Maybe it's a Decathlon instead....

I've often heard people comparing life to running, stating that it's not a sprint, it's a marathon.

I don't think I would agree with that, especially when I'm talking to entrepreneurs.

A more accurate comparison would be the decathlon. Here is a collection of events in which an athlete's performance must range from adequate in the weak areas to good or better in the others. They are running, jumping, and throwing. Interestingly this is the one Olympic sport in which it does not matter if the athlete places first, second or third in an individual event because it is all about accumulating points.

We just have to find ways to make our businesses a little bit better overall in all of the things we have to do to accumulate enough points to win. Some things we're good at. In some areas, maybe not so good. But, it's the overall score that determines the win.

My late friend Phil Bando used to say that success in business is just doing the same (right) things every day, just a little better than the day before.