Success is the term better understood by those who achieved it rather than by those who have it. Success is achieved when the odds are defied and when the critics are proved wrong. The odds are defied when we improvise our effort. The efforts can be improvised when the job is well understood. The job is well understood when we work hard. And work hard did he.
Michael Jeffrey Jordan was born on February 17, 1963 in Brooklyn in New York City. He is regarded as one of the most famous and celebrated professional basketball players of all eras. Alongside, it is believed that he is the most efficiently marketed sportsperson of his cohort. He is also regarded as one of the leading personalities to make National Basketball Association or NBA an extremely popular association for over two decades. With a height of 1.98 m or 6 ft 6 in Michael Jordan completed 15 NBA seasons with a career average of 30.1 points in each game. This is a record for NBA. Michael Jordan became Most Valuable Player for five seasons and won ten scoring titles along with winning six championships with Chicago Bulls in NBA. Michael Jordan has also featured in the All-Defensive First Team a total of nine times.
Michael Jordan was a first-round selection where he ranked third by the Chicago Bulls while he entered the NBA in 1984. His initial season was great success as he scored at 51.5% with an average of 28.2. He was favored by the fans immediately as they loved his style and elegance on the court and it was evident that he was ultimately selected as All-Star starter.
There was no stopping after that. In 1991 Sports Illustrated voted him as the “Sportsman of the Year” and in 1999 ESPN recognized him as “the greatest athlete of the 20th century”. He retired with 32292 points overall, which is only third after Karl Malone and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. For his ability to leap for the basket he was nicknamed “His Airness” and “Air Jordan”.
However, there are controversies too. The benefits of lingering useless momentary disagreements and conflicts disturb the environment of the society or any organization. Misinterpretation and Passions that procreate conflict are indeed enhanced by detrimental, marginal splinter groups and provocateurs. This happened with Jordon as well. However, with proper use of leadership and communication, Jordon portrayed himself as an individual as a perfect guardian of the people around, having the paramount interests in well being of the people, at heart. Of course, misunderstandings and incongruity may arise from time to time but these are not helped by marginal splinter groups and provocateurs who distort the efforts of the leader and communicator and Jordon proved to be the perfect leader.
Jordon’s success story is enviable and unscathed. His conduct on and off the field has earned him respect and honor from world over. It is often stated in Chinese proverbs that knowing oneself is the most important and essential element for success. He has truly redefined the word SUCCESS. To me Jordon’s characteristics are the definition of success and all elements that do not correspond with this success can be concluded as failure.