Running and Garrett Paloncy

Garrett Paloncy on Running

It's no secret that Garrett Paloncy was a spectacular runner when he was a young man. He won a conference title in track when he was in high school, running a 2-mile race in 10 minutes, 12 seconds. If you're not familiar with running scores, you may fail to be impressed by this number. But people who know running know that this is an incredibly low score for a 2-mile race, and Garrett Paloncy should be proud of this score to this day.

Garrett Paloncy & Running

Running like this is quite hard on the body, putting a lot of stress on the knees and ankles, so Garrett Paloncy has given up the sport in his adulthood. He does claim to miss running, however. He is a competitive person, and running satisfied that need on many fronts. When you're competing in a race, you're trying to outpace and outmaneuver other runners who are also trying to win. But in addition, Garrett Paloncy says, you're trying to beat your own best time. Most runners have an accurate sort of clock in their heads and they know when they're doing well in a race and when there's room for improvement. Garrett Paloncy loved this idea of competing against others and the self in a race, and it's a love he's put to use in his career in sales.

In his sales job, Garrett Paloncy sets goals for himself each and every month. He keeps these targets in the forefront of his mind and he mulls them over as he works, striving to beat his goals of the previous month and surpass the goals he's set this month. He also keeps an eye on how the other sales staff is doing in his department, and he tries to beat their sales records as well. This method of competing against others and the self might account for Garrett Paloncy's amazing success in sales. He often surpasses his goals by 100 percent of more, and he also wins frequent awards for his performance.

So while Garrett Paloncy rarely runs these days, he puts his lessons from his running career to good use in his work as a salesman. A healthy respect for competition, combined with a drive to win, serves him well and he believes he owes much of his success to the time he spent on the track.