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Kim Peek is the man who inspired the 1988 film Rain Man about an autistic savant with astounding mathematical skills. Peek is what doctors call a mega-savant. A savant possesses remarkable expertise in 1 to 3 subjects. Peek is an expert in at least 15, including history, sports, space, music, and geography.…

If you’d have had the pleasure of playing basketball at UCLA during the glory days of Coach John Wooden, you’d have learned the value of repetition. Freshmen arriving for the first day of practice were full of anticipation. How would the legendary John Wooden open his first practice? Would he speak of…

The Mindset of a Winner Okay, here goes. I am going to make a couple of uneducated guesses on who will emerge as the NBA Champion, and what NHL team will lift high the Lord Stanley Cup. But, first, I want to talk about excellence. When you think of the Lakers, you immediately think of Kobe Bryant. When…

How much faster can a million-dollar horse run than a ten-thousand-dollar horse? Several years ago at the Arlington Futurity, the difference between first and second place was $100,000. The Arlington Futurity is a race of one and one-eighth miles, which as you well know is 71,280 inches. (You did know…

EXCELLENCE In his book, "Revolution", George Barna writes, "Excellence is less meaningful to them [the post-Boomer crowd] because it sometimes reflects the slickness of exploitation and manipulation." —"Revolution", p. 44. Illustration by Jim L. Wilson 1 Corinthians 13:2 (HCSB) "If I have [the gift of]…

A worker who does only what he has to do, is a slave. One who willingly does more than is required of him, is truly a free man. Source: Magazine Name, January 1, 2006

There are three classes of people: Those who do not do all their duty; those who do full duty; those who do more than their duty. The first lose their positions; the second hold them, and the third are promoted. Lifetime Speaker’s Encyclopedia, Volume 1, Jacob Braude, page 194

God does not want extraordinary people who do extraordinary things nearly so much as He wants ordinary people who do ordinary things extraordinarily well. And Jesus Said, William Barclay, page 165

We are imperfect people leading imperfect lives in an imperfect world. We see evidence of this imperfection everyday in the mirror: whether it’s a receding hairline, wrinkles on our face, or the five pounds we’ve wanted to lose. We are reminded of this imperfection periodically on the roadways: we get…

A Lesson from the Vikings The Vikings were fierce pirates and warriors who terrorized northern Europe nearly a thousand years ago. They looted and burned pretty much every European country that had the misfortune to border the Atlantic Ocean. Europeans were so frightened of the Viking menace that churches…