EDITORIAL FEATURE
From Ordinary
to Extraordinary
By three-time Olympian, Ruben Gonzalez
W
ould you like to learn how to become an Olympic Champion in
your professional and personal
life? Read on and you will. The
mental processes that will make you a
champion in sports are the same mental
processes that will make you a champion in business and in life.
My name is Ruben Gonzalez. I’m a
three-time Olympian in the brutal sport
of the luge. Most people don’t know what
the luge is. In the luge, we hurl ourselves
down the mile-long, icy bobsled track
while lying on a tiny sled. We reach speeds
from 80 to 90 mph and we don’t even have
any brakes! Is that crazy or what?
I’m not just a three-time Olympian; I’m
a lifelong student of success and peak
performance. Over the years, I have read
hundreds of books and listened to thousands of tapes about what it really takes to
succeed in business and in life. I also listened to and did everything my Olympic
Coach told me to do. As a result, I’ve come
to the conclusion that success in sports,
business, and in life is pretty simple.
Success comes down to finding an arena that you are suited to play in, having
the courage to get started, having the
courage to not quit, and along the way
having the attitude that you are willing
to do whatever it takes for as long as it
takes. Only then do you start experiencing massive success.
Success is simple but not easy. It takes
a mental toughness and that’s what I’ll
be writing about in all of my future articles...how to become so mentally tough
that you become like a guided missile
If someone like me can make it to
the Olympics, then anyone, anywhere
can use these principles to
reach their dreams as well.
I’m not an athlete.
I did a little research and started looking for a tough sport, a sport with a lot
of broken bones so there would be a lot
of quitters and I could make it to the
top simply by outlasting everyone else.
That’s how I picked the luge.
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