Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Business Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports by Tilman Fertitta & David Meltzer

Author:Tilman Fertitta & David Meltzer [Tilman Fertitta]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2019-06-13T16:00:00+00:00

RESPONDING TO MISTAKES

When it comes to some of the toughest positions in sports, like quarterbacks or defensive backs in football, or pitchers in baseball, there’s often talk of having a short memory. In baseball, obviously pitchers have to have a short memory. It’s only a matter of time until they hang a ball in the zone that ends up as a home run. Quarterbacks throw balls dozens of times per game, and getting intercepted (or fumbling due to blindside hits from the defense) is always part of the game. But they can’t dwell on it. And as a team, football players can’t dwell on their losses, because putting faith in what you don’t want will only result in more of the same.

I love the beginning of the NFL season because there are so many teams that go 0–2, and the fans all overreact, crying, “It’s the end of our season.” It’s not. There are lots of different circumstances in which you should stay right in the learning zone instead of forfeiting to the anxiety zone after a poor start, and there are plenty of 14–2 teams, or 13–3 teams, or even 10–6 teams that win Super Bowls. Even 9–7 teams win the big game occasionally. So, 2 losses are not the end of the world. The same is true when you start out hot with your decisions. Countless teams who have started 2–0 have failed to make the playoffs. And there have even been teams like the 2009 Denver Broncos, who won their first six games to start the NFL season before going 2–8 their next ten games and failing to make the playoffs with an 8–8 record.1 No matter the start you have, chasing consistent improvement is the only way to get the results you desire.

A majority of quarterbacks who are high on the all-time passes list are also high on the all-time interceptions list. And corners and safeties cover some of the biggest, quickest, and fastest athletes on the planet. They have to accept getting beaten as part of the game and make adjustments to their plan. Pitchers can’t let a poor pitch selection or location or even a good hitter get in their head. They need to accept their mistake and understand it is a part of the learning zone.

To avoid biased or tilted decision making, you need to work on creating an appropriate mistake response, which is simply a strategy to help you go back to the learning zone. Imagine throwing a pitch and saying thank you when the guy hits a home run off of you—and forgiving yourself. People smirk when I say that, but think about it in those terms.

MISTAKE RESPONSE: A pattern or habit ingrained by the way that you respond to making an error in judgment. A healthy mistake response can prepare you to avoid future mistakes, while a negative mistake response can put you into a slump.

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