It appears that all elite athletes are elite as a result of their physical skills. However, elite physical skills are the norm, not the exception at the highest level of athletics. The typical elite athlete wins because of their mental edge, not because of their physical edge. As 2x NCAA wrestling champion Isaiah Martìnez suggest, […]
Yesterday I came across an Instagram post that provided an often ignored truth about hard work that reinforces something that I often write about. This post was from Isaiah Martìnez, a 4x NCAA All-American, 4x NCAA wrestling finalist, and 2x NCAA wrestling champion. Martinez wrote the following: There are so many wrestlers (myself included) that […]
One of my favorite quotes is that hard work beats talent when talent doesn’t work hard. If you need a book to prove this quote true, this would be that book. Talent is Overrated by Geoff Colvin cracks the code. With an irresistible subtitle of “What Really Separates World-Class Performers from Everybody Else” my expectations […]