Private Victory

We all know that some of the most successful people in the world toiled for years before reaching greatness in their chosen field. Their success happened “over time”. Now, I hate that thought because it doesn’t tell you the whole story. What exactly did these really successful people do all those years? What did Michael Jordan do to reach NBA glory? Or, Michael Phelps to make Olympic history? Or even Tiger Woods…pre-sex scandal, of course. Well, after studying all of their and others back stories, a common theme began to coalesce. They all created very well-defined, highly ambitious goals and then iterated ruthlessly to achieve them.

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