Occupation: Journalist Birth: 1964
The important thing to know about playing to win and playing not to lose is that there are actually different neural networks that are being used. It….
As I get older, I've learned to listen to people rather than accuse them of things..
Children key off their parents’ reaction more than the argument or physical discipline itself..
There was a culture that came out of the self-esteem movement which was don't anybody keep track of the goals. The kids keep track, but nobody keep t….
It's not easy / It's not supposed to be easy / Most people make mistakes / Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more than once..
I can push myself and you can push yourself, but competing, we push ourselves a little farther and we bring out our best even if one of us wins and o….
A surgeon might want to be the best surgeon in Manhattan, but out on Long Island on the weekend, not care at all how he is on the tennis courts or on….
Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical c….
Good competitive skills means not just to compete hard, but to selectively compete, to harness your energy for the things that matter and, in some ca….
You know, kids need to feel like they're not being drowned out by superior competitors and they'll make that connection that, with a little more effo….
Make sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. That’s how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book is like being trapped in a room ….
A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust..
Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines..
I'm convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that's right.... People don't succeed….
Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don’t end up being someone you….
There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accompl….
There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice..
If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon.
We all make mistakes, but we need to learn from them and move on. You can own a mistake, or the mistake will own you..
Curiosity is a raw and genuine sign from deep inside our tangled psyches, and we'd do well to follow the direction it points us in..
The virtue of losing is we get used to the fact that competing and to lose doesn't kill you. It just makes you stronger. It just helps you get used t….