The next time you think the odds are against you, this video can lend some perspective.
It shows little boys who lived in a village built on stilts in water. They wanted to learn about soccer, but had no place to play. So they built a raft to use as a field!
They turned every disadvantage into [...]
For parents, few things rival the thrill of baby’s first step. The proud mom and dad eagerly await the event. They’re ready with the video cam. They call their friends to tell them the news.
No wonder! Taking that first step is a huge moment for any baby. It separates the past from the future, and [...]
Today I heard a woman say with some pride that she “can do 12 things at once.”
She also said, with not as much pride, that her daughter can only do one thing at a time.
Only?
By being able to do “only” one thing at a time, her daughter owns the key to success. Doing “only” one [...]
Sport columnist Joel Sherman makes the key point about Yankees reliever Mariano Rivera.
Writing in The New York Post after Rivera tore his ACL in a freak pre-game accident, Sherman says the relief pitcher is more than just a baseball player. He is the embodiment of greatness, not in the cheap, hero-a-day way so common today, [...]
If you’re trying to improve at something, remember these words: It doesn’t matter if you’re doing things right if you’re not doing the right things.
It reminds me of the best parking job I ever did. Late for practice, I gained a few precious seconds by slipping gracefully into the parking space and racing into the [...]
My friend Gary Pritchard, whose coaching specialty is helping build unity on teams, sent this quote from Charles Dickens today.
“No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another.”
Those words capture so much of what coaching should be about. The job of a leader is more than just giving orders or creating [...]
Comfort is the enemy of growth. Navy SEALS know that, and they’re teaching it to U.S. Olympians.
“We’re going to re-set your baseline today,” a SEAL tells a group of athletes as they embark on a grueling session to test and expand their limits.
Olympians and SEALS are just like the rest of us. They have limits [...]
Marvin Miller helped baseball players win the right to free agency, paving the way for their astronomical salaries.
So it’s not surprising that Miller, former head of the players’ union, defends the money that they make, and contrasts their paychecks with those of corporate CEOs.
Using the same power of argument that he did when he was [...]
They tell the story of Willie Wood, who showed up at Green Bay Packers training camp, sprinted to the end zone, jumped to grab the goalpost, then started doing pullups.
This burst of energy impressed coach Vince Lombardi, who decided then and there that he wanted Wood on his team.
Whether or not the story is true [...]
Some people think the game is over the minute they make a mistake. They quit, and a dream dies right there.
Winners think otherwise. When they fail they don’t get discouraged. They get excited.
Today George Takei celebrates his 75th birthday. Takei played Mr. Sulu in the iconic science fiction TV show “Star Trek.”
Here he tells the [...]