The other day I watched a school baseball team practice. With bat in hand, the coach worked with the outfielders, hitting fly balls for them to catch. This was a ritual that goes back well over a century. But something was missing: the effort to get better on every play. Every ball that came off […]
If you’re alive, you’re competing with someone. Even if you don’t consider yourself a competitive person, you want something that other people want. Maybe it’s a job, a place on the team, a part in a play, or something as basic as attention or affection. In this case, what is the quality that will make […]