Which Way to the End Zone?

On the football field, it’s pretty easy to know where you stand. The great quarterbacks — Manning, Brady, Favre — seem to have an internal clock, a rhythm for the game. They just know when the 30-second clock is about to run out. Similarly, the great receivers always know where that first down marker is and they run their routes accordingly.

The rest of us can look up to the scoreboard to see a quick summary of the game — the score, the time remaining, the play clock. The end zone is pretty clearly marked. Down markers, yard lines and hash marks give us immediate reference points on the football field.

This may be the only way in which the NFL is easier than real life. In the real world, we don’t have the benefit of Jumbotron scoreboards, end zones and sidelines. It’s not so easy to know where you stand and how you are progressing toward your goals.

 But it could be. I think it’s important to create your own scoreboard, your own down markers and end zones…and keep a close eye on them throughout the year.  More on that next time.

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