6 Business Lessons from a 3-Year-Old Wii Player
Bridget of Biz Chicks Rule recently wrote a post, What I Learned About Business Strategizing By Watching My 3-Year Old Son Play Wii Tennis. And, it inspired me to take a look at a different way my own three-year-old play Wii (It’s amazing what 3-yr-olds are capable of now, huh?). I realised that I, too, have a few business tips from my son . And, my own business lessons from this include:
1. Start with what you love. Then, be GREAT at it. In my son’s case, he knew which game he wanted to play from the start: Bowling. Even if we tried to convince him to play something else, he kept playing bowling anyway. So, he played – and played… and played some more (whenever he’s allowed, of course). A few weeks later, he reached Pro status.
It’s the same approach I often recommend to people when they wish to start making money online: Start with what you love to do best. Figure out a way on how you can be good at it. Then, be the best you can possibly be in that field.
2. Specialise before you diversify. Only when my boy reached Pro status did he feel that he can venture in to the other games a bit more. He didn’t mind losing too much in things he didn’t know very well because he knew he was already great with something. When he felt let down with unfamiliar games, he went back to the ones that he was good at.
3. Learn to wait, watch and grow. Acknowledging that you don’t know something is okay. Go and find someone who knows how to get it done. Then, learn, learn learn… So you can apply, apply, apply. Although my boy took that Wii remote control the moment he saw it as if he was born with it (his fave game is bowling; already has a “Pro” status with it), he didn’t want to play the tennis game to begin with because he was convinced he didn’t know how to do it. So, he waited and watched others. Then, he asked for some help to begin with. And then he eventually learned to play it well. He seemed to approach all the other games that he wasn’t familiar with in a similar fashion. And now, he’s getting gold, silver and bronze medals.
In business, it’s always great to learn from experts… those with experience. Find out how other people are doing something. Then –
4. Always do things better. Not only did my three year old boy learned from others, he even got to the point where he became better than those who taught him.
So, after getting to know and studying your business competitors, go and do something more extraordinary.
5. Know that there are no shortcuts to success. My son knew that he can only get medals if he tried hard enough and paid attention to what needs to be done in different games. The good old advice, “Practice, practice, practice…” became his mantra.
There’s no such thing as a real get-rich-quick scheme. Not in online business or elsewhere. If you want to make money online, you gotta go and earn your medals too.
6. Breaks are always good. No one’s ever allowed to play Wii, watch TV, etc for too long.
No one’s allowed to keep working too long. Breaks are good. Relax, refresh, recharge…
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