It's not 3 individual discilines

I was reminded at the weekend that triathlon is not 3 individual disciplines. As you know I find swimming a challenge but now know that with hard work I can get myself through the required 2.4 miles.  My flexibility holds me back in one way but helps in another.  You see I have inflexible ankles (as well as ham strings and shoulders!) which doesn't allow me to point my toes away when I swim therefore my feet act like anchors!
However one of the swimmers in the group was explaining that she finds the running difficult as she has stability issues when she runs due to having flexible ankles!  So you may win in some aspects and lose in others.
But the key is being able to pace yourself throughout the race getting the balance between trying to get a good time yet not "blowing up" in the race.  This is where your training comes in and shortly I will be starting my ironman programme which will continually be measured against my heart rate.  In business you may be good at one discipline but "one trick pony's" rarely succeed.  You need to combine different disciplines and continually put in the hard work to improve you skills while measuring against relevant benchmarks.  Funny how triathlon and business are so closely linked!