It is actually pretty obvious success involves being in the right place at the right time - what would be more useful, says Mark Loosmore, is to be told how we get to the right place and what we do when we get there
How many of you reading this have heard the quote "I skate to where the puck is going to be - not where it has been"? Quite a few of you, I would imagine. The quote was actually taken out of context from the legendary Canadian ice hockey player Wayne Gretzky's autobiography. In his book, Gretzky describes how at practices his dad would drill him on the fundamentals of smart hockey: Gretzky's dad: "Where's the last place a guy looks before he passes it?" Gretzky: "The guy he's passing to." Gretzky's dad: "Which means ...
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