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10 Signs of A Business Athlete 
If you’re still hiring “employees”, then you’re still in the land of the 20th century. Intoday’s fast moving, challenging world you need to recruit nothing but business athletes.These are fearless individuals that take the ball and sprint through a maze of challengesto the finish line. These folks don’t dance around a problem, they don’t wait and theydon’t whine. They carve their own future and enjoy every minute of working alongsideothers like themselves on a common mission.Here is a list of 10 ingredients found in these individuals. If you have 75% of these, thenyou aren’t an “employee”, you’re an athlete in today’s work world.
In Early, Out Late, Never Counts the Hours
A business athlete works long hours and loves every minute of what they do. They’revery hard working, frighteningly efficient and will never let you do the work for them.They don’t spend their time finding extra ways to live off the company, but rather havethe company’s interest in mind at all times.
Their Work Becomes a Part of Their Life
A business athlete doesn’t end the day at 5 PM, or the equivalent of 8 hours. Their commitment and dedication is to the mission, not just the money, and this is fullyapparent in after hour emails, texts and phone calls. Be weary of keeping anyone on your team who shuts off after a certain time. More than often you will end up driving them,rather than them driving the company.
Skin Thick as a Dinosaur’s
A business athlete understands that intense work can create intense conversations andcriticisms. They understand that sometimes information must be communicated with atone and passion that sets the appropriate intensity and urgency for a project or challengeat hand. Their mind is not fragile and can withstand any harshness in delivery for thesake of accomplishing the mission.
 
Driven to No End
These folks are driven and are an absolute source of energy. They are usually ambitiousand almost never satisfied with the status quo, seeking self betterment in nearly everycorner. They will go to their managers with ideas, projects, challenges and solutions tokeep themselves, their teams and the company growing. When the work load increases,they simply smile back.
Perfection is Never Perfect
More than often their own harshest critic, a business athlete is almost never satisfied withthe quality of their work. They constantly seek betterment and work long hours toensure the quality of their work remains optimum. Their drive for more and their drivefor better often serve as a lightening rod for their teammates and colleagues.
Smart
In any business, its important for team members to be able to make quick decisions withless than 100% of the necessary information. A business athlete is smart and can take theinformation available, deduce, induce and extrapolate estimations by which they canmake a quick and quality decision. They make intelligent assumptions to maintain speedand keep moving forward.
Proactive as Paranoia
A business athlete is driven paranoid with a pro-activeness that is made to ensure their success. They often have a plan A, B and C for everything. They continuously doublecheck and triple check their work for quality and accuracy. And.. rarely will they missdirectives, fail to update managers or be caught missing a deadline. They are proactiveand will not allow circumstances or the environment to blind side them or derail their missions.
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