Did you know singer Julio Iglesias was actually bound for the first team of Real Madrid, before an accident cut off his career? He started writing songs to ease his way back into life and well, you might know how the story went on. He became the best Spanish artist all-time. OK, at least at selling his records, I would prefer his son’s music (Enrique) before his.

This poses an interesting question: “What would you like to be when you couldn’t do your current job anymore?”. Some of you would jump up in the air and start fantasizing about all what you ever wanted to be. Some of you would scratch your head and say “bummer”. And there’s a group that might say “I’m good for nothing else”, but then you might not be reading this blog.

Fact is that good old Julio thought he could only do soccer very well, until he tried something else. I firmly believe everyone has a set of qualities that can become good to world-class talents. Sure, when you’re like a wooden plank you will never become a great sportsman, but there is a fine line. You might be a great sports coach.

During daily business I look at the people working at my office having different set of qualities, still everyone being a programmer. They add something extra to their programming with their own qualities, each one being the member of a team. Why have 6 forwards on the team, you need a keeper as well! It’s important not to discard those qualities and try to blend everyone into the same prototype.

The current World Cup (soccer) let us see those same qualities in the good teams over and over again. Ofcourse, you need a set of highly skilled players to go deep into the tournament, but it takes the best team to win it.

So what do you want to do / be when you can’t be an entrepreneur anymore? I would love to have my own professional sports team! But hey, then I first have to complete my entrepreneurial course first before I can buy a club…