I’m back blogging after a grueling few days of putting the finishing touches on my book, “The Improvement Factor: How Winners Turn Practice into Success.”
The book finally got done because I’ve learned the same lesson that I preach in my Winner’s Workshops. You can’t try to do several projects at once. If you do, all [...]
An old sports writer friend once told a story about Moe Berg, a one-of-a-kind ballplayer who read 10 newspapers a day and happened to be an atomic spy for the United States.
Berg was a mediocre batter, but he did speak seven languages, prompting Dave Harris, an outfielder for the Washington Senators, to say, “Yeah, [...]
No matter who you pick in the upcoming NCAA tournaments, you can be sure of one thing: The winner will have to overcome adversity.
Injuries, bad calls and momentum swings will test the will of all teams, and the one that responds best will win.
It will take mental toughness to survive, which raises a key question. [...]
It’s said that power corrupts.
Well, it does worse than that.
According to a study reported in Forbes magazine, power can make you stupid. (No jokes about Washington, please.)
Four researchers, intrigued by issues like BP’s oil rig disaster, joined to learn whether overconfident people are drawn to power, or whether power itself creates their overconfidence.
Their answer should [...]
Former LSU baseball coach Skip Bertman once did a video called “Winning the Big One.” In it, Bertman spoke of the daily, constant, relentless effort to improve.
I’m not sure if Yankees Manager Joe Girardi has seen the video, but his drive to improve has brought a motivational gem to the clubhouse.
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Today is the birthday of Alexander Graham Bell. He never set out to invent the telephone. His mom and wife were deaf, so Bell was more concerned with devices that could help those who were hearing-impaired.
The result was the telephone, a device that changed the world in ways that neither he nor those around [...]
“Think left, think right
and think low and think high
oh the things you can think
if only you try.”
The quotes comes from Dr. Seuss, was born on this date in 1904.
Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Theodor Seuss Geisel, has entertained generations of children (and adults) with nonsense rhymes that actually make a lot of sense. The [...]
Sacha Baron Cohen did more than pull the prank of the night at last night’s Oscars.
By dumping the supposed ashes of North Korea’s Kim Jong Il all over Ryan Seacrest, Cohen gave us all a peek into where greatness comes from — outside the comfort zone.
“The skills and actions you need to be the (performer) [...]
Few thought he could do it. All he needed was a chance. When he finally got one, the whole world noticed.
Are we talking about Jeremy Lin? No, we’re referring to Al Pacino, whose portrayal of Michael Corleone helped make “The Godfather” a smash hit 40 years ago.
Pacino had to work hard to make believers of [...]
There’s no such thing as an overnight sensation. By the time a star has emerged before the public, he has put in thousands of hours of work behind the scenes.
It was true in the case of the Beatles, who worked years in a night club in Germany. They honed their craft and by the time [...]