Greatness

Diving into the life and greatness of Bruce Lee  from Matthew Polly's  book: Bruce Lee: A Life ----- 4:40 - First Kung Fu Lesson 5:30 - Ambition is never satisfied/How Bruce viewed winning 9:30 - The importance of being like water 11:05 - How Bruce Lee created his own kung fu style  14:15 - Bruce's chief aim + the power of giving yourself time 17:55 - Some martial arts motto's 28:30...

Diving into the life and greatness of Ted Tuner from Janet Lowe's book: Ted Turner Speaks ----- 1:45 - Lesson's on how to win 3:3 0 - Ted's competitive advantage 5:10 - Ted on what losing means 6:55 - How death helped Ted Turner deal with risk 12:45 - Ted on winning 14:40 - What it means to have fun 16:05 - The ultimate life goal 24:30 - Playing the limitless game 28:20 - Happiness...

Diving into the life and greatness of Pete Carroll from his autobiography: All In ----- 6:00 - A coach's job 7:30 - Coaching is a two way street 10:00 - Biggest lesson of his career 12:30 - What success was to Pete Carroll 20:10- The turning point/how Pete Carroll found his philosophy 25:10 - The importance of competition/what it is/building an environment of competition 31:00 - Coaching less...

Diving into the life and greatness of Billie Jean King from her autobiography: All In ----- 3:40 - Early life lessons 4:50 - How Billie Jean would become a Champion  + Humiliation Become Motivation 9:50 - A key to Billie Jean's Success/how Billie Jean set herself up to be one of the best players ever 11:15 - Playing the long game 12:30 - Denying a chance at fulfilling her dream 14:25 - The pr...

Diving into the life of one of greatest artist the world has ever seen, Alicia Keys, from her autobiography: More Myself ----- 5:30 - Becoming the "Next" When Alicia Keys was sixteen, she started her own girl group with two of her friends called EMbishion. With hopes of being like the Jackson 5, Alicia quickly realized it wasn’t about becoming someone I now understand that trying to be t...

Diving into a short story on the Roman Philosopher, Seneca, from my book: Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence  

Diving into the life of one of greatest athletes the world has ever seen, LeBron James, from Jeff Benedict's book: LeBron ----- 1:00 - LeBron's upbringing When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly…  5:15 - The advice that shaped how LeBron played the game Lebron paid attention wheneve...

Diving into the unique journal of Marcus Aurelius when he was the most powerful man in the world from the book: Meditations ----- 2:40 - On a morning practice When you wake up in the morning, tell yourself: The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, arrogant, dishonest, jealous, and surly…  7:25 - Protect your thoughts The things you think about determine the quality of your mind....

Diving into the lessons and stories of how Howard Schultz helped turn Starbucks around from his book: Onward ----- 0:00  - Opening “I’ve come to think that I am at my best as a leader when Starbucks is being challenged or fighting for survival. I’m comfortable with, and in a way enjoy, the rugged, steep ascent. That is my nature. And while I would not want to constantly battle against the odds, th...

Diving into the lessons and stories from the career and life of Kobe Bryant ----- 1:10  - The Mamba Mentality "If you see me in a fight with a bear, prey for the bear". I've always loved that quote. That's "mamba mentality" we don't quit, we don't cower, we don't run. We endure and conquer. 2:40 - Three Stories on Self-Belief Kobe had dreams of making i...

Diving into the story, lessons, and greatness of  Thomas Edison from Edmund Morris'  book:  Edison ----- 3:20  - Childhood Adversity His greatness was clearly to be seen when difficulties arose. They always made him cheerful, and started him thinking; and very soon would come a line of suggestions which would not end until the difficulty was met or found insurmountable.  6:20 - Turning Point...

Diving into the lessons and ideas music producer, Rick Rubin, can offer us in our quest of becoming a great artist from his book: The Creative Act: A Way of Being ----- 3:15 - The Power of Awareness The universe is only as large as our perception of it. When we cultivate our awareness, we are expanding the universe. This expands the scope, not just of the material at our disposal to create from, b...

Diving into the story, lessons, and greatness of  Nims Purja from his book: Beyond Possible ----- 1:20 - The doubters In 2019, an article on the Red Bull website said my goal as an unknown climber was as likely as a “swim to the moon.” Still, I believed it. 2:00 - Why do the impossible? But for me, it was an opportunity to prove the world that everything, anything, was possible if you dedicated yo...

Diving into the story, lessons, and greatness of  the Wright Brothers from David McCullough's Book: The Wright Brothers ----- 2:50 - Wilbur's Advice Pick out a good father and mother, and begin life in Ohio 3:20 - Their Greatest Advantage T he greatest thing in our favor was growing up in a family where there was always much encouragement to intellectual curiosity. 4:40  - Wilbur's...

Diving into the story, lessons, and greatness of  Howard Shultz and how he built Starbucks into an empire from his book: Pour Your Heart Int o It ----- 0:20- Lead with your heart We have to lead with our hearts. In business, as in life, we each should have an internal compass that guides our decisions, an instinctive understanding of what matters most in this world. For me, it’s not profits, or sa...

Diving into the story, lessons, and greatness of the greatest of all times, Muhammad Ali from Jonathan Eig's book: Ali ----- 2:30- Cassius' Reality " Why can’t I be rich?"hHe asked his father Look there, his father said, touching the boys walnut-colored hand. That’s why you can’t be rich. 4:20 - Misfortune to Fortune: The Stolen Bike 7:20- The Goal His goal, he said, was to be...

Diving into the story, lessons, and greatness of the five women who changed aviation history forever from Kieth O'Brien's book:  Fly Girls ----- 2:45- Amelia Earhart's Scrapbook She kept a scrapbook filled with clippings about female achievers making news; she cut out the stories and pasted them on the pages as motivation, perhaps, or proof that anything was possible.  4:00 - The Da...

Diving into the lessons and greatness of Epictetus's teachings and writings from the book:  Discourses and Selected Writings ----- 0:25 - A Simple Practice How do you categorize these things, exile, imprisonment, chains, death, and disgrace… Or things like getting fired, ending a relationship, dealing with financial struggles? It is not the events that disturb people, it is their judgements c...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of John Wooden  from Seth Davis' book, Wooden: A Coach's Life ----- 2:30 - His Fathers Advice  Never lie, never cheat, never steal. Done whine, don’t complain, don’t make excuses 7:00 - Early Lesson When you don’t have much, you do 8:10 - Success Origin Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did y...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of John Wooden  from his book, Wooden on Leadership ----- 2:30 - Definition of Success Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best of which you are capable. 3:50 - Dad's advice Don’t worry about whether you’re better than somebody else, but never cease trying to be the bes...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of Giannis Antetokounmpo  from Mirin Fader's book, Giannis: The Improbable Rise of an NBA Champion ----- 1:45 - Daily Reminder We’ve got to make the most of today. Tomorrow is not promised 3:25 -  Motivation It’s hard to be motivated when you have everything. When your life is good. I didn’t have a choice. I had to be motivated. 6:20 - The Change L...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of Theodore Roosevelt  from Edmund Morris' book, The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt ----- 1:10 - The Power of Reading Yet from reading of the people I admired...I felt a great admiration for men who were fearless and could hold their own in the world, and I had a great desire to be like one.” 2:40 -  Make Your Body Theodore, you have the mind but you h...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of Phil Knight from his book, Shoe Dog. ----- 4:45 - Work as Play  I asked myself: What if there were a way, without being an athlete, to feel what athletes feel? To play all the time, instead of working? Or else to enjoy work so much that it becomes essentially the same thing. 7:15 -  The Two Voices Go home, a faint inner voice told me. Get a normal jo...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of the founders of PayPal from Jimmy Soni's book called, The Founders: The Story of PayPal and the Entreprenuers Who Shaped Silicon Valley Check out my new book Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence ----- 0:00 - Wrong Ideas “You start off with an idea, and that idea is mostly wrong. And then you adapt that idea and keep r...

Diving into the life, lessons, and greatness of Tiger Woods from Jeff Benedict's and Armen Keteyian's  book, Tiger Woods Check out my new book Chasing Greatness: Timeless Stories on the Pursuit of Excellence Sign up for my weekly greatness newsletter sent out every week with stories, lessons, and quotes from greats throughout history, and some thoughts from me. ----- 0:00 - 10,000 hours...