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1. Climbing a Majestic Mountain

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Alan Loy McGinnis

When the 23rd Olympic Games came to the United States, the doomsayers predicted a disaster. In everyone’s minds were the terrorist attacks which made Munich a tragedy and the fiscal disaster in Montreal, which left the government one billion dollars in debt. But the U.S. games proved to be a smashing success, in large part due to Peter Ueberroth, the forty-two-year-old optimist who masterminded t...

2. Start Anew

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Alan Loy McGinnis

Thomas Edison's manufacturing facilities in West Orange, N.J., were heavily damaged by fire one night in December, 1914. Edison lost almost $1 million worth of equipment and the record of much of his work. The next morning, walking about the charred embers of his hopes and dreams, the 67-year-old inventor said: "There is value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Now we can start anew."

3. The Greatest Moment

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Alan Loy McGinnis

The concert impresario, Sol Hurok, liked to say that Marian Anderson hadn't simply grown great, she'd grown great simply. He said: "A few years ago a reporter interviewed Marian and asked her to name the greatest moment in her life. I was in her dressing room at the time and was curious to hear the answer. I knew she had many big moments to choose from. There was the night Toscanini told her that...

4. The Impossible Barrier Myth

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Alan Loy McGinnis

When our leader exposes us to successful people, it not only inculcates certain values, it also convinces us that if they can achieve, so can we. Seeing another succeed somehow inspires us to succeed. For nine years the record for the mile hovered just above four minutes. As early as 1945, Gunder Haegg had approached the barrier with a time of 4:01.4. But many people said that the limits of physic...

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1. Climbing a Majestic Mountain

Illustration

Alan Loy McGinnis

2. Start Anew

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Alan Loy McGinnis

3. The Greatest Moment

Illustration

Alan Loy McGinnis

4. The Impossible Barrier Myth

Illustration

Alan Loy McGinnis

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