In viewing soccer, I’ve always gotten the sense that the game we’re watching represents some bigger metaphor for the life we lead. Two clubs, batting inch for inch up the pitch, each tiny battle won or lost, a portion of a bigger picture. It’s why when a goal occurs it is such a cause for celebration; the goal is the reward for the long battle held. Author Jag Shoker’s “Playing the Beautiful Game” is a series of quotations, or “verses” as Shoker calls them that are to assist us in maneuvering through our life using football as the metaphor. As Shoker describes in the introduction, “Life, sport and business are all at times, games. Your success within the game depends so much upon the clarity, strength and purpose with which you play the game.” Read the rest on EPL TALK
