Lessons Learned While Playing Team Sports

.” To examine answers to the question, ‘What techniques do people adopt that make them functional and happy in their jobs, family roles, community roles, etc.’, this research focuses on athletes who play or played team sports during high school and college. Within a wealth of literature on the topic, evidence shows that athletes find success and happiness in life when the skills the athletes learned while playing team sports transfer to life-skills. Examples gathered in this research describe the advantages and how the advantages can transfer from skills athletes learned while playing team sports to ‘happiness’ or a state of ‘well-being’ in their lives by increasing both the physical and mental health of the athletes.
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This definition of happiness means that life is good, but does not include the specifics of what is good about life. The word happiness is also used in several ways that are more specific. According to numerous surveys and research documents, Americans say that satisfaction in life usually comes with success in life. Most people believe that success in life happens when capable people contribute to the society in which they live. Being a valuable part of whatever type of society a person lives and works in is a major requirement for most people’s happiness. If a person feels that they have contributed to their group of society, then that person describes their happiness in terms such as well-being, satisfaction, and …show more content…
This question can be rephrased, ‘What traits do adults working and living in modern American companies and typical families are valued by adults who claim happiness, their coworkers, and their family members?
To find a comparison of traits of functional and successful employees and family members to the first trait of happy people discussed in this essay, comparisons of ‘focus’ and ‘living in the moment’ must be examined. Comparable terms to these traits are described in employees and family members who are ‘action-oriented’ and ‘ambitious’. Action-oriented employees and family leaders are described as people who focus on goals and who take action and take chances. Even though their actions may fail, they will more often lead to success and mold confidence while generating new ideas all while focused on the goal of the group. Ambition is also part of a happy person’s traits that focus on the moment or current goals of the group. Striving to be successful in the moment is a good definition for an ambitious person. In order for a company to be innovative or a family to be success, ambition is the necessary trait to spawn creative ideas and generate candor amongst employees and family