“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood…who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the … Read More
My TB12 Experience: Tom Brady’s Answer To Chronic Injury
I get hurt a lot. No, I don’t mean emotionally (Ok, that too). I mean physically injured. A familiar echo of my family and friends follows every such incident: “Jesus, Justin, you’re hurt again?!” In my lifetime, I’ve sprained, cracked, strained, or torn the following: toe, ankles, knee (ACL, MCL, meniscus), hammy, quad, groin, ab, ribs, wrist, thumb, pinky, shoulder, … Read More
Being Thankful For This Is Vital For Improvement, Experts Say
Reading time: About 11 minutes – or about the average amount of time a typical office worker gets prior to being interrupted at work. “My greatest skill was being teachable,” said Michael Jordan, believed by many to be the best athlete of all time. “I was like a sponge. Even if I thought my coaches were wrong, I tried to … Read More
500 Words On: The Obstacle Is The Way by Ryan Holiday
Words: 498. Reading time: 3 minutes, out loud. “First, see clearly. Next, act correctly. Finally, endure and accept the world as it is.” I could not personally come up with a more succinct summary of this small but powerful book. The book that in recent years, has become the talk of places like Fortune 500 boardrooms and NFL locker rooms. … Read More
Give and Take: Adam Grant, My Dad and The Man on The Plane
[Reading Time: 15ish minutes] I was sitting at United gate 98, in Newark International Airport’s Terminal C, waiting to board my flight to Los Angeles. By dint of flying so much for work, my “status” had gotten me upgraded to first class. Great for the flight, but not quite as fun to absorb the faces of the economy-classers as they … Read More
Outliers: What Malcolm Gladwell Taught Me About My Own Shortcomings
It took me a while to actually sit down and read the book “Outliers,” by Malcom Gladwell. Many times I had seen the book referenced, and, having heard so much about it via these secondary sources, I always assumed I did not need to read the primary source. In fact, I went as far as to indicate or maybe even … Read More
Mindset: Stanford’s Carol Dweck, the ‘Growth Mindset,’ and its Impact on Success
The conference room is silent in the midst of an emotional moment of contrition by Coach Pete Bell. Coach Bell has just won the NCAA championship. But he has not really won it. The scene is not a happy one. Coach Belle is being confronted by a reporter (Al Bundy), about the truth of rumors that he bought players to win … Read More
Coach: What Michael Lewis Learned from His High School Coach (And What I Learned From Mine)
[Reading Time Slow and Out Loud: 16 minutes] “For me, the road had been rocky at times, triumphant too, but along the way I had never wavered in my dedication to installing—teaching—those actions and attitudes I believed would create a great team, a superior organization. I knew that if I achieved that, the score would take care of itself.” This … Read More
Demystifying Originality: Adam Grant on the myths of creativity and becoming an “Original”
“I wanted to be it. But I saw it as something that was out in the world in other people [not me],” remembered award-winning journalist, Krista Tippett, in a recent interview with best-selling author and magic-evangelist, Liz Gilbert. The two super-women were ruminating on their once-brittle childhood views of the intangibility of creativity. “You had to be in some special … Read More
The Science of Originality: 5 Lessons from Adam Grant on Creativity and How to Become More Original
“It’s just not me. Creativity is just not my thing. I’m simply not capable of it.” This is what a friend of mine said to me a few months back as we were discussing his plans for the future. I felt deflated. This statement just didn’t sit well with me. It took that uncomfortable shape of a possible truth that … Read More
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