Excellence can be achieved on...

Excellence can be achieved only today—not yesterday or tomorrow, because they do not exist in the present moment. Today is only day you have to flex your talents and maximize your enjoyment. Your challenge is to win in all aspects of life. To reach that goal, you need to set yourself up for success by winning one day at a time. Procrastination is no match for a champion.

It is important to understand that a "rising tide lifts all boats." In other words, the more you give, the more your team will gain. And the more the team gains, the more you will receive in return, because everyone benefits from being part of a winning team. If you put forth your best effort, there are more intrinsic rewards (fun, purpose, and personal fulfillment) and extrinsic rewards (trophies,
notice from scouts, and approval from others) to be had,

What separates the top few fr...

What separates the top few from the many in a sport?
Mentality. The importance of the mental side of athletics was once brilliantly summed up by basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: "Your mind is what makes everything else work." Tennis great Novak Djokovic further explains: "[Among the]top 100 players, physically there is not much difference. ... It‘s a mental ability to handle the pressure, to play well at the right moments."
So your mental game matters the most.

Striving for the highest level will give you the best shot for personal greatness. We all deserve to shine and be successful, but we can achieve this only through intelligently applied hard work.

Recognize that there will never be a better time and place thanright now and right here to become a champion in your own game and life.

[오늘의 한문장] 성공을 퍼트려라

확산을 추진할 때는 검증된 관행을 복제하는 일과 지역적 조건에 맞도록 수정하는 일 사이의 균형을 잡는 것이 무엇보다 중요하다. 이 일은 의사결정자를 압박하겠지만, 확산의 핵심적인 양상을 만들어내고 마침내는 실패와 성공을 좌우한다.

[오늘의 한문장] 성공을 퍼트려라

성공적인 확산을 위한 일곱 가지 주문

1. 곳곳에 슬로건을 내걸기보다 마음가짐을 퍼트려라.
인원을 늘리고 가능한 한 많은 장소에 로고를 붙이는 것으로는 충분치 않다.
2. 모든 감각을 동원하라.
시각과 청각, 후각 그리고 사람들이 거의 눈치채지 못하는 은근한 신호를 사용하라.
3. 단기적 현실을 장기적 꿈과 연결하라.
연속되는 현재에 매몰되지 말고 지금 이 순간을 훗날 실현하고 싶은 달콤한 꿈과 연결하라.
4. 책임의식을 강화하라.
‘내가 이곳의 주인이며, 이곳이 나의 주인이라는 느낌을 심어라. 탁월성을구현하는 사람, 탁월성을 퍼트리기 위해 열심히 일하는 사람, 탁월성을 따르고 퍼트리지 못하는 동료를 비판하는 사람으로 가득한 조직을 만들어라.
5. 난장판을 경계하라.
집단적인 착각, 조급성, 무능은 확산 과정에 늘 나타나는 세 가지 위험 요소다. 세심하게 주의를 기울이고 구성원 모두가 스스로를 되돌아보아야만 이엉망진창의 상황에 빠지지 않을 수 있다.
6. 확산에는 증가와 감소가 모두 필요하다.
확산은 확대만이 아니라 축소의 문제이기도 하다.
7. 더 빠르고 더 나은 결과를 위해 속도를 늦추라.‘
성공적인 확산을 위해서는 빠르고 깊이 고민하지 않으며 무의식적인 사고양식(시스템 1)에서, 느리고 힘들고 논리적이고 신중하며 의식적인 사고양시(시스템 2)으로 기어를 바꿔야 한다. 때로는 아무 일이나 하지 않고 그냥 서 있는 것‘ 이 최선의 방안일 수도 있다.

A big reason why ed tech so o...

A big reason why ed tech so often fails to deliver lasting educational innovation is that it is often created and implemented with minimal input from teachers and students, the end users of educational technology. Teachers are a broad, diverse group who differ greatly in each community and school. Ed tech solutions are most often created with the hope that they can be sold to a broad spectrum of schools and classrooms. They tend to be one-size-fits-all solutions, and while these companies may include a founder who is a teacher, they are often not teacher led. But there is another, more insidious notion un-derlying much of ed tech‘s troubled approach to innovation, which is that the teacher is an obstacle to be overcome.

There is a reason why Harvard and the University of Toronto and my old high school are still full, and why no one I went to school with would trade their years there for a MOOC or online degree, anymore than they would for a correspondence course. That reason is teachers.

Teachers are the key to analog education‘s past, present, and future, and no technology can or should replace them. Not because they have the most knowledge, but because without them, education is no more than facts passed back and forth. If you want facts, go read abook. If you want to learn, find a teacher.

The digital world values analog more than anyone.

An intentionally analog workplace mattered more to digital technology companies for two key reasons. The first, which I had seen at Yelp and Medium, was creating a strong, interpersonal corporate culture, bound by real relationships, in an industry where the nature of the work, and the tools used to do it, naturally lean toward isolation.
Offices that appeared at first glance like adult daycares were in fact carefully designed to maximize analog interactions, with an eye on fostering the company‘s culture of innovation and ultimate productivity.

These companies are not turning to analog out of some MadMon-inspired nostalgia for the way business was once done, or because the people working there are afraid of change. They are themost advanced, progressive corporations in the world. They are notembracing analog because it is cool. They do it because analog provesthe most efficient, productive way to conduct business. They embrace analog to give them a competitive advantage.