{"id":53729,"date":"2021-10-15T10:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T09:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesstep.com\/?p=53729"},"modified":"2025-12-13T10:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:00:27","slug":"mental-fitness-sports-failure-vs-success-criteria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesstep.com\/en\/mental-fitness-sports-failure-vs-success-criteria\/","title":{"rendered":"Mental fitness &#8211; Sports failure vs success criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"53729\" class=\"elementor elementor-53729\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7b7a3f4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7b7a3f4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e75e094\" data-id=\"e75e094\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fa615e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0fa615e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\"It is hard to beat a person who never gives up\" \u2013 Babe Ruth<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e0aca2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e0aca2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">During this summer we have witnessed great moments of success and failure from Dutch athletes. Whereby the European Championships football ended in disaster, only a month later Dutch athletes like Safin Hassan and Niek Kimmann were rewarded a gold Olympic medal for their outstanding performances.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-dc2f58d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"dc2f58d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-318c9a4\" data-id=\"318c9a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26274d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26274d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Since this happened only recently, this is a great moment to reflect on the differences between failure and success.\u00a0<\/p><p>Think back at what happened during the 3 following examples:<\/p><p>1) During the football match NL \u2013 Czech Rep. Dutch defender Mathijs de Ligt, fails, errors, and handballs the ball resulting in a red card and a mental earthquake from which the team never recovered during that match.<\/p><p>2) During the 1500m series athletic in Tokyo, Sifan Hassan fell, recovered, and conquered. After that she successfully won the gold medal on the 5.000- and 10.000-meter distance.<\/p><p>3) Niek Kimmann crashed at a Japanese official during the series BMX injuring his knee severely. Niek managed to overcome and won his gold medal with his injured knee.<\/p><div>\u00a0<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7ada09f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7ada09f\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4d7545\" data-id=\"c4d7545\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cce6cce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cce6cce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">These 3 examples clearly highlight the distinguishing element that stands between success and failure after a setback:\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b7ce49 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b7ce49\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6c77272\" data-id=\"6c77272\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-085c0fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"085c0fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>YOUR MENTAL FITNESS<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51cd693 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51cd693\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">At SalesStep we strongly believe in the parallels between Sales and Sports. That is why we measure and record salespeople\u2019s Mental Fitness. Realize that Sales is a profession with a failure rate of &gt;85%.<\/p><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem;\">Given this, salespeople\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">must cope with a huge amount of disappointment, rejection and delay each day.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-size: 1rem; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight );\">That is why for them, as with Sifan and Niek, having a strong mental fitness\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-family: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-family ), Sans-serif; font-weight: var( --e-global-typography-text-font-weight ); background-color: transparent; font-size: 1rem;\">means the difference between failure and success.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e75ca38 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e75ca38\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Last September we published the results of an earlier research study to the impact of Covid-19 on the Mental Fitness of Salespeople.\u00a0 At that time, 3 months in the crisis, we found a surprising increase of 3,61 % on the average score on Mental Fitness for the SalesStep questionnaire. This significant uplift highlighted the initial response to the crisis of the salespeople population.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salesstep.com\/en\/covid19-research-update\/\">https:\/\/www.salesstep.com\/en\/covid19-research-update\/<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33e0704 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33e0704\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1e778b8\" data-id=\"1e778b8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6d8b4c8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6d8b4c8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>So where are we today, one year later?\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-465f0a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"465f0a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;\">Here is the research update on the mental fitness score of salespeople since that date:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cc7c351 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cc7c351\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><strong>51,39%<\/strong><\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8526416 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8526416\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ca51754\" data-id=\"ca51754\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dcb2d92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dcb2d92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It seems that, in line Matthijs de Ligt\u2019s failure, the population of Salespeople also seem to have more difficulty to overcome rejection (-\/- 3,01%) compared to the results of 2019. And this, of course makes, perfect sense since the crisis drags on and recovery from failure could become harder as the crisis lasts longer.<\/p><p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><br \/>The longer the crisis lasts, the harder it becomes to have the right Mental Fitness to overcome setbacks and disappointment more effectively.<\/p><p><strong>Reflection:<\/strong><br \/>Customers often ask me for advice what they could do to coach and support their teams more effectively during this period. My advice is simple and still the same as pre-Corona:<br \/>If you succeed less than 2 times out of 10, celebrate and share your moments of success intensively! 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