Today's topic follows yesterday's post on finding lessons from the X Games : the movie that applies in business. I reviewed how the competitors choose to think about the 'what ifs' with the best outcome in mind rather than focusing on the worst case scenario. Well... today I am going to go against what I previously wrote on and look at what happens when things go wrong. In the case of Big Air X Games competitor Danny Way... very wrong. I could write an entire post just on Danny Way (he is an amazing athlete, good businessman, and just an all around crazy dude), but I'll focus on this one event.
The movie comes to a close with the Big Air competition with Mega Ramp god father Danny Way going for a trick and instead of landing it, taking a HUGE fall, bouncing off the coping and coming crashing down like a rag doll on the ramp. After a moment of panic from the crowd, Danny Way actually limps off unattended.
As he is getting medical attention is fellow competitors are scared for him, but know that he has had worse falls and that none of them have kept him back. You hear Bob Burnquist say to the cameras "he'll come back up today but I don't know if he'll walk tomorrow."
Recently my husband and I watched X Games: the Movie. My husband is an action sports guy that loves dirt biking, skateboarding, longboarding, snowboarding, mountain boarding, and surfing to name a few. Dirt bike trail riding is something we do together that I have grown to love. I even like to watch most of the X Games with him. The weekend my son was born was the same weekend as the X Games this year. So, while other women were watching brides buy their wedding dresses, and moms going into labor on TLC we were watching motorcross.
While watching X Games: The Movie I realized that there is a lot of little hidden business lessons to be learned from these guys. Thus, beginning my Lessons Learned from the X Games Series.
The part of the movie that started this was when a voice over (I think Travis Pastrana) said that instead of thinking of the 'what ifs' in a negative way like most people, X Games competitors think of the 'what ifs' with a positive outcome- using the example, what if I land this.
Last Thursday Jenn and I sat in on an online social media class by GoGirl Academy. We have sat in on many, many social media classes, panels, and workshops and have taught a few of our own. However, this was the first one we have been to that focused on how employed individuals can use social media to their advantage.
The class was part of a GoGirl Academy program. GoGirl Academy is a "career advancement program for women who seek a competitive edge in the workplace" that holds programs here in the Seattle area.
I wanted everyone to get to know Carissa our wonderful new sales manager and a tech nerd at heart. All of us at Ovaleye are so happy we found her! We are always on the lookout for talented people who love to work with clients and help them with all their online needs.
Every good road trip has a few bumps along the road. Ovaleye's Virtual Road Trip has a few bumps last week, but we are back on the road this week with three awesome entrepreneur interviews who are rocking the business world.
Our schedule this week
Tuesday, Nevada for health Wednesday, Texas for family Thursday, California for fun
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Last Thursday Jenn and I sat in on an online social media class by GoGirl Academy. We have sat in on many, many social media classes, panels, and workshops and have taught a few of our own. However, this was the first one we have been to that focused on how employed individuals can use social media to their advantage.
