Counterpoint: Being Positive is Not The Opposite of Being Negative

Yesterday I wrote a post answering the question is there a secret to success. One of the points I made was that successful people avoid negative thoughts and negative people. Given that, I thought today it would be appropriate for me to address a common fallacy related to negativity. Most people think that being positive […]

Read More

Counterpoint: Being Successful Does not Reduce the Fear of Failure

There is a common fallacy that success can cure many emotional ills. One emotional ill in particular many think success will fix is the fear of failure. Unfortunately, this is just not true. In fact, if you already have a fear of failure success will not reduce this fear, it will do the opposite. Success […]

Read More

Counterpoint: Fun in Sports is Overrated

It’s hard to say fun is overrated because fun is fun. Kids play sports because playing sports is fun. So once you take the fun out of sports, what do you have left? Blood, sweat, and tears… For the average athlete playing sports when it’s not fun is a non-starter. All blood, sweat and tears […]

Read More