Comments on: Seven Leadership Lessons from the Marathon

By: John Papers

John Papers — Tue, 04 Jan 2011 09:48:00 +0000

This is amazing list like the previous one..
Thank you for this post..

By: Greg Strosaker

Greg Strosaker — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 05:59:34 +0000

Thanks for your comment Viktor, interesting article. Your comment regarding marathon runners being “goal driven” is why I also think they tend to make great employees.

By: Greg Strosaker

Greg Strosaker — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 01:59:34 +0000

Thanks for your comment Viktor, interesting article. Your comment regarding marathon runners being “goal driven” is why I also think they tend to make great employees.

By: Viktor Ovurmind

Viktor Ovurmind — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:57:17 +0000

The link between leadership and marathons is a continuation of the industrial age drive that we are goal driven from a start to a finish line. The athlete's mind is more interesting to me http://discovermagazine.com/2010/apr/16-the-bra... because then all athletes can be studied in an organic reality.

[v.o.M.]

By: Greg Strosaker

Greg Strosaker — Tue, 25 May 2010 13:52:56 +0000

Thanks Jimmy, I think it's always wise to look at the ways one can generalize the experiences and learnings from one discipline into another (as you did in your post on lessons learned from the great artists). And I haven't checked in on VIA of late to see how it is doing, do you know of any news?

By: Jim Matorin

Jim Matorin — Tue, 25 May 2010 04:39:11 +0000

Greg:

I definitely enjoyed how you correlated your experiences as a performance runner to goals of being a corporate leader. Flexibilty is one thing we all need to understand, but also balanced correctly with being resolute. Yes, do avoid distractions like launching new products that are off your core business proposition – VIA.

Jimmy

By: Greg Strosaker

Greg Strosaker — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:55:54 +0000

Christoffel,
Thanks for your comment. Ironically, just after posting this I realized that I had overlooked the charity aspect as a motivation for keeping to your training. I think of it as a subset of committing yourself publicly but it does have a little more meaning and importance because there are others who will truly rely on you to meet your commitment – great addition!
My company has its European HQ in the Netherlands (near Maastrict), maybe there will be an opportunity to combine a business trip with the Amsterdam Marathon in the future!

By: Christoffel

Christoffel — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:44:01 +0000

Hi Gregg,
I found your blog through the LinkedIn Marathon finishers group and found your article extremely good and relevant.
What I would like to add from my own experience (and could be labelled as lesson #8) is that running for charity can add an extra stimulus to get you through the most difficult moments in the race. Thinking of all the known and unknown people who have contributed took me through difficult miles and the incentives some people built in gave me that extra energy shot for the remainder of the race.

Best regards from The Netherlands – consider the Amsterdam Marathon in October!

By: Seven Elements to Marathon Training | Predawn Runner

Seven Elements to Marathon Training | Predawn Runner — Thu, 20 May 2010 11:57:57 +0000

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