"Teams are just simply afraid to look back 10 years from now and regret not taking Cam Newton."
- NFL Network
For those non-football fans, no worries, there is a good point here. For you football fans, just a reminder that I think the college running quarterback is the biggest waste in the NFL (note: Vince Young).
There is a FUNDAMENTAL problem with being someone that worries about "what could be" – it most OFTEN never happens. Ninety plus percent of the things we "predict" are never as we thought, often LESS enthralling than could be hoped for. Rarely, do we get more than we EXPECTED from something.
By OVERINVESTING into something because it has a lot of potential, such as Cam Netwon as your quarterback, you are IMMEDIATELY setting up a disappointment. This is true is sports as well as in speculative real estate. Overbuying with your heart and fear of "missing out" will cost you more often than not.
2 DEGREE SUCCESS STEP:
Build your "TEAM" with consistency and reliability. Sometimes, getting the superstar is not needed for the team to succeed. Sometimes, getting the latest, greatest gadget is not the 'smart" purchase. More often than not, having a team full of strong "B Players" is much better than a bunch of "C Players with a few Superstars mixed in." (See: New England Patriots Football).
If you spend your life CHASING potential and never looking for consistency, quality and reliability as a foundation, then you will find yourself much like a drug addict – captured by the feeling of the really high "highs" while spending the majority of time in the low "lows."
Seems like a bad team – Carolina Panthers/Tennessee Titans – would seek to build a better foundation as opposed to looking for the answer in a single draft pick, eh?
Build a SOLID foundation, then, seek out the SUPERSTAR addition… not the other way around.
Cheers,
Zach
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