E49 – Relaxing For The Same Results
Derek Sivers is a musician, entrepreneur, and author who became famous for his 3 min TED Talk on how to start a movement. In a podcast, he shares this incident which made him question his A-type personality…..
E48 – Stories do work
It was Monday evening, October 3rd, 2005. Bob Iger, who had recently become the CEO of Disney, was going to give his first presentation to the board. Ten years ago, Disney bought ABC. Iger, who was the Vice President at ABC, was made…
E47 – The Kick of Michael Phelps
It is August 16 2008. The Beijing Olympics are on. Michael Phelps has already won six gold medals. Now he’s on the quest for the record equaling 7th, The 100 meters butterfly. The record for the seven individual goals in a…
E45 – Discipline: Sachin Tendulkar – 241*
When Sachin Tendulkar walked out to the crease at the Sydney Cricket Ground on 2nd Jan 2004, one of the best batsmen in the world found himself in a rather…
E44 – Apple 1984 – The ad that changed the world
On January 22nd, 1984 during the live Super Bowl in America, had the highest ever viewership for any television programming.
E43 – The Mars Climate Orbiter
On 1998 December 11th, the Mars Climate Orbiter was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. It was part of a dual mission. The other thing was the Mars Polar Lander, which would be launched about a couple of weeks later……
E42 – The Viking Warrior
In 1889, a 10th-century warrior’s grave was discovered in Sweden in an archaeological dig. It had all the accoutrements of a Viking professional soldier. It had long swords, short swords, knives, bows, arrows, a spear, and a shield……
E41 – The best shooting hand
In the 1930s, there was a man in the Hungarian army who was determined to be the best pistol shooter in the world. He practiced very hard and by 1936 he was not only Hungary’s best but a world class shooter. His name was Karoly Takacs…
E38 – Who packs your Parachute?
This is a very short story about the veteran from the Vietnam War, his name was Captain Charles J Plumb. One day Capt. Plumb and his wife, both staying in Kansas City, were having dinner…
E37 – The Day Notre Dame Burned
It was around 6pm on April 15th, 2019. The security employee monitoring the smoke alarm panel at the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris was just three days old in his job. Stationed since…