Winning is a habit. Unfortunately, so is losing. ~ Vince Lombardi University of Connecticut Women’s Basketball Team Records 100th Straight Win – that was the headlines emblazoned across newspapers following the team’s most recent win. It sounds surreal, but it has happened. With all the checks and balances and random factors such as luck, a
This morning while listening to the news on CBSN, author Derek Thompson was being interviewed about his recently published book Hit Makers: The Science of Popularity in an Age of Distraction. During his explanation of how things become popular, he used the word antimetabole (an-tee-meh-TA-boe-lee). The word was was quickly questioned by the interviewer, and
As I sat at my desk to exhale following a meeting I’d been planning for two weeks, I reached for my food container to reward myself. I opened it up to a tantalizing array of colours befitting of a jubilant festival. It was a cocktail of fruits that would provoke the instant secretion of saliva
A leap of faith is the act of believing something that has not been proven, or any evidence to suggest that your belief will come to fruition. Belief, however is the starting point for all achievement. What commitment will you make to today? Your destiny is awaiting.
As I reflect on the life of the late Muhammed Ali, one of my greatest lessons from him is embodied in his quote “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” Muhammed Ali’s fame came via boxing where he was the world’s only three-time heavyweight champion of the world. Ali, who was born Cassius Clay
A Florida teenager took advantage of the housing collapse to make a great investment in her future. Willow Tufano, a 14-year-old girl from Florida, lives in an area that’s been hit hard by the recession. Home prices have taken a steep drop, and many of the houses in Willow’s area have gone into foreclosure. But,
By the time she was in fourth grade, young Shawna Rochelle Kimbrell knew she wanted to be a fighter pilot. What the now-Air Force major didn’t know, however, was that she would knock down a racial barrier by becoming the first black female in the career field.
We love and embrace our weirdness, it works for us and many others too. Have you ever thought about how unique, smart and talented you are? Let’s argue for our possibilities.