It happens in the business of paintball
all the time. A company is so inundated
with orders that they are backordered,
which seems to cause even more
demand. The company amps up
production and before they can even
fill the backorders they have lost all
momentum and some other product
from another company replaces it.
Remember how big the PSP was for
years and then one day they were
gone. Momentum lost. How about
the Ion or Millennium Series, or the
Automag and Autococker?
Back to baseball. When two teams
play a double header you would think
that a split is way more common than
one team or the other taking both
games. The Elias Sports Bureau, the
game’s keeper of historical statistical
records found that the team that wins
the first game of a double header also
wins the second game 76% of the
time. Momentum.
I’m not saying talent, hard work,
dedication and a good plan are
meaningless to your success. Those
things will make or break you. But
momentum can fool you if you are
not careful. It fooled nearly the
entire paintball industry in 2005.
Momentum can make you think you
are something that you are not. It can
make you complacent; it can make
you overconfident; it can make you
feel invincible. And when you lose that
momentum you may not be prepared
to survive it.
The intersection of Momentum
Lost and Lack of Awareness can be
a devastating place to be for your
company, your team, your sport…
When you have momentum keep
innovating, keep planning, keep
working, keep grinding and know
this: you will lose it. Everyone does.
And when you do your opponent or
your rival will know it too. If you are
prepared you can survive and even
thrive.
Thanks for reading.
Editor, Paintball.Media