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Your Focus Impacts Your Results

Your Focus Impacts Your Results

by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Achievement, Inspirational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Popular, Success

I started luging in 1984. For 24 years I didn’t like the sport of luge. I forced myself to slide because the luge was my ticket to the Olympics. The Olympic dream kept me going. And the dream was always in focus. Whenever I was up at the start tower preparing to...
Lessons from the Olympic Luge

Lessons from the Olympic Luge

by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Achievement, Attitude, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Popular, Success

What do you say to yourself when market conditions or your work or home conditions change? Do you see change as a good thing or as a bad thing? Have you ever had something happen that took all the wind out of your sails? What did you do? Did you respond right away, or...
How to Succeed When Conditions Change

How to Succeed When Conditions Change

by Ruben Gonzalez | May 24, 2020 | Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Popular, Success

What do you say to yourself when market conditions or your work or home conditions change? Do you see change as a good thing or as a bad thing? One of my old success audios says, “Success is about change – not challenge.” I was never sure about what that meant, until...
Even Cancer Couldn’t Stop Her

Even Cancer Couldn’t Stop Her

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...
Bouncing Back Quickly to Win

Bouncing Back Quickly to Win

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...
How to Help Your Kid Become a Champion

How to Help Your Kid Become a Champion

by Ruben Gonzalez | May 26, 2017 | Achievement, Attitude, Creating Champions, Leadership, Motivational Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Success

“Confidence doesn’t come out of nowhere. Confidence is a result of one thing – hours and days and weeks and years of constant work and dedication.” Roger Staubach – Hall of Fame Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Roger Staubach   Dallas Cowboys Coach Tom Landry and Roger...
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