Emmitt Smith's Career

Phase two- The momentum phase. Your success becomes much more dependent on your track record. If you are at a marketing exec, then this is where you build your brand, manage new products introductions and advertising campaigns. At some in the momentum phase, in business this is usually at 45 to 55, there comes a time where careers comes a time when careers become diverged. Many people start to recede and get passed over for new opportunities.

• Phase three- The harvest phase. Some move on the harvest phases that is the final phase of their careers amid ever increasing success.

Understanding career paths evolve will help progress along the dynamic path. There is an important interaction between your potential and your experience

After having a champion career how do you transfer the same skills into a new career. Emmitt Smith, professional football player had to transfer his skills from the football field and to a business perspective. What makes his tricky is that not many business that is in need of his talents. When you are in a situation

Michael Jordan or Mario Lemieux. Both have come out of retirement, because they were not ready for the next step. There are athletes that fade away after retirement. It’s hard to transition from being a demi-god to a normal person. The South African sevens rugby team, Coach Neil Powell, played for the team and was instrumental in winning the 2003 championship. After he retired he became a coach, even though he was still young. He was the head coach to bring the World Series Rugby championship, back to SA. He was the only player and coach to have won both. So Powell was the same as Lemieux, except he went back as a coach. Other players don’t want to be in the spotlight anymore, or they go on the list of fallen champions. The most essential requirement for avoiding the fate of the fallen champion is to plan ahead and lay the groundwork early on for life after