Small Business Today Magazine APR 2015 POSSIBLE MISSIONS | Page 24

EDITORIAL FEATURE

From ordinary
to Extraordinary

BY THREE-TIME OLYMPIAN, RUBEN GONZALEZ

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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 ^H[