There is an old saying :champions don't become champions in the ring - they are merely recognised there. That's true. If you want to see you someone develop into a champion, look at his daily routine. Former Heavyweight Champ Joe Frazier stated "You can map out a fight plan. But when the action starts, you're down to your reflexes. That's where your road work shows. If you cheated on that in the dark of the morning, you're getting found out now under bright lights". Boxing is a good analogy for leadership development because it is all about daily preparation. Even a person with natural talent has to prepare and train to become successful.
One of America's greatest presidents was a fan of boxing :President Theodore Roosevelt. In fact one of his famous quotes uses boxing analogy :
"It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, ,or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena : whose face is marred by dust ,sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again; who knows the great ethusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst ,if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat".
Roosevelt, a boxer himself was the ultimate man of the action.
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