Edison’s real gift may have been identifying things that could be improved.
For great performers, close is not enough. They use passion, preparation, effort, focus and feedback to get it right.
The more you talk with people who really know what they’re doing, the more a theme emerges.Ego.Not how big theirs is (though that can often be true), but how much they try to put it aside during practice and performing.From stand-up comedians to author/poets to drama teachers, highly skilled people try to get themselves out […]
Your GPS has no ego. That makes it the perfect student and teacher.
A simple test given to 4-year-olds predicts success in life.
You can bet that more than one Division I basketball coach would love a 6-foot-6 guard/forward with a scoring touch. Well, hundreds of coaches had a shot at just such a player — and passed. Meet Raiquan Clark of LIU Brooklyn, leading scorer in the Northeast Conference. He’s a star. Four years ago, in search […]
The New York Giants could have had Bill Belichick as their coach. But George Young, the team general manager at the time, saw reasons not to hire the man who may be the greatest football coach in history.
Everyone gets criticized one time or another. But when you’re attacked, it helps to have a sense of worth that comes from having accomplished things.
At the beginning of every semester, every sports season, every hiring, we know three things for sure:
Right now in a sixth grade somewhere sits a person who one day be the best in the world at what they do. And no one knows who that person is.