There are moments, in sport and in the financial market, when the logic of absolute control breaks down before our eyes. As CEO of Magnus Futsal, I became accustomed to making strategic decisions, building high-performance teams, managing crises and building a favorable environment for results to happen. Still, when the ball rolls, I stop being the protagonist and take on a more difficult role: that of a spectator.
For high-performance sport, which is no different from any other profession, victory begins long before the starting whistle. It is born in the choice of the squad, in the reading of performance data, in the culture of the locker room, in the entire structure provided for the athlete to perform, in the obsession with details that seem too small to be noticed, but big enough to, when added together, define a title. All this so that in the final moment you can watch your choices star in the show from afar and have in your hands – or your feet – the decision making that will lead to victory or defeat.
In the financial universe, the logic is the same. A winning portfolio is not built in the heat of the trading floor. It depends on study, diversification, discipline and method. Investing without preparation is like going onto the court improvising moves: the probability of losing is high. However, after the analysis, choice of assets, strategic allocation and protections, the time comes when the investor needs to watch the market move, or simply hope that his market reading does not fail.
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Over the years, I suffered a lot from the moment when I became a simple spectator in the audience, the defeat made me reflect on all the work done and the cruel peculiarity of the sport is that only one team will win a competition. Unlike the financial market, where a successful movement can contribute to the results of thousands of people around the world. The daily challenge is to change the performance evaluation mindset, to understand that there are different KPIs, in addition to the title, to evaluate the success of a sports team. Financial health, increased revenue, training of athletes, expansion of the club’s assets, structural modernization and appreciation of assets are pillars of successful management that can materialize success, but nothing as valuable for the final public as the goal in the last second of the game that will give them the trophy.
I wake up every day being grateful for another opportunity to seek my “luck”, planning all the adversities that my day may have – because most of the time on our journey we are solving problems – but mainly I think about how I can help train my team to make decisions, because the final move that will culminate in victory will always be in the hands of our team members.
Control your emotions to understand that the result will never be immediate, but in the long term the appreciation curve and success are absolute certainty. A leader with the ability to train good decision makers will never be adrift in command of his ship. Even without being the protagonist of the last ball, the support of your team’s personality and the consistency of their work will make them victorious in their trajectory.
