April 1997
Beginner
240 pages
5h 3m
English
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Competitive Greatness
Ultimately, all fourteen building blocks in the Pyramid of Success are necessary for competitive greatness.
What is competitive greatness? It’s being at your best when your best is needed. It’s enjoying the challenge when things become difficult, even very difficult.
True competitors know it’s exhilarating to be involved in something that’s very challenging. They don’t fear it. They seek it. Is it fun to do that which is ordinary, easy, simple, something anyone can do? Not at all.
Yet most of the tasks we do in our everyday lives are very simple. Anybody could do them. They will not produce the joy that comes from being involved with something that challenges your body, mind, and spirit.
Competitors love that challenge. ...