5 Reasons Why Event Managers Should Do the Steph
Thursday, February 04, 2016
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The latest monster game of Stephen
Curry against the Washington Wizards further cemented him as the number one
basketball player in the world.
In this game, he scored his 4th
The Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas of
the famous bad boys Detroit Pistons said, “Stephen Curry is good for
basketball”.
He cited that 99% of the people
could identify with Curry. Curry’s skills can be copied through hard work and
dedication. Unlike Michael Jordan, who flies and walks in the air, very hard to
copy, Stephen Curry’s shooting and ball handling skills can be acquired.
And now, you are thinking why on
earth am I talking about Stephen Curry?
Well, event managers can follow the
lead of Chef Curry in becoming the Most Valuable Player in the events
industry.
Stephen Curry always talks about
dedication as one of the secret ingredients to success. He always mentions that
if you dedicate yourself to working hard to master your craft, you can be
successful.
Event Managers are like NBA players;
we can only hit our ceiling if we pour in a lot of hours to practicing our
craft. In doing, we become part of the All Star Team. Our clients become
satisfied with the work we put in.
Believing in Your Abilities
In one of the interviews when asked
if he is the best player in the world, Curry said, “In my mind, yes. That’s how I have confidence
out there that I can play at a high level every night. I don’t get into
debates, arguing with people about why I am versus somebody else. I feel like
anybody who’s at be at
His confidence is over the roof,
which is not wrong. Most of the times, event managers and people mistake Self
Confidence as Arrogance. But as Curry said, if you do not believe you are the
best player in world
If you ask me, I rather go the Curry
way of believing in my abilities than to degrade what I can do.
Continuous Improvement
Every time he is interviewed after
the game Curry always mentioned about getting better for the next game. Even in
the Time Magazine interview, he mentioned that people could expect him to get
better this year.
Now hold on to this idea, Stephen
Curry is the 2015 Most Valuable Player and in this year his performance was
beyond comparison. A lot of people even get to the point of describing him as an
Alien or a Super Human, and to hear him say that he will get better this year
2016, is a statement that can really make you scratch your head.
How can someone who is the best in
the league still be better? But guess what, he is also running to be the Most
Improved Player in 2016, and also a front-runner way beyond the other NBA
players, in the 2016 MVP race.
All his performance metrics are up
this year!
Event Managers or people can do this
Curry move - continue to get better, always look forward to get better, even if
you are already the best in your field.
If this is our attitude, we not only
make our clients happy, we also change our organization and industry for the
better.
Failing Forward
Stephen Curry is a risk taker because he wants to win big.
He famously said, “If you don’t fall how
are you going to know what getting up is like.”
I have a confession to make, I have projects that lost
money, and clients that are dissatisfied with the results, this all happened in
the early years of my career. And until now, I sometimes make poor and costly
decisions.
But by hindsight, I will never be where I am right now
without those poor decisions that taught me a lot of life lessons.
Event Managers and Event Producers must learn to embrace
failures, and be excited about the bright possibilities that are due for
And this, ladies and gentlemen, is how we should roll
against life.
Faith that Moves Mountain
“ I do a
little sign on the court every time I make a shot or a good pass and I pound my
chest and point to
Event Managers have a rare
gift of leadership, and a tremendous ability to make impossible things
possible.
I saw a lot of creative event
managers and I admire them. But at the end of the day, we will be reporting to
our creator.
So if we wanted to have a
head start of a superb scorecard, let us always dedicate our work and
masterpieces to our one true God.
Let us not trust in our own
abilities alone, but trust that God will provide the right mix of abilities that
we needed in everything that we do.
Stephen Curry and the Golden
State Warriors are on the right track on becoming back-to-back champions. But
more than this historical feat, we get to appreciate and copy the great
examples of Stephen Curry’s leadership.
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