Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”
– Les Brown
Tag: Believe
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“Life is often compared to a marathon, but I think it is more like being a sprinter; long stretches of hard work punctuated by brief moments in which we are given the opportunity to perform at our best.”
– Michael Johnson
Your Daily Dose of Greatness
“The vision of a champion is someone who is bent over, drenched in sweat at the point of exhaustion when no one else is watching.”
– Anson Dorrance
Never Out of It
Life has once again given us a crystal clear reminder that competition reigns supreme…and that you’re only out of a game when you decide you are (or the buzzer sounds!).
Every summer, the Little League World Series showcases the best of the best on both the domestic and international fronts. Pre-adolescent baseball players take their swings and get their earliest test of global competition.
Changing the World, One Pencil at a Time
One of the greatest parts of my work as a speaker is getting to watch other presenters at events share their amazing stories.
A couple of weeks ago, at a celebration of a company’s top performers, I met Adam Braun (adam@pencilsofpromise.org) and it was a jaw-dropper. I couldn’t wait to join in the standing ovation.
To LINgit to Quit!
I hate to be late to a party, but I’ll admit I kept waiting on this one because I kept thinking it might flame out.
Count me in on the party…but only because I’ve spent the last week learning more about Jeremy Lin the fighter than Jeremy Lin the man-of-the-moment New York Knick Rock Star. Lin’s face is everywhere. The Knicks point guard has taken the world by storm. He has led the Knicks to a 7-2 record since he became...
Bobby Bowden
Believe…
The truly Great have faith in a higher power.
As the college football season came to its official close last night with the national championship game, one of the enduring memories of this post-season came at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville. There, college football’s second all-time winningest coach Bobby Bowden was carried off the field as his Florida State Seminoles won in what was Bowden’s...
Tug McGraw
Contagious Enthusiasm…
The truly great are positive thinkers… they are enthusiastic… and that enthusiasm rubs off.
One of the greatest parts of spring is the day baseball stadiums throughout the country open their doors. As the first pitch of the season is thrown, everyone still believes their team has a shot.
In Major League Baseball – as in life – the key to success is that belief....