One morning the barnyard awoke to great excitement. “Good news,” cried the hen. “Today we are having ham and eggs for breakfast.” All the animals greeted these words by racing to the table. All the animals except the pig, that is. “Why so glum,” the hen asked the pig. “Don’t you know we’re having ham […]
Day One of Hurricane Season brings to mind a story about your future. Once there was a farmer who needed some help with the chores. Many people answered his ad, but he always felt they were more interested in getting paid than in actually doing the work. Finally a young woman knocked on his door […]
You’ve heard a lot of people tell you that if you work hard, you will be successful. And that is true. Kind of. Maybe you’ve asked yourself, “What if I do all this work and I still don’t win?” Fair question. There are real situations where two people work very hard toward a goal, compete […]
Adam Scott, who had never captured even one major title, won the Masters twice on Sunday. First he made a clutch putt for an apparent victory on 18. Then, after Angel Cabrera answered with a nerves-of-steel birdie of his own, Scott went back out and rolled in his title-winning shot. That’s what made this Masters […]
Here’s a big helping of pi. It’s a video of a man reciting pi to thousands of places. You could do it, too, if you wanted to. If the reward were big enough. These thoughts come to mind on Pi Day, March 14, otherwise known as 3/14, the first three digits of pi. The man […]
You may not know her by name, but you’ve likely seen actress Billie Burke in her most famous role. She played Glinda, the Good Witch from the North, in “The Wizard of Oz.” One day Burke was on an ocean liner making a trans-Atlantic crossing, and noticed that the gentleman at the next table was […]
Ever see a James Bond movie? He’s good at everything: driving, swimming, romancing, martial arts, computers, you name it. Bond’s skill set makes for great theater, but that’s all it’s good for. Here’s the reality: No one is good at everything. It takes lots of work to be good at even one thing. How much […]
Here’s a wonderful article about failure. There’s just one problem with it. Author Laura Vanderkam lists five reasons why you should fail more often. All those reasons could be boiled down to one, namely, without failure there is no progress. Babies are born with an ability to profit from failure. They try to walk, fall […]
Do you want to be a great coach? Athlete? Entrepreneur? No matter what you’d love to do, you must rely either on nature (innate talent) or nurture (skill acquired through practice and feedback). The question is, which one? For baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb, there was no doubt. His opinion — and Cobb had […]
Chances are we’ve never met. I don’t know what you do, or where you live, or how old you are. But I do know two things about you. First, you want more out of your life. You want to do more, get more, be more, win more. You know it, too. Otherwise, why would you […]