GAME-CHANGING GOALS: A FIVE-STEP ROAD MAP TO ENTREPRENEURIAL TRIUMPH
DR. KEVIN DALEY
ONE THOUSAND, ONE-ON-ONE, AND ONE HUNDRED AND TWO. I was recently asked what road map led me to create a thriving speaker’s academy for retired professional athletes and what my intention was. Three numbers emerged as I reflected on what brought me to where I am today.
GOALS BY THE NUMBERS
Over the years, I have taught others that if people don’t laugh at you when you share your goals, your goals are not big enough. And when naysayers tell you you cannot achieve your goals, use it as fuel to do it anyway. When I was a young boy of about six years old, I set three goals for myself: 1.To get paid to play basketball, To play with and against the top players in the game, and 2. 3.To travel the world. Those may sound like lofty goals for a young, motherless boy from Panama City, but those were my intentions. I was not concerned with how I would accomplish them; I just knew I would.
I cried when I received my first check for playing professional basketball in Costa Rica. It was only one thousand dollars, but it was a long-term goal achieved. Mind you, I didn’t say how much I wanted to be paid, I just said I wanted to be paid! One down, two to go. The next goal was achieved when I left college to play professionally in various countries and just before signing a contract with the Harlem Globetrotters. I scored my most significant role in a commercial, doubling for Michael Jordan—an unforgettable three- day, one-on-one shoot for one of the most popular commercials of all time. Two down, one to go.
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