Olympics

It Takes a Team

Who’s on your team helping you achieve outstanding results in your business?

Get a Life!

No matter how passionate you are about your business and how much you love what you do, are you developing relationships and interests that have nothing to do with your work and finding new clients? Studies show people who take regular breaks from work and thinking about work are much more productive than people who keep plowing through or have no other interests...

Past Performance is Not an Indicator of Future Results

Clearly, talent alone and past success do not guarantee future success. Likewise, past disappointments and failures are not a permanent barrier to future success. What we do, day in and day out, is what influences future results...

After It’s Over

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Issue 16 The Beijing Olympics gave us some indelible images: Michael Phelps winning his eighth gold medal, Usain Bolt’s awesome 100m and 200m double …

EXTRA! Special Olympic Edition #2 – You CAN Win Them All!

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Special Editon – Issue 15 The 2008 Olympics have closed, and the country can start getting to sleep before midnight this week! As a …

EXTRA! Special Olympic Edition #1 – Your Finishing Touch

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Special Editon – Issue 14 The Olympics are on, and in recent days we’ve seen some outstanding performances – and finishes! I had to …

The Right to Expect Excellence

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Issue 13 The years of preparation are about to be tested: race day is finally here for the athletes who have been prioritizing, practicing, …

Keep Going!

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Issue 12 We got a chance to see some outstanding athletic performances at the US Olympic Trials over the past few weeks. They were …

Time for a Check-Up

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Issue 11 We are entering the final countdown to the 2008 Olympic Games, and Olympic Trials are on! With the Olympics starting in Beijing …

The Kind of Conviction You Need

2008 Preparing for Excellence Series – Issue 10 Last month we looked at the costly dangers of continually making last minute adjustments to our practice methods: there simply comes a …