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Success Drafting.
Posted on October 4th, 2009 12 comments
Are You Ready For Success?
North Carolina is known for many things including NASCAR. I grew up watching NASCAR until they got so commercial and forgot the small tracks and towns that helped make them a rich organization.
Watching NASCAR, I did learn some things about team work, tenacity and one important tactic called drafting.
Drafting was discovered by stock car racers in the 1959 Daytona 500. Drivers found they picked up speed running closely behind other cars, and as they experimented they found that a line of cars could sustain higher speeds than a single car running by itself.
I also learned about drafting from my Dad. My Dad drove a Tractor Trailer (18 Wheeler) for over 24 years. He was a very hard worker and was an excellent driver. When we would go on trips, long or short trips I would learn so much from his driving skills.
Success Drafting
We can use this idea in success and personal development. Success Drafting can be applied by following along behind the most successful people you know. As you build your momentum you will be able to maintain that momentum by following in their draft. And as we gain in our efforts and actions we will start to notice that the successful person we follow will keep us in that forward draft of motion.
We operate much better in that draft than we do on our own.
When we draft success we conserve our energy, learn the best directions to travel and we can avoid the accidents that are on the track to success and personal development.
Find that Winner to Success Draft with and I’ll see you in the Winner’s Circle.
Lane Resources Inc. © 2009
R. Lynn Lane
11 responses to “Success Drafting.”
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Great analogy. together we can all achieve more…
they racing at The Rock again? I drive past there and Darlington occasionally. We still need to connect one of these days– hopefully soon!
Seize the Day,
Rob
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Love your metaphor. It is always a little easier to follow just behind someone else. Reminds me of those geese. They fly in formation and when the leader gets tired they drop back and let someone else lead.
Keri Eagan
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Nascar seems to be a religion to some people! lol I don’t know much about it. Great use of metaphor. I hope to see you in the winner’s circle.
Lisa McLellan
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Lynn,
Great application in success coaching & team work building.
And it makes sense too.
John Ho
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We can go farther by teaming up with others who are successful and those seeking success. This is an important key to success. It’s rare to accomplish anyhting of significance alone.
Steve Chambers
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Hi Success Warrior!
I love the analogy you make here, and thought both of the examples in nature from a flock of Canadian Geese flying in formation as well as with motorcycle riding on the freeway (this was just the case the other day for me as a car watching a motorcycle driver drove in my draft. I have an MC lics as well and am familiar with it.).
Part of what I like so much with your example here is that by working with the draft of someone, a coach, a mentor, who is both an expert and leader in their field plus with whom we resonate, we CONSERVE energy (mental, physical, emotional) and we all enjoy greater success.
Excellent teams indeed need their captains to lead them.
Happy Dating and Relationships,
April Braswell
Online Dating Coach and Dating and Relationship Expert
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This is a great post, success drafting is so important!!! Thanks
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Wonderful metaphor Lynn!
Pam
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Drafting is a very important concept in many sports including swimming and cycling. When toughing through an open water swim in a triathlon drafting allows you to let your main potential competitor expend more energy in the swim portion saving you for the bike.
Competitive athletes recognize talent in each other. If you draft on me for the swim, you’d better expect me to draft on you for the bike. We will synergistically each exceed our personal goals because we inadvertently help each other through drafting.
Raising the bar everywhere!
kate -
Great analogy Kenpo Lane.
I know nothing about NASCAR other than that I imagine there’s a lot of good food and beer available at a race!
I love the image. That post really helped.
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Very good analogy, Lynn. I like this very much.
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Rob Northrup October 4th, 2009 at 19:19