Flexing Your Future: Business Opportunities in Muscle Growth

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Muscle growth has become a buzzword among fitness enthusiasts, bodybuilders, and the general public. People increasingly prioritize strength training for leaner physiques and healthier lives, creating endless possibilities for entrepreneurs looking to break into this niche market. From high-tech gadgets to supplements and services there is so much room for entrepreneurialism here.

Have You Failed Yet This Year?

As we approach the end of January, I hope you’ve had the chance to fail this year. Failure isn’t fatal. It isn’t the end. You can recover. And become better from failure.

Yet, so many of us try to hide from failure. We think if we fail, our people will look at us funnily. They may think we don’t have what it takes to lead well.

To that, I say they’re wrong.

Great leaders are failures. They’re experimenters. They’re willing to try to see what might work.

Why Fail?

Failure is a stepping stone to your next step of learning. You can’t learn unless you fail.

Think of a baby. They fail hundreds, if not thousands, of times in their early years. 

Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Flight Risk

A Reel Leadership Article

If you enjoy this article, you’ll love my book Reel Leadership. It’s available on Amazon.

Flight Risk is a new thriller starring Mark Wahlberg as Daryl, Michelle Dockery as US Marshal Madolyn Harris, and Topher Grace as informant Winston. It’s a tense flight as we discover Daryl isn’t the pilot he said he was. Instead, he’s a hired hitman to take out Winston.

It’s amazing how much tension, action, and leadership Mel Gibson packed into Flight Risk as he directed the film. It’s a wild ride, one that may be too intense for some viewers.

We’ll examine the great leadership lessons in this new movie. The twists, turns, and stunners will make you a better leader.

A man and a woman talking in an airplane

Quotes And Leadership Lessons From Flight Risk

1. When tensions are high, we’ll misread the situation:

Flight Risk starts with Winston’s arrest. He’d been working with the mob but then turned state’s evidence. In another twist, he tries to flee from the government. 

4 Ways To Constantly Adapt

Whether you’re on the basketball court or the business boardroom, leaders have to be able to adapt constantly. Changes are coming at you at a rapid pace. You have to be prepared to adapt to what’s coming at you.

On the basketball court, you must assess your opponent’s moves, where they’re going next (hockey great Wayne Gretzky always said to skate to where the puck will be next), and how they will respond to your movement. In the boardroom, you may have to assess your team’s feelings, what a competitor is planning, and more.

Learning to adapt to these situations is crucial to a business moving forward. Are you able to constantly adapt?

Woman walking a tightrope across a body of water

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4 Ways To Constantly Adapt

In Coach K’s MasterClass session on leading, he shared 4 ways leaders can constantly adapt. These are powerful moves you can take on the court, in the boardroom, or with your family. Here’s how to constantly adapt.

Stop Making It Difficult

I’ve found so many leaders banging their heads against the wall because of their difficulties. They can’t see a way out. There’s struggle after struggle. 

Leadership is just difficult.

Or is it?

I live in Michigan. Our winters can be brutal. We get massive amounts of snowfall. 

One of the things that improves the quality of life during the winter months is having a snowblower. Years ago, I bought a Craftsman 2-stage snowblower. Why? Because Craftsman made a great snowblower.

After a few years, I began to have difficulties snowblowing my driveway, sidewalks, and backyard (yes, I snowblowed the backyard! I have to make a pathway for our Vizsla to run and use the potty). I could start the snowblower, but whenever I tried to increase the speed or reduce the choke, the snowblower would die.