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Sidney Crosby and Mike Kane of ForeclosuresDaily.com

Posted on the March 18th, 2010 under Newsletter,Ping.fm,Real Estate,Uncategorized by Mike Kane

What does Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Foreclosure investing have to do with each other?  I’ll tell you.

Hi, I’m Mike Kane Founder of ForeclosuresDaily.com and I had the opportunity to train and shoot hoops with Sidney Crosby of the Pittsburgh Penguins a week ago when he and his teammates were in Tampa a day before a game with the Tampa Bay Lightning.

For those of you that don’t know who Sidney Crosby is, he is recognized by many as the best hockey player in the world.  He scored the game-winning goal in overtime for Canada vs the U.S. in the recent Winter Olympics in Vancouver.

Oh, and by the way, he and the Pittsburgh Penguins also won the Stanley Cup last season.

And he’s only 22 years old, not bad.  They call him Sid the “Kid”.

Bottom line:  there is no other athlete in the world right now hotter then Sidney Crosby.  The guys on fire!  And he’s a nice guy too.

Do you think there’s some life and business lessons to be learned here from a guy like Sidney Crosby who’s accomplished so much at such an early age?  ABSOLUTELY!

After spending some time with him and watching him interact with the rest of his Pittsburgh Penguins teammates, I realized a few things:

1)  These guys are extremely competitive and driven.

2)  These guys are extremely passionate.

3)  These guys are all team players.

I will now discuss all three points.

1)  From playing basketball to volleyball to racketball to lifting weights, the Pittsburgh Penguins were all extremely competitive guys.  I guess you don’t make it to the National Hockey League as a professional hockey player without being competitive.

2)  Watching how Sidney Crosby and the other Pittsburgh Penguins interacted with each other and people you could see their passion.  They were all very passionate about sports and life in general it seemed.

3)  These guys were all team players.  Even though Sidney Crosby is the star of the team he acted like “just one of the guys” and didn’t place himself on a pedestal.  He worked out with the team like every other member of the team did.  After spending time with them, you could see how they were able to win the Stanley Cup because of their unity and togetherness.  It was really a sight to see.

I think the lessons learned from Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins is something that one can apply to life and/or their business because drive, passion and teamwork are all important in life.