{"id":21790,"date":"2025-11-10T07:14:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/?p=21790"},"modified":"2025-11-10T07:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T07:14:39","slug":"love-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/2025\/11\/10\/love-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Love the game!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Pidin aika tarkalleen vuosi sitten luennon yritykselle, jota johtaa entinen valmennettavani.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Otin puheeni aikana esille sanonnan &#8220;Love the game, don\u00b4t hate the game&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Love the game&#8221; tarkoittaa intohimoa ja rakkautta urheilua tai businesta kohtaan, joka ajaa ihmisi\u00e4 menestym\u00e4\u00e4n ilman pelkk\u00e4\u00e4 palkkion tavoittelua. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Se on sis\u00e4ist\u00e4 motivaatiota, joka saa urheilijat tai ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4t pyrkim\u00e4\u00e4n huipulle vain lajin itsens\u00e4 vuoksi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>T\u00e4llaisen &#8220;love the game&#8221;- intohimo auttaa urheilijoita saavuttamaan huipputason, koska se kannustaa heit\u00e4 harjoittelemaan enemm\u00e4n ja suhtautumaan lajiin intohimoisesti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Urheilija\/ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4 on valmis tekem\u00e4\u00e4n kovaa ty\u00f6t\u00e4 ja uhrauksia, koska h\u00e4n todella nauttii itse tekemisest\u00e4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyseh\u00e4n on siit\u00e4, ett\u00e4 rakastaa lajin kaikkia puolia, sek\u00e4 hyvi\u00e4 ett\u00e4 huonoja hetki\u00e4, harjoittelua ja kehityspolkua, eik\u00e4 ainoastaan lopputulosta tai voittamista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vaikutti silt\u00e4, ett\u00e4 ainakin puheeni t\u00e4m\u00e4 osa osui ja upposi, sill\u00e4 kuuleman mukaan, &#8220;love the game&#8221; -mantraa oli toistettu useasti loppup\u00e4iv\u00e4n aikana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>************************************************************************************************************************<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About a year ago, I gave a lecture to a company led by one of my former trainees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During my talk, I brought up the saying <em>\u201cLove the game, don\u2019t hate the game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLove the game\u201d represents the passion and love for sports or business that drives people to succeed \u2014 not merely for external rewards, but for the joy of doing it itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s an inner motivation that pushes athletes or employees to reach the top purely for the sake of the craft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This kind of <em>\u201clove the game\u201d<\/em> passion helps athletes reach an elite level, because it inspires them to train harder and approach their discipline with genuine enthusiasm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An athlete or employee is willing to work hard and make sacrifices because they truly <strong>enjoy the process<\/strong> itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s about loving every part of the game \u2014 the highs and the lows, the training, and the journey of improvement \u2014 not just the end result or the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It seemed that this part of my talk resonated quite well, since I later heard that the <em>\u201clove the game\u201d<\/em> mantra was repeated several times throughout the rest of the day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gron.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20034\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gron.jpg 720w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gron-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sportman.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Gron-529x705.jpg 529w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Love the game!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pidin aika tarkalleen vuosi sitten luennon yritykselle, jota johtaa entinen valmennettavani. Otin puheeni aikana esille sanonnan &#8220;Love the game, don\u00b4t hate the game&#8221;. &#8220;Love the game&#8221; tarkoittaa intohimoa ja rakkautta urheilua tai businesta kohtaan, joka ajaa ihmisi\u00e4 menestym\u00e4\u00e4n ilman pelkk\u00e4\u00e4 palkkion tavoittelua. Se on sis\u00e4ist\u00e4 motivaatiota, joka saa urheilijat tai ty\u00f6ntekij\u00e4t pyrkim\u00e4\u00e4n huipulle vain lajin [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21790"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21840,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21790\/revisions\/21840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportman.fi\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}