Michael Phelps continues to sweep the world in the living rooms of all homes, in the hearts, minds and imagination of the young to the old, of the sport fanatics to people afraid of water, of his supporters to his competitors.
What do we call this spirit?
Phelpsmanian Fever? Phelpsian Feat? The Eight Wonder of the World? The Crowning Glory of making the impossible possible?
All of the above!
One thing NOT emphasized enough in all the Phelpsian coverage stories is one very important factor in his magnificent achievement:
This story differs in all the story coverage to put more light into this fact.
Michael’s talent, discipline, dedication, determination and soaring imagination are indisputable. With that said, the other part of this incredible success story are the other factors of the success equation: Michael had 4 factors going for him during his pursuit:
1. Unconditional love and unyielding support and faith of his Mother for him.
2. The relentless support, guidance and training by and of his coach that helped push him beyond any perceived limit the boundlessness of his imagination.
3. The incredible support and performance of his teammates.
4. He had competitors and distracters that served to keep him on his toes and managed to hire up even more his imagination.
The above prove that even the best can reach a point where the next level of success calls for efforts outside of oneself. No matter the greatness of one feats and imagination, there is always a point where the next level requires efforts outside of oneself. This is clearly demonstrated in this perfect storm athletic performance. For all of Michael’s best efforts, he couldn’t have gotten to where he is now without his teammate’s support and world class performances of their own.
Michel being the ultimate athlete that he is, already proclaimed yet another goal beyond garnering more Olympic medals. He is already imagining performance of even yet higher level, he was talking of how to use his achievements to impact the face of swimming for kids. This could yet become his best performance and most difficult challenges of all. It surely would bring him gold of a different kind … the gold of children’s gratitude and admiration for his service and impact on them and their own dreams.
How big is your dream and Imagination?
Well, a search is going on for a special individual who has a heart of gold to want to make a difference in the world and who could use the support and help of world class team of coaches and supporters to garner a massive impact equal to that of Michael’s if in different respect.
You can meet this team of coaches and teammates of supporters in a 3-day Impact Action Boot Camp in Philadelphia, PA on August 22-24, 2008. There is a fee to attend this training, but if you can still join for free and apply also as the special individual to be put on stage to be helped in a manner similar to the Extreme Make Over program concept. You will be spotlighted to have your dreams: Get Noticed, Motivate Millions and Make a Difference to a Noisy world like Michael did!
The great news about this concept of “Search Help and Impact” is that you do not have to practice tediously for four years to get a shot of a performance in the world stage. If you have the heart, dream and imagination to make a massive difference out there and need a world class team to help you, I invite you to send us your story at:
http://www.impactbootcamp.com
Marina F. Dean is the CEO and Founder of National Institute For Early Financial Literacy for Children, whose own dream is to bring massive impact in the financial training and development of children all over the world.
www.earlyfinance4kids.com
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