James Siminoff

If it was only one thing…

Success is typically mix of a few things done right and some good old fashioned luck.  When you read about market leading companies in books like Good to Great you see this.  When it comes to the great managers and entrepreneurs there are major debates about what skill sets make for winners.

The controversy over the gold medal in the figure skating event in the Olympics is a good example of this.  A Russian skater, Evgeni Plushenko won the silver medal, beat out by a American skater Evan Lysasek.

Evgeni has been crying to the press that since he was able to land a quad jump and Evan only did a triple then he deserves the medal.  Even though the event is for 4 and 1/2 minutes.

Just like in building a business there is not one single piece that guarantees a win. It is the combination of things executed correctly that create success.  If it was only one thing it would be easy, then every skater would just practice the quad jump and whoever could land it would win the gold.