How to find out someone's true character via a game of football

Knowing a person can be such a difficult task.

Especially because people behave differently in different situations, at different points in time, and have variable psychological and physiological states.

Spouses take a lifetime to figure each other out and still fall short…

Is truly knowing a person even possible? Or is that even a thing?

Hmmm, I don’t think so…

If we don’t know who we are, how can we know who someone else is?

The problem, though, is that we think we know who we are…

But do you truly know who you are, beneath the “personhood” you carry around?

We are strangers dealing with other strangers in a world of wonder.

In such a strange wonderland, how do you deal with others?

How do you know whom to trust?

Whom to work with? Whom to hire? Whom to marry?

How do you assess someone’s character and integrity?

Or would you rather skip all the thinking and rely on the famous “waiter test” to judge a person?

I have found that it’s much easier to know a person’s true nature in a game of football.

In the state of play…

When he rests assured that he is not being watched,

or being the “subject” of a character/integrity test.

What the person does, how he behaves and acts in a competitive-cum-cooperative game tells a lot.

Does he pass?

Does he lose the ball and then blame others?

Does he say “sorry” to the guy who passed the ball to him, for missing a shot?

Does he play in the position he fits best?

Does he alert his teammates to “mark” or “cover” or shout “Man on!”?

Does he call for a “foul” when it was not a foul?

Does he give up when his team is losing?

Does he play his best at all times throughout the game?

Does he play with passion and enthusiasm or like a dead man?

Does he focus on the “game” or is he focused on scoring?

Does he shout and yell at the opponent team members out of anger?

Does he “support” his own team members?

Does he make space for his teammates to succeed on the pitch?

Does he celebrate when his own teammate scores?

Does he pass to his teammate in the penalty arc or is he the guy who frequently takes the shot and yet misses?

Does he appreciate his teammates whenever they do well?

And the list goes on…

A person’s true nature is revealed when they are not being watched.

There is so much to know and learn about yourself and others,

In a game of football…or any other team sports for that matter.

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