Hi Everyone,
I'm writing an article about swimmers and career success, and I'm wondering what you all have to say on the topic.
Do you think swimmers achieve greater career success than other types of athletes?
If so, why?
I'm going to run a poll, but I also welcome responses here in this forum or privately.
Thanks in advance for your responses,
Bill
Parents
Former Member
Any intelligent person who has some discipline and a bit of luck, can have "success". What I think is strange, though, is that the definition of success usually revolves around career/money/material things. You can use your intellect to make money, but you can also use it to make time. I've deliberately chosen to not ride the career elevator, still make a good living (although not nearly what I could), and have plenty of time to do what I want to do. It drives my parents crazy that I'm not "president of IBM or something like that", but accumulating a bunch of stuff and then dropping dead of a heart attack in my early-50's doesn't seem to be the best use of my life.
Bigger/better/faster/more isn't always bigger/better/faster/more.
Your mileage may vary.
-LBJ
Any intelligent person who has some discipline and a bit of luck, can have "success". What I think is strange, though, is that the definition of success usually revolves around career/money/material things. You can use your intellect to make money, but you can also use it to make time. I've deliberately chosen to not ride the career elevator, still make a good living (although not nearly what I could), and have plenty of time to do what I want to do. It drives my parents crazy that I'm not "president of IBM or something like that", but accumulating a bunch of stuff and then dropping dead of a heart attack in my early-50's doesn't seem to be the best use of my life.
Bigger/better/faster/more isn't always bigger/better/faster/more.
Your mileage may vary.
-LBJ
