"Doing a Belichick" - Aging & Not Being Able to Sustain the Game

America is the land of extreme optimism. Apply individual hustle and be willing to take risks. Here comes The Big Score. 

So, of course, that magician mindset has been applied to continuing being a successful leader, worker, founder and, yes, coach when aging.


The assumption, which is embedded in the tarot's The Magician card, is that you can pull together all the possible elements of success and channel them into whatever you're up to. 

Sure, sometimes that happens. 

After early stumbles in his second round at Disney CEO Bob Iger, 74, reset for the new media landscape. The consensus on Wall Street is a Strong Buy or a Buy.

Paul, Weiss long-term chair Brad Karp, 65, has been landing new lucrative M&A accounts, despite the uncertainties created by the Trump administration. In generative AI, Paul, Weiss is the first law firm to launch, partnering with Harvey, custom work flows. Those create new value for clients.

Now 94, Rupert Murdoch got the hang of social networks after the catastrophic purchase of MySpace. Meanwhile he has maintained Fox's commercial leadership while much of cable is floundering. He has an intuitive grasp of what to fold and what to hold. 

Then there is the majority of aging who would probably be unable to sustain top performance. 

The emerging symbol for this could the game between UNC and TCU. Coached by former Patriots Super Bowl champion Bill Belichick, age 73, UNC started out strong. But it couldn't hold onto the magic. Overall, the consensus is skeptical that Belichick can adapt to this transition from professional to college football:

"Many argue that Belichick’s uniquely NFL-style methodology—gru and results-driven—is mismatched with the nuances of college coaching: developing younger athletes, managing compliance, recruiting over relationships, and navigating media scrutiny."

The term applied to this UNC defeat - 48 to 14 - is "humbling" for Belichick. That's a softening of the perceptual reality that he comes across as an old guy who can't learn new tricks. Is part of what could be overreach this: bringing into his orbit the much younger Jordon Hudson?

Yes, there are the exceptions - Iger, Karp, Murdoch. But overall, the combination of being able to continue earning income from work and holding onto human dignity requires lowering expectations when aging. There is no chase to replicate the success of the past. 

Since it can be painful to labor in a career in which The Big Score is no longer open to you, reset for other ways to earn income. In my intuitive coaching a former pharma middle manager got licensed as a long-distance driver. Another knowledge worker rented retail space for a consignment enterprise. 

You can avoid "Doing a Belichick" by conducting an audit of what you have gained in aging, what you have already lost and what you could be losing in the near future.

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