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www.globalmarketingcompetition.com Síguenos en: Author: Juan Carlos Cubeiro Theme: President of Eurotalent and teacher at ESIC Article Title: Played as trained It is a known and repeated phrase in the world of sport: “Train like you play”. This means that passes, shots and defense techniques should be practiced over and over so that during the game, the real competition, automatisms arise unconsciously and spontaneously. There is no place, nor time for improvisation. In fact, neuroscientists have shown us that talent is either cultivated or nonexistent. Talent, understood as “to value what one knows how, can and wants to do”, emerges when a person repeats the activity again and again (through deliberate practice). Mastery is persistence: a minimum of 10,000 hours of hard work. In terms of individual and collective talent, what works in the sports world is fully applicable to the business world. However, athletes donate 90% of their time to compete during the remaining 10%. Professionals in business organisations ‘compete’ constantly, over 95% of their time with a short ‘training’ period of less than 5% of their time (in such cases they usually receive knowledge that is almost never converted into new and better habits). Elite athletes ‘rest’ for four to five months a year to be able to compete in the best conditions. Managers and other professionals in a company just take three or four weeks of vacation, many not even that, so they don’t start the season with the necessary energy. High performance athletes have a professional life of five to seven years at the top. Managers and other employees in the business world live ‘professional careers’ of thirtyfive to forty years. If the Olympics, the Premiership, the NBA and other important competitions worked with participants as improvisational as those in business organisations, brands would be much lower. Therefore, initiatives such as the Business Marketing Competition are extremely valuable. A prestigious and rigorous competition, involving thousands of students worldwide. An academic initiative aimed at strengthening ties between the business community and educational institutions, organised by ESIC, a business school and leader in marketing strategy, and sponsored by Banco Santander, the financial institution with the highest number of offices worldwide. Using a simulator such as the Praxis MMT is the closest thing to a real experience. The team members develop their talents both in intellectual abilities (decision making, creativity, conceptual thinking, analytical skills) and emotional competencies (selfconfidence, serenity, initiative, results orientation, empathy, collaboration and cooperation, leadership service ...).

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Author: Juan Carlos Cubeiro 

Theme: President of Eurotalent and teacher at ESIC 

Article Title: Played as trained 

It  is  a  known  and  repeated phrase  in  the world of  sport:  “Train  like  you play”. This  means that passes, shots and defense techniques should be practiced over and over so that  during  the  game,  the  real  competition,  automatisms  arise  unconsciously  and spontaneously. There is no place, nor time for improvisation. 

In  fact, neuroscientists have shown us  that  talent  is either cultivated or nonexistent. Talent, understood as “to value what one knows how, can and wants to do”, emerges  when  a  person  repeats  the  activity  again  and  again  (through  deliberate  practice). Mastery is persistence: a minimum of 10,000 hours of hard work. 

In  terms  of  individual  and  collective  talent, what works  in  the  sports world  is  fully applicable  to  the  business  world.  However,  athletes  donate  90%  of  their  time  to compete during the remaining 10%. Professionals in business organisations ‘compete’ constantly, over 95% of their time with a short ‘training’ period of less than 5% of their time (in such cases they usually receive knowledge that is almost never converted into new and better habits). Elite athletes ‘rest’ for four to five months a year to be able to compete  in the best conditions. Managers and other professionals  in a company  just take  three  or  four weeks  of  vacation, many  not  even  that,  so  they  don’t  start  the season with the necessary energy. High performance athletes have a professional  life of five to seven years at the top. Managers and other employees in the business world live ‘professional careers’ of thirty‐five to forty years. If the Olympics, the Premiership, the  NBA  and  other  important  competitions  worked  with  participants  as improvisational as those in business organisations, brands would be much lower. 

Therefore,  initiatives  such  as  the  Business  Marketing  Competition  are  extremely valuable.  A  prestigious  and  rigorous  competition,  involving  thousands  of  students worldwide. An academic  initiative aimed at  strengthening  ties between  the business community  and  educational  institutions,  organised  by  ESIC,  a  business  school  and leader  in  marketing  strategy,  and  sponsored  by  Banco  Santander,  the  financial institution with the highest number of offices worldwide. 

Using a simulator such as the Praxis MMT is the closest thing to a real experience. The team members  develop  their  talents  both  in  intellectual  abilities  (decision making, creativity,  conceptual  thinking,  analytical  skills)  and  emotional  competencies  (self‐confidence,  serenity,  initiative,  results  orientation,  empathy,  collaboration  and cooperation, leadership service ...). 

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There is no other way to develop talent than to practice. Ferrán Adrià, the best chef in the world, practices during the “BulliTaller” for six months to a year to  later offer the best cuisine in the world at elBulli. Rafael Nadal, number 2 in the world and a leading member of the Davis Cup team winning the last two competitions, practices constantly with his uncle Toni as coach. Pau Gasol, who won the  last championship with the Los Angeles  Lakers  and  is  a  leader  of  the  world,  Olypic  and  European  championship selection, constantly  trains under  the orders of Phil  Jackson. Carles Puyol, “six cups” Barcelona  captain  and  standout  player  of  the  national  Spanish  team  “La  Roja”  and European champion,  is coached by Pep Guardiola and Vicente del Bosque. Fernando Alonso, twice world champion, prepares for the Formula One season with the Ferrari team. Those who don’t train, don’t improve at the rate they deserve, they don’t learn from  their mistakes  (to  know  not  to  repeat  them)  and  don’t  reflect  on  success  to achieve it again and again. 

For the human brain there  is no difference between thinking about something and  it actually  happening.  Therefore,  training  is  the  best way  to  build  healthy  habits.  It  is much  safer  and  more  effective  to  do  so  in  lower  risk  environments  (such  as  an advanced simulator) than to wait for it to happen in “real life”.  

We call this experience (which is real, in the sense that you have to think, decide, act) and it teaches us for the future. A creation of synapses between neurons that is done time and time again coats them  in myelin. Dan Coyle, author of “The Keys of talent”, taught us  that myelin, a  lipoprotein  that covers nerves  in a sheath shape and allows the transmission of  impulses between them,  is the cornerstone of talent. Myelin was already known  for  its  relationship with multiple or  lateral sclerosis but not as key  to talent. 

According to Coyle, myelin is “like a rubber insulation wrapped around a copper wire”. It is responsible for the faster and stronger signal between nerves and can not escape the nerve  impulses. This way,  thoughts are  faster and more accurate and  the action (Nadal’s  kick,  Gasol's  basket  throw,  the  overtaking maneuver  of  Fernando  Alonso, Puyol's pass, Ferran Adria’s genius, the decisions during the Business Marketing Game ) is highly valueable. 

We live in a globalised and multipolar world, in which technology allows us to develop our talents  like never before. But only us, our motivation, our will, our vocation, can seize opportunities. We must know what we want do with our lives, show courage and go for it. The good news is that we can get almost anything we want if we practice (for example, by participating  in  the Business Marketing Game).  The  “bad news”  is  that there are no excuses. Talent is not innate, it is not predestined, it is not a grace given to us from heaven. You have to work, practice and train. Only then will you reach your potential.