Sports/Business Analogy
I’ve often come to think of business people in terms of sports teams in the last few years.
Sales and marketing people are like the wings and forwards of a football team - they push to score the points.
Accountants and lawyers play defensive positions - their job is to minimize mistakes made by the forwards, and also to stop aggressive plays made by competitors.
Support staff massage the players, get them drinks, cart their gear around, and otherwise enable the players to focus on their main job - which is winning the game.
Ultimately the highest paid players on any sports team are those that score the points, after all, they make the wins happen.
Next comes the defensive players who don’t receive the same compensation as the point scorers, but are still important in preventing losses.
And lastly are the normal wage support staff. These people don’t play the game.
Think about that.
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