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| David Nealis |
Is being a Cubs fan hurting my business?
It's not easy
being a Cubs fan!
If you don't know who the Cubs are they are Chicago’s
(baseball) National League team.
They tend to play so poorly that we call them “the
Loveable Losers”.
In 2012 they lost 101 games and they won 61. And it
wasn’t just this year that was off, as a matter of fact they haven't won a
World Series championship in over 104 years. Since 1908, generations of Cub
fans have suffered.
The Cubs are often out of the chance to go to the World
Series by the end of July.
Often half way through the baseball season you can hear
Cubs fans repeat the very popular saying “well we always have next year" -
I've heard and repeated this very saying since I can remember.
As a child sitting in the car with my father, going home
after a Cubs game, I would repeat after him and say “yeah Dad, we always have
next year". This ritual was repeated year after year with friends and family;
we have repeated the same mantra “well
we always have next year" for generations.
My fear is that that Cub’s mantra is working its way into
the other decisions I make.
For example; while working, occasionally I run across
that likeable loser, who is looking for his next thing. I am sure you know the
type; he has several years in the industry, he knows some people, but he just seems to always
end up not producing anything.
When I meet these people it seems my need to cheer for
the underdog over takes my business sense and I give them a chance. That Cubs
fan mentality of "maybe this year will be different" seems to translate to “maybe
this time this guy will be successful”. It has never ended well; they always
seem to keep making the same mistakes that they have made year after year. They,
like the Cubs, live in a world used to and/or expecting to lose all the time.
I don't want to give up hope for those under dogs of the
world, but after several disappointments and a life time of being disappointed
as a Cubs fan; I think it's time to watch more Yankees games!
Should I feel
guilty for being no longer willing to work with likeable losers? Or am I just
suffering from a case of the Cubbie Blues?
I think I have closed the door on being willing to work with likeable losers, but as for the Cubs well we always have next year.
