Athletes Perform Better in Workplace, Too

Why is that people who play hard at sports make more money in their careers? Let the Boston Globe count the ways. The paper quotes James Shulman , author of The Game of Life: College Sport and Educational Values, saying that athletes’s self confidence and competitive nature leads them to jobs that are competitiive, and more competitive jobs often pay more than less competitive jobs.  Jennifer Crispen, a professor at Sweet Briar College in Virginia who teaches a course in the history of culture of women’s sport, suggests that sports teach workplace values like teamwork, shared commitment, decision-making under pressure, and leadership. And David Czesniuk , manager at the Center for the Study of Sport in Society at Northeastern University, says team sports teach skills such as time management and mental toughness.
As it turns out, statistics supporting the thesis that athletes make better workers are curiously absent, here, but the Globe does claim that it’s no coincidence two thirds of female business executives and 75 percent of all chief executives, exercise regularly,