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Monthly Archives: January 2008

How great you are is measured by how you handle defeats and failures

January 26, 2008 – 11:39 am

Roger Federer, the world’s undisputed best tennis player, and quite possibly the greatest tennis player who ever lived, said this after his straight-sets semifinal defeat at the 2008 Australian Open, an event he’s widely expected to win:
I think he made the more important points today, it was a bit unfortunate for me. You can’t always […]

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Focus on the coffee, not the cup your coffee is in

January 22, 2008 – 8:55 pm

This has been going around for many years, but it’s a good reminder for all of us.
A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university lecturer. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life. Offering his guests coffee, the lecturer went to the kitchen and […]

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