Alex ?A-Rod? Rodriguez, after playing 22 MLB seasons for the Seattle Mariners, Texas Rangers, and finally the New York Yankees, the shortstop and third baseman, moved on to his entrepreneurship calling. All through his professional baseball career, A-Rod was a 14-time All-Star and won 3 American League MVP awards.
In 1996, Rodriguez founded A-Rod Corp as a holding company. By 2020, he became the chairperson of Presidente beer and the co-owner of NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves. Balanced against the prosperity of his multiple ventures, it is safe to say that he has molded from an MLB legend to a business expert and tycoon.
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As can be seen, A-Rod has multiple lucrative ventures in the business field. Today, he’s become a successful and motivating leader even outside the world of sports.
Alex ?A-Rod? Rodriguez sheds light on the qualities a leader should possess
Apart from being an icon of baseball, A-Rod‘s charismatic personality and motivational voice fashions him into the leader everyone wants to listen to. Correspondingly, in a video released by A-Rod Corp, Rodriguez talks about the traits every leader should have to be successful.
To summarize, these are A-Rod’s three powerful tips to become a commanding leader:
- A crystal clear goal
- An impressive network
- A deadline
Similarly, in another business forum talk show, A-Rod spoke about young entrepreneurs and said, “If you, as a young entrepreneur, go the extra mile. And write the extra e-mail. And say ?yes? to the lunch and not ?no?. And why does this person want to have coffee with me? Just go to the coffee. If you don?t like it, go home. But you never know.??
Alex ?A-Rod? Rodriguez – An Inspiration for Every American
A-Rod was from a modest family that moved every six months because of surging rent. Under those circumstances, his mother undertook two jobs a day to feed his siblings and him. On the contrary, today, A-Rod is a business mogul, a well-achieved baseball player, and one of the richest sports players in America with a net worth of over $400 million. Looking at his background, he’s conquered the great “American Dream.”
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In this new normal, where the number of start-ups and self-made businesses has multiplied exponentially, we tend to look for inspiration near us, and is there anything closer to us than sports? Through multiple speeches, A-Rod has managed to provide just the inspiration the younger generations needed.
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