You, Too, Can Manage Your Career Like Leo Messi
As Argentina’s football great gets ready to hang up his cleats, he leaves many off-the-field lessons that apply no matter your profession.
Manage it like Messi.
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Lionel Messi is approaching his final act.
The 38-year-old football maestro recently acknowledged that retirement is near, admitting he no longer enjoys the game when he’s not fully fit. He bid a tearful farewell to Argentina’s home crowd earlier this month, a night when his brilliance on the field couldn’t quite dispel an inescapable air of nostalgia. He even cast doubt on whether he will play in next year’s World Cup: “Due to age, the most logical thing is that I will not make it,” he said after what was likely his last competitive match on Argentine soil after more than 20 years defending the national jersey.