Well, what can we learn from Andy Murray\u2019s win at Wimbledon \u2013 and the renewal of his reputation over the last few years?<\/p>\n
1) He had a natural talent and temperament \u2013 but that wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n
2) He kept trying \u2013 determination and a desire to win shone though (though he seemed diffident early on once he withdrew a bit, after early brushes with a carnivorous media)<\/p>\n
3) He didn\u2019t let the early tragedy and trauma in his life hold him back \u2013 maybe it was a driver? Or maybe well dealt with?<\/p>\n
4) He surrounds himself with good people \u2013 from family and long standing friends to a team of specialist to increase his fitness, focus and popularity.<\/p>\n
5) He has taken his natural skill and added personal training to create supreme physical fitness, to boost that talent with strength and stamina.<\/p>\n
6) He has added PR advice – to secure the right interviews, documentaries, appearances, photo shoots.<\/p>\n
7) He chose a new coach who knows all too well the journey and who through this empathy and reputation has helped rein in his negative emotions.<\/p>\n
8) He can play the inner game as well as the physical one \u2013 and he has learnt to do that, it wasn\u2019t there innately, as it isn\u2019t for most of us.<\/p>\n
9) He has shown you can turn around your public persona and popularity \u2013 he is now a national treasure (and actually was a year ago, after sharing his emotions and thoughts on failure in the speeches on centre court). Like Camilla and David Beckham before him, he shows you can change how others see you.<\/p>\n
10) The relationships between the on court competitors is cordial, warm and respectful , after years on the circuit together \u2013 a nice illustration of the ideal balance between collaboration and competition in many industries.<\/p>\n
Which do you think is the most important? I am not sure\u2026like success in many sports lots of little changes can amount to a breakthrough \u2013 actually by being just slightly better than your opponent is enough (a shot here, a second there). But, if I had to choose one, it would be 4 \u2013 the team \u2013 as they has helped with most of the others (especially 5-9).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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