Isner and Mahut played for 11 hours at Wimbledon because no one made a mistake. If you want to win – in sports or in business – you have to force your opponents into making mistakes. By doing the unexpected and creative, any perfect defense can be broken, as examples show. Why imperfection is the real perfection.
Martin Palermo, “El Loco” – the crazy one – finally played at a World Cup and even scored a goal. What a ride his career has been! It’s a wonderful story about how optimism and hard work can get you anywhere, no matter how big the obstacles you have to overcome on the way there are.
A lot of bad calls by the referees at the World Cup resulted in players and coaches complaining. This article talks about the “referees” in your job: Bosses, colleagues, the HR department, etc. and why complaining about them is as useless as in soccer. Here’s how to get over your stubbornness and come up with the right reactions.
Soccer tactics are like fashion: They only last for a certain time until new ones come up. Looking at the history of tactics at the World Cups, this article compares fashions in management strategies to soccer tactics fashion and also finds a way to explain why many matches at the 2010 World Cup were quite boring.
Basketball coaching legend John Wooden died. His definition of success was: “Piece of mind attained only through self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to do the best of which you’re capable”. What a great inspiration: Do the best of which you’re capable, don’t worry about others and be patient.
There’s a fine line between genius and insanity. Eric Cantona has erased this line. One of the greatest yet most controversial players ever. Here’s why he never played a World Cup and what we can learn from his case, especially on how to deal with “insane geniuses”.
With Diego Maradona and Carlos Bilardo both going below the belt – are Argentina the bad boys of the World Cup? No, they are not; it’s just leaders taking away the pressure from their team. Learn more about craziness on purpose and the role of a wig in this post.
Just like coaches try to mislead their opponents prior to the World Cup, Apple does the same with controlled information leaks. How can giving away false information on purpose support a product launch?
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