by Dr. Timothy Thompson 03-12-2008 02:00 AM
Things aren’t always what they seem to be. If you’re an athlete who’s checking out this site because you’re preparing to make your mark at the next level of your sport, I’m eager to believe you when you say you’ve been investing your heart and soul into trying to be the best at what you do. And that’s great, because being the best is what competing is all about. However, if you’re aiming for a professional athletic career, I’m here to help you broaden your thinking to include developing the skills that will make you a star player in the Game of Life off the field or court.
Try to remember back to when you first discovered your athletic talent. Was your first thought, “I’m going to willingly sacrifice a major portion of my privacy and freedom to choose how I behave so I can get rich from playing and product endorsement contracts?” Or were you just enjoying playing a game you love to play and also feeling good about the acceptance it brought you in other areas of your life? If you were already well-acquainted with the business side and social implications of being a professional athlete, then what I say in this article will be nothing new to you. But if that’s not the case, lets get you breaking onto the scene at the next level with your eyes wide open.
Each of the links on the list below will take you to a training module covering one of a variety of human relations topics ranging from how a celebrity should handle making new friends and finding relationship partners while trying to maintain some privacy, to how to prepare for media appearances.
Published 03-12-2008 © 2024 Access Athletes, LLC
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