Came across this article and I think it's perfect for here.
http://www.theguardian.com/football...gers-fear-of-failure-liverpool-premier-league
For non-soccer fans, Brendan Rodgers has taken an unfancied Liverpool team to English Premier League title fight this season playing highly attractive attacking football while being extremely young for a manager, 41(most reach top-class when they're 55-60). As of now he could get the manager seat in almost any team in the world. But was it always sunshine and roses for him? No.
"Rodgers has always been driven to succeed but it was seven months spent out of work following his dismissal by Reading in 2009 that steered the 41-year-old towards his present lofty perch. Failure, and specifically the response to failure, is what the man from Carnlough identifies as the root of his success-"
"Revisiting that defining period, one that has ultimately made Liverpool dream of a first league title in 24 years, Rodgers reveals: "I got the sack on 16 December. It was 5pm on a Wednesday and my first thought was to ring the family to make sure they heard the news from me first. My objective then, because it was the first time in my life I was out of work and out of football, was to make sure it did not spoil Christmas for my family. After that I went to Dubai to reflect for 10 days and started to write in the sunshine about my experience, how it could have been different, what I could improve, what I should take into my next job? What areas would I be better when I was next a manager?
I was getting ready to go home and my mother [Christina] died on February 3 [aged 53]. So there I was, out of work, and now had the two biggest voids in my life – the loss of my mother and football. I was recovering mentally and decided to go to the gym, get myself fit and then started writing to a few clubs to see if I could get a job, or even an interview for a job. I didn't get anything."
Another proof for the fact that perseverance is key
http://www.theguardian.com/football...gers-fear-of-failure-liverpool-premier-league
For non-soccer fans, Brendan Rodgers has taken an unfancied Liverpool team to English Premier League title fight this season playing highly attractive attacking football while being extremely young for a manager, 41(most reach top-class when they're 55-60). As of now he could get the manager seat in almost any team in the world. But was it always sunshine and roses for him? No.
"Rodgers has always been driven to succeed but it was seven months spent out of work following his dismissal by Reading in 2009 that steered the 41-year-old towards his present lofty perch. Failure, and specifically the response to failure, is what the man from Carnlough identifies as the root of his success-"
"Revisiting that defining period, one that has ultimately made Liverpool dream of a first league title in 24 years, Rodgers reveals: "I got the sack on 16 December. It was 5pm on a Wednesday and my first thought was to ring the family to make sure they heard the news from me first. My objective then, because it was the first time in my life I was out of work and out of football, was to make sure it did not spoil Christmas for my family. After that I went to Dubai to reflect for 10 days and started to write in the sunshine about my experience, how it could have been different, what I could improve, what I should take into my next job? What areas would I be better when I was next a manager?
I was getting ready to go home and my mother [Christina] died on February 3 [aged 53]. So there I was, out of work, and now had the two biggest voids in my life – the loss of my mother and football. I was recovering mentally and decided to go to the gym, get myself fit and then started writing to a few clubs to see if I could get a job, or even an interview for a job. I didn't get anything."
Another proof for the fact that perseverance is key
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