Michael Phelps is probably the greatest swimmer ever. He’s competing in his fifth Olympics this year. He has won more than twenty Olympic gold medals. He holds a slew of records. But there’s something that impresses me even more. Phelps has been swimming competitively since he was 10. He’s 31 now. That’s twenty-one » Read More
Category: Success
The secret of great achievement
Mr. Chesterfield was a friend of my parents. They thought he was a marvel. He seemed like he was naturally good at everything and everything he did looked effortless. I’d seen him at receptions and parties conversing on a variety of topics, sometimes in more than one language. Mr. Chesterfield always seemed to have a » Read More
Learning from the Improbable Triumph of Leicester City
A year ago, the Leicester City Football Club was at the bottom of the English Premier League (EPL). In August, bookmakers set the odds against Leicester City winning the league at 5000 to 1. One wag compared that to the odds of Elvis being found alive. In many professional sports, money is the name of the game and the EPL » Read More
How to be successful even if you’re smart
Being smart is great but it’s not enough One of the great things I learned at the Bronx High School of Science was that it’s great to be smart and to be around smart people. I love the conversations and the learning from other people. When it came to smarts, I was only on the junior varsity at that school. But » Read More
Winners never quit?
“Quitters never win and winners never quit.” ~ Vince Lombardi We believe that because we’ve heard all those stories of people who kept going despite failure after failure until they achieved great success. We never hear stories about the people who kept going despite failure after failure and never » Read More