Blog Posts tagged with success
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A few minutes with Manny
Feb 11, 2010
On any list of great tennis coaches, one would find the name Manuel Diaz. Currently the head coach of the University of Georgia men’s tennis team, Manny is the only active college coach to have won multiple national championships—4. He has been n...
How smart do successful football players need to be?
Feb 2, 2010
With the Super Bowl ahead for Sunday, much of America’s attention is focused on football. A discussion of football, on any level, seldom lasts long without some reference to a player’s intelligence. Most athletes, and football players in particu...
What is important and what is not--and how do you know?
Jan 6, 2010
Sitting in the same meeting, a one person may notice the dress, writing instruments, or accents of those seated across the table, while you, their colleague sitting next to them, overlooks the extraneous factors that don’t directly bear on t...
The Importance of Feeling Responsible
Oct 22, 2009
When things go wrong, who steps forward to claim responsibility? In many cases, nobody. When in the rare cases, someone does voluntarily step forward, pay attention, for you are in the presence of a peak performer. They may not be a top perform...
The thin line between failure and success
Sep 4, 2009
It may surprise many that the famed inventor and entrepreneur, Thomas Edison, characterized his career as one defined by failure. He estimated that it often took about 10,000 failures on any particular project until he reached a single success. ...