Enjoys long walks on the beach, fresh sourdough and… scrolling through every streaming service to find a movie to watch longer than an actual movie’s run-time.

A tip from a content creator who loves television: when you can’t find anything to watch, pick a documentary.

It is almost always a content gold mine.

(And even if it’s not… I know you’re just looking at your little screen while the big screen plays quietly anyways.)

The lucky winner this weekend was a 7-part docuseries on ESPN+ titled The Captain.

Here I was just trying to watch something light before bed and 4 minutes into the first episode I had my notes app open. 

When you know principles of business and life - you absolutely cannot unsee them come up in the wild. A blessing and a curse, baby. 

Derek Jeter is the former face of the New York Yankees.

He retired from baseball in 2014, leaving quite the legacy as a five-time World Series champion, the most popular and admired player in baseball, and one of the great sports superstars of all time.

The first episode of his docuseries was titled No Blueprint for Success.

Here are the 3 principles that were hard at work:

Did you know that Derek Jeter didn’t want to be good at baseball? Okay so he probably did but he didn’t want to JUST be good at baseball.

He wanted to play shortstop for the New York Yankees.

He would tell his high school baseball coach, “I’m gonna be the shortstop for the NY Yankees.” It was a matter of fact to him.

Get this: His mom even had people telling her she needed to teacher her kids to think more realistically because Derek was so vocal about his dreams.

Thankfully his mom disagreed and he kept dreaming all the way to Yankee Stadium.

The Principle: POWER OF SPECIFIC GOALS/VISUALIZATION

When DJ was drafted by the NY Yankees, the team scout tells the story of spotting DJ’s IT factor. Can you guess what it was?

Not his athletic build. Not his batting average. Not his baseball IQ.

The scout looked at Derek’s family and childhood upbringing.

He went looking for a pattern and he found one. A pattern of hard work and thick skin. This scout saw what he needed to see.

He knew that Derek could hold up in front of the notoriously passionate, and desperate for an all star, yankee fans.

The Principle: PAST PERFORMANCE = FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

Keep this in mind as you build your own teams. 

DJ’s second season in the minor leagues he committed 56 errors. In the documentary he literally cackles and says that’s hard to do even intentionally.

Meanwhile I’m in my bed eating popcorn like, “HA 56 errors what a bum!”

Here’s the thing: he had dreamt of these moments his entire life. Dreaming wasn’t enough now. Until he was on the dirt trying and failing and failing some more.

See dreaming may have gotten him here but it wouldn’t get him THERE.

Dealing with failure can only be learned by being IN the game. Taking messy action over and over (possibly 56 times, hopefully less, but possibly way more) until you become the best.

The Principle: YOU MUST GET IN THE GAME. 

Are business and sports the same thing? I’m not so sure, but we can certainly learn a lot from both.

Reply with a must-watch series or documentary to save our nightly scroll. We’ll share your answers on the Salesgirl Social Instagram. 💘

Xo, The Salesgirls

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