by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Achievement, Leadership, Popular
When I decided to take up the luge, and train for the Olympics I was 21 years old. Back then I thought I could make it to the Olympics all by myself. I still had a lot of growing up to do… In “Seven Habits of Highly Effective People,” Steven Covey talks about three...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Popular, Success
A couple of days after finishing my competition at the Salt Lake City Olympics I was sitting in the Olympic Village coffee shop drinking an espresso. There, I met an incredible lady. Ildiko Strehli of Hungary. She was in her mid thirties and I was 39, so we both stood...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Attitude, Popular, Success
Success is simple, but it’s not easy. One of the hardest parts of doing something special, great or unique — like building a business, creating a new product or exploring the far reaches of the world — is facing naysayers, those people whose goal is to stomp on other...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Attitude, Motivational Stories, Popular, Success
Have you ever gotten excited about the idea of doing something or creating something — maybe starting a business, writing a book or even doing something really wild, like biking across the United States to raise money for a special cause? Did you do it? Did you follow...
by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Attitude, Inspirational Stories, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Popular, Success
Back in 1938, Karoly Takacs of the Hungarian Army, was the top pistol shooter in the world. He was expected to win the gold in the 1940 Olympic Games scheduled for Tokyo. Those expectations vanished one terrible day just months before the Olympics. While training on...
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