Tough Call...or Not?

We live in a time when cameras are everywhere. Almost everybody is carrying one on their person wherever they are in the form of a cell phone. Cameras today are built to deliver High Definition, High and Ultra Slow Speed Digital Imagery with the ability to offer panoramic views. They don’t miss much.

With all of these high tech marvels the NFL is discovering that their referees are not performing at the level they once did. For years, it was assumed that, their refs would perform at a 95% accuracy rate. In other words, the league expected a 5% error rate on referee activities. Now, with new technology, they are finding that more and more mistakes are being made or completely missed by the human eyes on the field; throwing game outcomes into question and adding intense pressure to the job of those officials who are trying their best to get it right.

Tough work?

Take a minute to reflect on your own job.

What if you had to work with a camera locked on your daily work activities; recording and reviewing every call that you made in a day?

• Would you have a 95% accuracy rate?
• Would your customers or your boss like what they saw upon close scrutiny?
• What about the calls you make in your personal life?
• Would the family be cheering or booing your decision-making skills?

The funny thing is that even with all the added pressure that the camera brings to the field of play, it does allow for immediate reversal of mistakes caught. If only we could catch our mistakes fast enough to quickly fix the errors in our lives. Maybe that would be a good thing, don’t you think?

Just like in football…sometimes our mistakes that go uncalled, cost us the “Game”.

Anthony "Tony" Boquet, Author of the December 2015 release of his book, "The Bloodline of Wisdom, An Awakening of a Modern Solutionary" He is dedicated to helping others solve problems through wise decision-making techniques.? Book him to speak at?your next conference.