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Tennis or Chess?

Alan Weiss

Are you capable of establishing that emotional connection to take action, to hit the ball over the net, or are you merely engaged in an intellectual debate, a chess game that might take months? Sometimes that urgency already exists with the buyer, but usually you have to create it or build upon it.

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Community rank

Seth Godin Blog

And you’ve heard about sports rank, #1 in the world at tennis or golf or chess. You’re probably familiar with class rank. Among all the kids in this high school, compared to everyone else’s GPA, where do you stand? But somehow, we don’t bother with community rank.

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How to Learn New Skills Faster

LSA Global

If you were trying to improve your tennis serve, for example, you could practice with different rackets, or by tossing the ball at different heights, or aiming for different parts of the court. Being able to learn new skills faster can help both individuals and organizations to outperform their peers. How You Practice Matters.

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