5 life lessons one can learn from Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s career

#4 Playing your role

Hard work always pays off

Dhoni came into the Indian set-up when the team’s line up boasted of greats such as Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, VVS Laxman, and Anil Kumble. Primarily, his role was to keep wickets. When promoted up the order, his job was to accelerate. Later, he was asked to finish games. Currently, he is more of a mentor to the youngsters.

Dhoni evolved as a player and as a person by playing those roles. He played them to perfection. He did what was asked of that specific role. Life often puts people in situations in which they have to play a particular role. Not think of the future but do justice to the present and play the role with conviction.