Tag: competition

"People have enough to live on, but nothing to live for; they have the means, but no meaning." ~Robert Fogel

Daniel Pink, in his book, "A Whole New Mind," lays out a convincing argument that a new skill set is going to be required for future workers, meaning our children. Highest on the list is creativity, artistic ability, empathy, people skills, and the ability to evoke meaning in products.

It’s been well-proven that "social dieting" makes weight loss more fun and successful—especially with programs that include elements like the spirit competition, teamwork, encouragement and, of course, gentle peer pressure (you don't want to mess things up for your other half, after all). Such programs, like the cash-and-camaraderie-fueled challenges that couples can partake in a "healthy wager" are not only a powerful and effective weight loss method, but also an exciting means to bring a couple closer together... and even subsidize their date night outings with monetary rewards realized for pound shedding success.

Still shunning alcohol because she was breastfeeding her 7-week-old baby, Jessica Hopkins grabbed a 50-pound (23 kg) beer keg with her bare hands and hurled it over a chest-high metal bar.

Women like Hopkins, a former jewelry design assistant, are the fastest-growing group of competitors in Strongman, a sport that involves chucking, dragging and hefting tremendously heavy weights. Events include single-handedly pulling a 23-ton (21-metric-ton) fire truck across a parking lot or heaving a 200-pound fire hydrant onto a shoulder-high platform.

The story of Bello Family Vineyards is proof that success does breed success. Family patriarch Michael Bello, who has always set high goals and worked tirelessly to achieve them, had two lifetime dreams. The first was to own a champion racehorse and the second was to produce a champion wine.

He made both possible in 2000, when he purchased real estate in the Napa Valley’s Rutherford District and began building his estate with the meticulous construction of a farmhouse—the likes of which had never been seen in the valley.