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When I signed the Houston Saberkites as the founder owner, people repeatedly asked me the same question: “Why rugby?”
To be fair, this was not a clear step. I had already made a successful career in the commodity trade and business personality. Rugby was not a mainstream game in the United States, and it was clear that we would be climbing up in search of new markets, new fans and new infrastructure. But it is exactly what attracted me to him.
Businesses know that if you just play safe games, you will never learn something new. Rugby, all his raw, became a mirror of my business efforts: tough, unexpected and full of lessons how I guide. There are five biggest here.
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1. Play through the hit
I will never forget to stand on the edge of my first Sabrckets match, and look at one of my players by dealing with a brutal deal. Most people stayed down. He didn’t do that. He fought for every inches, rolled and pushing the ball forward. The crowd exploded.
That picture got stuck with me. In the rugby, hitting is a part of the game, and when you are killed, you do not stop-you adopt the mid-effect. In business, “hit” looks like a failed deal, regulatory curve hair or market misery. I have a lot of them. The thing that separates the winning leaders is not avoiding the hit. What do they do after that? Go ahead. Stay on your feet. Make drama anyway.
2. Trust on the pack
Initially, I thought the entrepreneurship was about individual talent, where the best idea, the hardest worker and the boy was ready to put more hours than anyone else’s win. Rugby scattered this illusion.
A scram is pure confidence. With a mission, eight players are locked from shoulder to shoulder: Go ahead. If a man falls, the whole structure ends. It’s dirty, it’s physical, and it’s not all.
Business teams should look like. On the Gate Choice, I have learned that success is not about me to make every call. It is about to surround yourself with the right people, they have to trust them to perform their work and create a culture where loyalty and accountability are non -dialogue. No pack, no progress.
3. Made on the fly
Rugby is chaos. There is no endless timeout to plan your next move. Plays are ready in seconds, and players should read the field, adjusting and processing in real time.
I have moments in the business where a deal has fallen overnight or the new rules have turned our strategy. The joy is to freeze, but the rugby trained me to do the opposite: a hearing, axis and moving. You may not always have the perfect data, but you always have dignity and courage. And sometimes, that’s all you need to keep alive.
4. Respect grinding
Most people here do not realize about rugby: these athletes play with no pads, not helmets and no glamor. It is 80 minutes of collision, sweat and injuries. And still they do it because they love grinding.
This mentality is the same in the business personality. When people see a headline about the announcement or success, they do not see the years behind it. Flight 4am. The agreements that were separated. Pay roll weeks stress. Rugby reminds me that hardship is not a time choice, but it is a way of life. You have to do Enjoy Grind, because this is the one who forgives the winners.
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5. Leave it all on the field
This is the tradition of Rugby that I love: After the final whistle, rivals share beer. Think about it – you spend 80 minutes to kill each other with everything you have, and then you sit together with mutual respect.
I have taken the same mindset in business. Take a fierce competition, play completely, but respect your rivals. Stir hands Learn from them. Because the inheritance you leave is not about a single game or contract – it’s about how you show, how you compete and when the whistle goes, people miss you.
Rugby is the ultimate under -dug game: tough, unintentional, but lessons about teamwork, encouragement and respect. It changed to how I guide, how I compete, and how I make companies.
And here is the truth: business, such as rugby, is not for anesthesia. You will be targeted. You will be examined. But if you rely on your pack, when the field shift and respect the grinding, you will not play the game just, you will own it.
When I signed the Houston Saberkites as the founder owner, people repeatedly asked me the same question: “Why rugby?”
To be fair, this was not a clear step. I had already made a successful career in the commodity trade and business personality. Rugby was not a mainstream game in the United States, and it was clear that we would be climbing up in search of new markets, new fans and new infrastructure. But it is exactly what attracted me to him.
Businesses know that if you just play safe games, you will never learn something new. Rugby, all his raw, became a mirror of my business efforts: tough, unexpected and full of lessons how I guide. There are five biggest here.
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