Sharks are motion manifested in physical form. Everything about them – their streamlined shape, their sinewy movements, their focused eyes – signify speed, urgency and restlessness. In fact, unlike other fish, they do not have gas bladder...
In the summer of 2008 Nadal had just won his fourth straight French open title. The Spaniard had never lost there but at the same time he had never won any other Grand slam title. And he had been No 2 for years without coming anywhere near threatenin...
The Dutch recently lost their third world cup final. In 1974 and 1978 they played an ambitious, attractive style of ‘total football’ but ended up as the losing team on both occasions. The country suffered decades of hurt and the team itse...
The paradigm that drives most of our lives is ‘Have-Do-Be’. The message driven by many advertising campaigns is that once you ‘Have’ certain things (like a beauty soap) you will be able to ‘Do’ certain things (like...
Everyone has heard of EQ – Emotional intelligence but, what is the hard case for developing soft skills at senior leadership levels? Daniel Goleman, the leading name in the field, started with the assumption that the competencies that companies...
Jim Loehr and Tony Schwarz have worked on fitness training with players such as Pete Sampras, Jim Courier, Sergi Bruguera, Gabriela Sabatini and Monica Seles. They assert that the physical demands of executives dwarf those of professional sportsmen. ...
The Chinese word for crisis is Wei Ji and is represented by two characters. The first character, Wei, means danger. The second character, Ji, means opportunity. The Chinese understand that change is inevitable and when it happens it will always distu...
Erich Von Manstein was a German Field Marshall in World War II and was regarded by many as one the Wehrmacht’s best military strategists. He is said to have categorized his officers into four types: Stupid-lazy His philosophy of dealing with these ...
Buddhist fishermen in Myanmar are caught between a rock and a hard place. They need to fish to live but killing is forbidden in their religion. They find a way around this dilemma by telling themselves that they are saving fish from drowning. We...