Going for the Goal

This past winter I was glued to the mens' hockey final gold medal game in the Winter Olympics in BC.  I am a Canadian living in the US but my heart and my cheers were fully with the Canadian team.  The game was a fast, nail-biting, jumping-out-of-your-seat ride that ended with a tie and then over time.  Whoever scored the goal would win the gold medal for their country.  I cried, along with most Canadians, when we scored that goal.  It was a moment of great pride and love for my country and our hockey team.  A sweet victory made even sweeter because our women's team also won the gold medal for Canada.  

As a girl growing up in rural Newfoundland every Saturday night was "hockey night in Canada" and I spent most of those with my grandmother who cheered for the Toronto Maple Leafs, calling out their names and willing them to score while the knitting in her hands picked up speed as her hockey passion mounted.  In my grandmother's living room I learned what it meant to be a fan of a sport that draws people together and lifts them up.  We, with our team, remain focused on the goal that will create the win.  Just like in the gold medal Olympic game where that one goal made all the difference.

Creating a business is like a hockey game, and though you may laugh, I think it is true.  If we position ourselves well we work with a great team where we all support one another and work towards common goals.  We go out of our way to help each other, to ensure that we win.  If at times we lose a game, we get right back out there knowing that the loss teaches us how to be better players and win next time.   We continue to work hard, knowing it is worth it.  We practice every day so that we can improve.  We cheer for each other and celebrate success.  We know that together we stronger than we are alone.  And always we stay motivated and driven by going for the goal.