Composure in business is something we can learn from unexpected places. Dennis Siver’s calm, playful approach to competition gave me food for thought.
Archived Project Mindset post, originally published in 2022. Dates and roles reflect the original publication.
More Composure in Business — Dennis Siver
I spoke with pioneering German UFC fighter Dennis Siver. The UFC is the world’s leading mixed martial arts organisation.
What impressed me was how playfully and lightly Dennis approaches competition. He treats fighting calmly despite its potentially serious physical consequences.
People in ordinary business could learn from that composure. I have often seen — and have sometimes done it myself — people approach a presentation, meeting, customer conversation or discussion with a manager with excessive anxiety and seriousness. Many have lost their sense of ease.
If a UFC fighter can approach competition playfully, surely we can do that in business too 😉
Listen to episode 30, linked below.
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More in the Project Mindset archive (German) and the Reza Mehman Podcast.
