Athletics to Entrepreneurship
This article from Portfolio details the skating prowess and subsequent business activities of Tony Hawk. It is a great example of the type of value that athletic life lessons can hold in other arenas. Hawk credits the determination and instincts developed in his skating career as fundamental advantages in his rise in the world of business. Other key insights from the article with some relevance to the political realm are found in his dedication to maintain true to the identity of the skating community - there are countless examples of how politics today have become very much identity based. As such campaigns would do well to observe Hawk’s business success in attempts to appeal to specific communities like extreme sports enthusiasts or racing fans.