tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480123380312839307.post1204902033655434057..comments2023-09-04T11:58:24.226+02:00Comments on The Killer Attitude: Olympics is over. Now run for yourself, and set your own rules!Johan Myrbergerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06845165552307954066noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480123380312839307.post-16837385526872040302008-09-08T08:51:00.000+02:002008-09-08T08:51:00.000+02:00@dr.mani: Thanks, and after posting the blog post ...@dr.mani: Thanks, and after posting the blog post I realized that you are a good example as well in the area of defining your own game. I have no doubt that you are an excellent heart surgeon, and you have great skills in Internet marketing as well. But by acting as a "heart surgeon using his Internet marketing business to fund heart surgery for under-privileged children in India" you are probably one of a kind (as far as I know at least), and thus have defined your own game where you are the undisputed leader.<BR/><BR/>@enigma: Thansk to you also. As you state, competition is something we all se on a daily basis. However I do believe there's two types of competitors; those who mainly compete with others, and those who mainly competes with themselves. Not sure who of these are generally more happy and successful, but I have a guess at least...<BR/>And I read the story around "the new coke" and some analysis of that in "Blink", by Macolm Gladwell. Recommended reading.<BR/><BR/>And I noticed Phelps as well, even though I am not a sports fan and hardly followed the Olymics myself.. ;-)Johan Myrbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06845165552307954066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480123380312839307.post-39148559107355473762008-08-29T20:25:00.000+02:002008-08-29T20:25:00.000+02:00Dear JohanI had quite a pleasant surprise this mor...Dear Johan<BR/>I had quite a pleasant surprise this morning reading your latest post which i accidently come across while searching for worthless peace of information. <BR/>(unhealthy sugar for the mind)<BR/>Competition is quite an interesting subject, because its something we come across or experience on a daily basis, even though most people don’t see it as such.<BR/>Friends compete, family members compete, companies, politicians, workmates, lovers and as you mentioned earlier athletes. <BR/>I agree on the statement about Bolts state of mind giving him a huge advantage against his opponents during the Olympics.<BR/>Mostly because the others runners had spent the last six months worrying about the Jamaican Phenom and adapting their training methods to improve in areas which Bolts physique made him more dominating.<BR/>Doing that made them not only doubt themselves but also lose touch to what made them the best in their countries if not continents. <BR/>Huge corporations tend to do the same while trying to catch up on the competitor’s new hot product losing the loyalty and respect of their trusted customers in the process.<BR/>I ran past a friend the other day and he had just bought Coca colas new fruity beverage.<BR/>I had to stop and watch his facial expression has he tasted the drink and showed disapproval very fast.<BR/>Im thinking for my self, why is Coca Cola even trying this again, after the well publicized fiasco with the Vanilla flavour.<BR/>Even though they have the power to make such huge mistakes and wont be challenged for centuries to come it, in the competitor’s eye it looks more like a desperate attempt to gain power more than a innovative creation.<BR/>Now back to sports; as a man I learned early to make my own rules since I was considered too short for the high flying game of basketball and too overweight for the tough exercise it puts the body through.<BR/>I then had to learn to make my own rules, playing by myself for my self.<BR/>Ten years later I found my self not only as tall as some of the kids my age but also free from the boundaries the coaches and others had put around them because of their physique. I was free to do anything they did at will, my mind had no boundaries and neither did my body which in a corporate world would be the workers.<BR/>The same ideal followed me through the years as I entered the business game and started a small company.<BR/>I learned to make my own rules, set my own tracks and decide when to run them; only when I was ready to compete at top level and not because the competition had shown their muscles.<BR/><BR/>So kudos to you Johan for the noteworthy observation, I look forward to reading your next post.<BR/><BR/>PS. Speaking of extraordinary competitors in the Olympics, look up Michael Phelps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6480123380312839307.post-54030924889257490392008-08-29T18:19:00.000+02:002008-08-29T18:19:00.000+02:00Johan, nice post, I enjoyed it and am glad my riff...Johan, nice post, I enjoyed it and am glad my riff on Usain Bolt Marketing sparked it off.<BR/><BR/>I only realized later, after someone else mentioned it, that technically my post might be advising readers to unsubscribe (or remove my blog from their feed readers)! <BR/><BR/>Glad you chose not to do that. Yes, make your own rules - especially with things like this :-)<BR/><BR/>All success<BR/>Dr.ManiHeart Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02033294883870200235noreply@blogger.com