it must be more of an adverb. And by that I mean, it has to have action!
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