PS&L Blog

The Winter Olympics go for 16 days, but the college winter Olympics last for months.

While the “events” aren’t the same, many of the lessons for success are.

Let’s look at figure skating. Shen & Zhao decided last year to re-enter competition and go for the gold. After more than 15 years skating together they think less about the big moves and more about the tiny details and how they all inter-relate. If you watched, their technique and artistry were amazing enough for anyone to recognize.

The take away for recruiters – love what you’re doing and by paying attention to the devil named detail you can win the gold too.

Let’s go to the slopes. Gold medalists Lindsey Vonn and Shaun White both spoke about preparation. They both said (and I paraphrase), “I have prepared so hard for this, I could not have worked harder. I am so much more prepared than my competition and I know all I have to do is go out there, relax and do it.”

Take away for recruiters – all that hard work you do in the fall does pay off when it comes time to bring in and sign up your enrollments.

Curling is a sport of strategy, technique, and, believe it or not, stamina. And you don’t think of it as very emotional. Well this year, in the middle of the match between Canada and world champions Great Britain, 5,000 fans belted out ‘O Canada.’

Take away for recruiters – all that strategy and stick-to-itiveness will eventually be noticed, and applauded when you meet or exceed your enrollment goals.

I could go on, but you get the idea. Let the enrollment games begin.