On my walk earlier today I was listening to an episode of Planet FPL. You’ll often find me consuming this kind of content, especially towards the end of the week, as I make decisions about my Fantasy Premier League (FPL) team. Towards the end of this particular episode, one of the hosts reminds listeners to play your own game.

The reference here is to the tendency among FPL managers to fixate on, and even copy, the transfer and captaincy decisions that other managers make. Ultimately, however, the decisions we make about individual players have to be made in the context of our teams as a whole. Just because a manager ranked in the top 10 is transferring in a certain player, it doesn’t mean that it’s right for your team too.

Why am I writing about this? Well, often I find soundbites like this that are intended for a specific context actually have implications or applications in other areas of life. And today, for me, the reminder to play your own game is much needed advice for some business decisions I’m making. It made me realise that I’ve drifted off this path of late.

I’ve become caught up with what everyone else in the coaching industry is doing without really considering whether that’s the direction I want to go in. And let me tell you readers, it is not. So from now on as I make choices for my business I’ll be asking myself is this what you want to do or what you feel you should do?

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