Bringing a Child Up Competitive Ladder Must Be Approached as a Business Project
My approach to bring my daughter Lana to professional level was based on:
- from spite to father of four
-my extreme inner drive (my self actualization as a tennis coach and as a person)
- unmatching enjoyment of trying to achieve something so difficult with my daughter
All these reasons are too much based on emotions.Sometimes (actually the most of the time) I was so fanatic in trying to achieve this goal that it seemed to me if I achieved it my life would be completely fulfilled;I would not wish to achieve anything anymore.In other words I was ready to die for it
Now, when I look back from time distance (my daughter stopped playing in 2005), I am very proud what we achieved especially under given circumstances I had unforgettable experience, but I would not repeat it because it was based on false premises and had not chance to succeed, so after 16 years of extremely hard work and sacrifice I headed for very rough landing.
Not to experience the same thing (it is not fun at all, believe me), one has to approach the goal of bringing a child up the competitive ladder as one would approach any other business project.Led by business principles (making rational decisions)will allow you to minimize your losses by :
- not going into project if at the very beginning all conditions are not met
- redefining goals during the project
- stopping when better judgment tells you to stop