It is no longer news that the ‘’Special One’’ of the footballing world is currently experiencing the worst spell of his professional career. Jose Mourinho; the manager of Chelsea FC is no doubt one of the best coaches in the world with over 22 titles-won within 15years-in his trophy cabinet


Mourinho, who coached Chelsea to the premier league title last season, has seen his ‘’ruthless bulldozing machine team’’ turn into a pack of ‘’toothless puppies’’, with his team losing more than half of their opening ten premier league matches so far in the season.

Mourinho’s team have repeatedly wagged their tail at teams like Crystal Palace, Everton, Southampton, West Ham and now Stoke all of whom have welcomed their generosity and handed them defeats. The predicament ‘’the greatest coach that ever lived’’ has found himself is an unfamiliar one, as he is very well used to contesting titles and not fighting to keep his team above the relegation waters.

This quagmire only seems to worsen as his team plunges deeper and deeper into the abyss of bad results with each passing game. Putting him, his job, and his reputation under intense pressure.

A popular saying goes thus: ‘’It is more profitable to learn from other people’s mistakes than from yours’’ and as an individual, business owner and or professional, here are some lessons you can learn from Mourinho’s recent losses.


1. [b[b]]Be willing to embrace responsibility[/b]

Jose Mourinho has blamed anybody blamable this season: the weather, the stadium, the schedule, the referees (who are a constant feature on his blame list), and his players. This constant act of shifting the blame of bad results to outer parties has only exerted more pressure on him with each passing game, and has been counterproductive all season.

Lesson to learn: In life, as it is in football, taking responsibility for one’s actions is a must for success. Putting the blame on external factors and elements helps you feel deflect the reality of your bad results (for a moment). However, that wouldn’t solve your problem. You must learn to accept the results that come your way and know that it was caused by your actions and inactions. Yet, the Special One persists with his blame game. The only people he hasn’t blamed are Roman Abramovich, President Buhari and Eva Carneiro. No! wait. He did blame Eva.

2. Don’t fight your family/inner caucus in public
Remember Eva Carneiro, the Chelsea doctor, who ran onto the pitch to treat the ‘injured’ Eden Hazard, on the opening day of the season and drew the ire of her boss, Mourinho? That single encounter set the tone for the negative slope of the season being experienced by Chelsea so far.

With Mourinho blaming Eva and her medical team for their naivety (classic instance of deflecting responsibility,) the ensuing episode led to a public uproar which caused some unrest within the team and contributed to more bad results in the early days of the season.



Lesson to learn: In life, it isn’t always the best tactic to publicly hound your family and inner caucus, as these are the people who contribute to your success and work with you daily. This isn’t to say you shouldn’t reprimand colleagues, or employees or friends when they err, you should however not throw them under the bus or leave them to hang for their mistake, as this could affect your whole team’s performance as in the case of Jose.


3[b]. Be calm in the face of stress (panic escalates events)[/b]

Mourinho has thrown quite a number of fits this season. Actions that make him seem incompetent and desperate. These tantrums have landed him a stadium ban and 50,000 pounds fine by the Football Association. Could he have handled some of these situations better if he was calm? Yes!

Lesson to learn: When faced with a dangerous situation, the first and natural instinct for most is to panic and do whatever comes to mind à la Mourinho. However, this fire-brigade approach most times lead to more disaster for the party involved (bans in Mourinho’s case). Learn to take a breather when you feel the walls are closing in on you and then make a calculated and coordinated response. Don’t get caught in the emotion of events, separate the facts from the assumptions, and then take a stand. But whatever you do, be calm and you will be thankful for that when the storm passes.



4. Modify tactics for different situations

Chelsea FC of England, ‘’the Pride of London’’, so far this season has lost 7 games out of their last 14 games, and they have lined up in a 4-2-3-1 formation in 70percent of these games. Despite this, their problems persist. For the team to bounce back there must be a change either in personnel or tactics.Whatever it is, everyone knows something must change for their recent woes to become history

Lesson to learn: Insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result. And in life, whether in your business or your relationships, to get some new results and realities, you need to change something. You want to be more fit, you have to change your eating and exercise habits. You want to earn more income, then you need to learn more skills. You want to more productive then you have to evaluate your style. When things aren’t going the way you expect. It is important you examine your methods and change them if need be.

5. Don’t lose hope

Despite all the problems faced by Mourinho and his lieutenants at Chelsea this season, they troop out at the start of another week, hoping to win their next encounter. There is no guarantee they will win, but, through all the hard knocks and barrage of criticism they have had all season long, they still show up and fight hoping the ''god of fortune'' would smile on their efforts and reward them with success. They could rebound and enjoy a good season if they do make good changes.



Lesson to learn: No matter how battered you are, no matter the injuries you have suffered. No matter the hopelessness of your situation. When the day is dawn and the bell is rung, you must show up. It is in showing up that you create and retain the possibility of triumphing over your obstacles, challenges and impediments.

Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes without air...but only for one second without hope. Never lose hope. Never give up. Never give in. It is the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting.

The reality of life is that things will not always go according to plan and you have to learn the proper reactions that will assist in the process of leading people and even yourself back to the right track.



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Lesson number 6: don't mock people in bad situations.

Mourinho mocked Arsene Wenger some time ago calling him specialist in failure. When Wenger was asked last week about his colleagues recent struggles. He declined to say anything..

Lesson to learn: when you are up humble yourself. When you are low, no pride.