High-Performance Lifestyle
Legendary self-help author Napoleon Hill is known for his book Think and Grow Rich.
However, he did other things as his influence grew and in 1952 he did a series of radio lectures for the small town of Paris, Missouri.
These lectures were made available through the publication Success Habits and consists of seven principles that he felt would matter most to the town’s inhabitants. [Read more…]
Jerry Rice is widely considered one of the greatest to have ever played the game of football.
His legacy as as the NFL’s all-time best wide receiver will forever be cemented by a 20-year career with over 1,500 receptions, close 23,000 reception yards and 200 touchdowns — all NFL all-time records. He has also, at some point, held every single season record for a receiver.
His stats prove the point, but what makes Rice a great study goes beyond the numbers:
1. He was undersized and considered slow by conventional standards.
2. He came from a small college in Itta Bena, Mississippi (Population: 1,946)
3. He came from an even smaller high school in Crawford, Mississippi (Population: 636)
The most inspiring book I’ve ever read was Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Naturally, when he released Total Recall: My Unbelievably True Life Story, this time with much more years of experience and a lifetime of accomplishments, I was beyond excited to get into it.
However, when compared to his first, Total Recall could only be described as one thing: a let down.
It doesn’t have the same physical insights, and it doesn’t delve deep into the mind of a champion.
There is less adrenaline pumping and his hunger for success doesn’t seep through the pages like it did the first time. [Read more…]
Who would have thought that one of the most powerful speeches to be transmuted on this blog would come from Justin Timberlake.
Not surprisingly, embedded in this speech is one of the greatest speeches of all time by the greatest president of all time: the man in the arena.
Timberlake’s message to all viewing, is to be willing to go into the arena, to struggle and fail.
And most of all, he wants to you to understand that being different is a good thing.
He says with authenticity that your critics do not count. They do not matter. That the naysayers are just that.
With all the doubts and struggles that you may have, he says to become the man in the arena. [Read more…]
Julian Edelman is an unlikely Number One wide receiver for history’s most prolific offense. He was a 7th round draft pick out of Kent State, where he spent three years as a quarterback. Before that, he played a year of junior college football at the College of San Mateo.
His small stature meant that he was consistently overlooked and underrated. Despite his immense success as a football player, going all the way back to a Pop Warner National Championship, he has amassed more doubters than his three Super Bowl rings.
