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Kevin is a great tennis player. He’s been in the top squad since he joined the club, but something isn’t working for him. He’s paired with the best players every time he plays a match, but he consistently loses at the very point when he’s losing his passion and thinking about quitting. He’s been identified as having the potential to be a great player, but he’s still not at the top of his game. If he wants to keep playing tennis at this club and at this level his only choice i

There’s not much space to learn and grow if you don’t love the place where you are. After facing what was probably one of the worst years in his career in 2015, the tennis player Nadal said that no one fails if you do your best to win: you fail when you don’t try hard enough to achieve your goals. People who achieve remarkable objectives are not only exceptional at what they do but also very persistent. Contrary to appearances, they don’t measure success according to what the

One of the problems of measuring success in exclusively financial terms is that you miss potential. Commodore was probably more successful than Apple in the late ’seventies, but Apple had more potential. However, many times in our own businesses we make decisions driven by wanting to be successful rather than releasing our potential. Fulfilling our potential requires patience and a long-term mentality that isn’t exclusively focused on short-term gain. It’s risky. How are you