Greatness

Diving into the life of Phil Knight and how he built Nike.  -----  "Let everyone else call your idea crazy . . . just keep going. Don’t stop. Don’t even think about stopping until you get there, and don’t give much thought to where “there” is. Whatever comes, just don’t stop." - Phil Knight  ----- Sources Shoe Dog   ----- You can check stay connected below: Greatness Files Website Book:...

Diving into a short story of one of the first women astronauts Rhea Seddon, and the question that altered her life for the better. ----- Sources: The Six - Loren Grush ----- You can check stay connected below: Greatness Files Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into the life and greatness of a tennis legend, Roger Federer.  ---- “When you're good at something, make that everything." - Roger Federer ----- Sources The Master - Christopher Clarey ----- You can check stay connected and support below: Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into the lives, philosophies, and work of some of the worlds greatest artists and how they can help you do great work. ----- " Sharing art is the price of making it. Exposing your vulnerability is the fee." - Rick Rubin ----- Sources Daily Rituals - Mason Currey The Creative Act: A Way of Being - Rick Rubin Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon War of Art - Stephen Pressfield I Can&...

Diving into the lives, philosophies, and work of some of the worlds greatest artists and how they can help you do great work. ----- " There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don't, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is resistance." - Stephen Pressfield ----- Sources...

Diving into the lives, philosophies, and work of some of the worlds greatest artists and how they can help you do great work. ----- " Creativity is something you are, not only something you do. It’s a way of moving through the world, every minute, every day." - Rick Rubin ----- Sources Daily Rituals - Mason Currey The Creative Act: A Way of Being - Rick Rubin Steal Like an Artist - Austi...

Diving into two basketball legends, LeBron James and Kobe Bryant, and what we can learn from their approach to the game of basketball. ----- LeBron on discipline, "You have to sacrifice loved one for a long period of time." Kobe on the Mamba Mentality, " The mindset isn't about seeking a result—it’s more about the process of getting to that result. It’s about the journey and th...

Diving into the life and greatness of a giant in the science world, the first woman to win the Nobel Prize and first person to win it twice, Marie Curie.  ---- Sources Madame Curie: A Biography - Eve Curie ----- You can check stay connected and support below: Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into the works and wisdom on entrepreneur, investor, and philsopher Naval Ravikant. ----- " Peace is happiness at rest, and happiness is peace in motion."  - Naval Ravikant ----- Sources The Almanack of Naval Ravikant - Eric Jorgenson ----- 2:05 - Happiness 26:05 - Wealth ----- You can check stay connected below: Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of...

Diving into the life and greatness of the greatest first basemen in baseball history, the "Iron Man" himself, Lou Gehrig.  ---- Sources Luckiest Man - Joanthan Eig ----- You can check stay connected and support below: Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into some short stories on the First Lady who changed the world and what I like to call, The Eleanor Roosevelt Tests. ----- Sources: Eleanor - David Michaelis ----- You can check stay connected below: Greatness Files Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into the early life of Mike Tyson and how legendary trainer, Cus D'Amato, help Mike become the youngest boxing heavyweight champion. ----- Sources Iron Ambition - Mike Tyson The Turbulent True Story of Mike Tyson ----- 1:55 - Poverty and crime 6:50 - The turning point 12:10 - Meeting Cus D'Amato  13:30 - Cus's training techniques/journey to becoming champion 35:15 - Lessons/t...

Diving into the early life of Bruce Springstein and the moment, the motto, that changed everything. ----- Sources: Born to Run - Bruce Springstein ----- You can check stay connected below: Greatness Files Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into stories and lessons on two of the four cardinal virtues--discipline and wisdom. ----- Sources: Lives of the Stoics - Ryan Holiday  Meditations - Marcus Aurelius  Letters from a Stoic - Seneca Dicourses - Epictetus ----- 2:35 - John Wooden: dichtomomy of control 9:00 - Jalen Hurts, Abaraham Lincoln, and Marcus Aurelius: motional discipline 19:10 - Michael Phelps: work and preparation 25...

Diving into stories and lessons on two of the four cardinal virtues--justice and courage ----- Sources: Lives of the Stoics - Ryan Holiday  Meditations - Marcus Aurelius  Letters from a Stoic - Seneca Dicourses - Epictetus ----- 5:20 - Zeno: embarrassment  8:45 - Cicero: your fears are fears 13:00 - Winston Churchill: your capacity is great  14:45 - Charles Lindbergh: build courage  16:55 - Woody...

Diving into my favorite story on Theodore Roosevelt and the trait that made him special.  ----- “It is only through labor and painful effort, by grim energy and resolute courage, that we move on to better things.”  - Theodore Roosevelt  ----- Sources: The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt - Edmund Morris Leadership in Turbulent Times - Doris Kearns Goodwin ----- You can check stay connected below: Greatn...

Diving into the life of Abraham Lincoln and the three stories that define his greatness.  “Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other thing.” - Abraham Lincoln ----- Sources: Team of Rivals - Doris Kearns Goodwin  Leadership in Turbulent Times - Doris Kearns Goodwin ----- 1:35 - Overcoming poverty 9:10 - Die or get better 15:35 - Advice for life  19:55...

Diving into a short story of the Wright Brothers and what I like to call the belief-doubt paradox. Source - The Wright Brothers by David McCullough ----- You can check stay connected below: Website Book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  Apparel Instagram X

Diving into the story of how Gertrude "Trudy" Ederle etched her name in history and became the first woman to conquer the English Channel. Source - Young Woman and the Sea by Glenn Stout ----- 2:40 - The daunting task 6:15 - The beginning/just an ordinary girl  9:50 - The role of luck  14:30 - The first day in the pool 16:20 - The breakthrough  19:05 - The keys to her success 23:55 - The...

Diving into the life and greatness of Kevin Hart from his book , I Can't Make This Shit Up ----- We’re all writing a book. What’s your book look like. Your life is a book. You got a bunch of chapters in your book. But when they close that book, how good was the book? How good was your book? What was the ending to your book? - Kevin Hart ----- You can check stay connected below: Website Book:...

Diving into the life and greatness of Cristiano Ronaldo  from Guilleme Balague book, Cristiano Ronaldo  ----- " From an early age I wanted to be a professional, and I dreamt of playing in the first division. I had to make many sacrifices. The first was to leave Argentina when I was thirteen years old and start again from zero, make new friends, an a city where I knew no one." 4:00  - Chi...

Diving into the life and greatness of Lionel Messi from Guilleme Balague book, Messi ----- " From an early age I wanted to be a professional, and I dreamt of playing in the first division. I had to make many sacrifices. The first was to leave Argentina when I was thirteen years old and start again from zero, make new friends, an a city where I knew no one." 1:50 - A life of football 4:45...

Diving into the stories and lessons we can learn from the life of Sam Walton and the rise of Walmart from his autobiography, Made in America   ----- When folks would ask Sam Walton how he built Walmart, he responded with the same answer, “Friend, we just got after it and stayed after it.” 1:15 - Lessons from parents and childhood 4:45 - How Sam knew what he was going to do for the rest of his life...

Diving into the works and wisdom of one of the world's great philosophers, Seneca ----- The duty of a man is to be useful to his fellow-men; if possible, to be useful to many of them; failing this, to be useful to a few; failing this, to be useful to his neighbours, and, failing them, to himself: for when he helps others, he advances the general interests of mankind.  - Seneca ----- 3:30 - Th...

Diving into the twenty-five biggest lessons from Greatness in 2024 Enjoy ----- 1:15 - Pursue excitement  5:50 - If you can go back, always take the risk 9:30 - First efforts aren't supposed to work  12:30 - A high pain threshold is a competitive advantage 18:50 - Seek to renew yourself when you’re hitting home runs 23:00 - Life responds to subtraction  26:20 - Volume wins  29:40 - The world b...