by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 3, 2015 | Adventures, Motivational Stories, Olympic Stories, Success
Ruben, Renato, and Marcelo (Ruben’s brother) at Salt Lake Opening Ceremonies My brother Marcelo and I trained for the Salt Lake City Olympics for 5 years side by side with Renato Mizoguchi (the little guy in the middle), and we didn’t know a thing about...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 2, 2015 | Achievement, Attitude, Motivational Stories, Olympic Stories, Success
Ruben and Pablo at the Albertville Olympics Opportunity is everywhere. You have to keep your eyes open and focus on finding it. Once you spot an opportunity, if you decide you are willing to do whatever it takes, it’s only a matter of time before you get what you...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 2, 2015 | Achievement, Adventures, Attitude, Motivational Stories, Olympic Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Self Talk, Success
Totaled my sled and broke some bones… Top achievers in every field understand that words have the power to condition the mind to succeed or fail. Whenever you say something, your mind tries to build a case for it. If you call yourself “stupid” the mind does a...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 2, 2015 | Achievement, Attitude, Goal Setting, Leadership, Motivational Stories, Olympic Stories, Peak Performance, Planning, Success
Olympic decathlete Bob Mathias Have you ever had someone tell you that you were destined to do great things in life? Did you buy into their belief in you? Sometimes we have to rely on someone else’s belief until our own belief kicks in. When Bob Mathias was young, he...
by Ruben Gonzalez | Jul 2, 2015 | Achievement, Adventures, Attitude, Goal Setting, Motivational Stories, Olympic Stories, Overcoming Challenges, Peak Performance, Planning, Success
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...
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