If you fail to prepare, you’re prepared to fail. Mark Spitz, nine-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in seven events. Reminds me of the Seven P’s: Proper Prior Planning Prevents Poor Performance.
Tag: mindset
The Brain is Wider than the Sky.
Full poem and an excellent neuroscience discussion of the implications in this professor’s blog post: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/waking-dreaming-being/201504/the-brain-is-wider-the-sky
Serena Williams on Enjoying the Journey
All I want is to have fun in what I’m doing every day. I don’t want to break records. Serena Williams, who has broken many records while enjoying her journey.
Chris Sharma on Enjoying the Journey
“If you’re only happy when you’re at the summit, you’re not going to be happy very often.” Chris Sharma, extreme climber. Quoted in The Red Bulletin, Aug 2015.
Captain Sully on Not Knowing
To be in Nature … a Good Way to Use Life
Parasailing mountain skier Antoine Montant on playing with elements, ability and the mind. He died later that year year attempting a BASE wingsuit jump. (Quote is from his appearance in the TV show Red Bull Ultimate Rush, S1 E1)
This is the Real Secret of Life
Wiley Post on Flying
Wiley Post was the first pilot to fly solo around the world, test pilot for the pressure suit, discovered the jet stream, worked on early autopilots. And apparently was deeply in touch with the inner art of airmanship. (Quote in his 1931 book Around the World in Eight Days written with H. Gatty.) His friend J. H. Conger once said, “He …
Work Without Love …
Work to put love and passion into your work, or else it all becomes just work. Mother Teresa said it better:
We are the Grease in the Cogs
Powerful four minute video by professor and pilot Sidney Dekker introduces what we find when we stop looking at accidents, and instead study highly reliable organizations. It’s resilience: the ability to accommodate change and absorb disturbances without catastrophic failure. And it’s not about reducing negatives, but rather promoting positives. The four behaviors that resilient teams practice are: Don’t take past success …