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
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Originally posted by Leonard Jansen
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
You are soooooo right. With Trump having his show now, a lot of people are using the old "I wish I was him." line. Not me. Too much constant work and always being driven. He can never let his guard down. He can never let up.
I try to live life like this...... Wok hard and play hard. (I guess swimming is the mix of both!) I always tell my son (12 years old and real difficult to get to do school work) that he needs to do the things he has to do so that he can do the things he wants to do.
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Originally posted by Leonard Jansen
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
You are soooooo right. With Trump having his show now, a lot of people are using the old "I wish I was him." line. Not me. Too much constant work and always being driven. He can never let his guard down. He can never let up.
I try to live life like this...... Wok hard and play hard. (I guess swimming is the mix of both!) I always tell my son (12 years old and real difficult to get to do school work) that he needs to do the things he has to do so that he can do the things he wants to do.
