The Business Athlete

The Real Story of What it Takes to Succeed The Business Athlete: Your Playbook for Career Success shares real insider information-straight talk from CEO Todd Mezrah-on what it takes to reach the absolute peak of success. We all know about top professional athletes, the ones who chase athletic greatness on the playing fields and in their chosen sport. But what about the Business Athletes? The elite of the elite-those who run Fortune 500 companies, and the entrepreneurs like Todd, who sealed his first billion-dollar company before he turned thirty. His pursuit of excellence and competitive edge has taken him to countless boardrooms, all fifty states, and across the globe. Now, in a first-of-its-kind book, he shares what it takes: - Learn about the drive, the passion, the motivation you need if you want to be the best of the best - Discover the 25 Business Athlete Habits you must add to your life to succeed - Find insights on the training, endurance, and stretching required of the Business Athlete - Take a close look at what the Elite Pro Business Athletes do each and every day to beat the competition - And much, much more Don't sit on the sidelines. Are you ready to be a Business Athlete?

TODD MEZRAH is the CEO of Mezrah Consulting, an executive benefits and compensation consulting firm based in Tampa, Florida. Through Mezrah Consulting's long-term growth and success, the firm has developed a national consulting practice for enterprises, privately held, and publicly traded companies, including financial institutions. Todd Mezrah is a graduate of the University of Alabama where he obtained a BA in corporate finance and investment management. He later earned his MBA from Georgia State University in Atlanta. Todd is an entrepreneur and the cofounder of Drawloop Technologies, as well as a private investment firm and other ventures, a testament to his unyielding growth and leadership.

Introduction Who Is the Business Athlete? Want to Learn What It Takes? Chapter One: Showdown The Tale of the Tape Timeline of the Business Athlete Thinking Like the Business Athlete Are You Ready to Train to Be a Business Athlete? Chapter Two: The Habits The Business Athlete Chapter 3: Start Training No-Limits Thinking Chapter 4: Build Endurance Endurance Through NGU Endurance Through Thinking Outside the Box: Leonardo da Vinci Disease Endurance Through Excellence Endurance Through Training Endurance Through Mental Toughness Midi-Chlorians: So, You Want to Be a Jedi? (Or a Business Athlete) The Endurance of Focus The Endurance of Pain Endurance through Patience Endurance through Motivation Endurance through Legacy Endurance through Work Ethic Endurance through Being a Follow-Up Freak (FUF) Chapter 5: Stretching Mental Stretching Stretching by Not Accepting the Status Quo Stretching by Exploration Stretching through Pain Stretching through Deep Diving Stretching through Lifelong Learning Stretching through Being Memorable Stretching through Influencing Chapter 6: Coaching My Coaching Story The Omnipresent Coach The Advisory Coach The Head Coach The Coach Who Knows You The Positional Coach Being the Coach Don't Flatline Firing Myself: Coaching in Action Chapter 7: Draft Your Teammates What Makes a Great Team? Who's Got Your Blind Spots? What I Look for in Someone for My Dream Team One Team Member Can Make the Difference What's Your Corporate Culture? What's Your Playing Field? Team Building A Team Is About People Analyzing Personalities Athletes Know Pain Chapter 8: Game On Sometimes It's the Long Game Trails for Success Rituals You Still Have to Deliver Are You in the Zone? Service Without Space Chapter 9: Post-Game Analysis Go with the Flow You Can't Reach Your Peak if You Don't Take Care of Yourself Analyze Your Quadrants Celebrate Successes; Analyze and Self-Correct for Your Setbacks How Do Business Athletes Deal with Setbacks? Put It All Together Do You Have Your Game Plan? Last Thoughts Get In Touch Acknowledgments About the Author