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Recently, a colleague of mine gave me a small business book titled 212: The Extra Degree, written by Sam Peter and Mac Anderson. The concept of the book is that achieving goals is a result of continuous effort and going for the extra degree. At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, water boils and creates steam. Steam can run a locomotive. The power of just that one extra degree is extraordinary.
In the past 40 years, in all of golf’s major tournaments (Masters, US Open, British Open, and PGA Championship) the average margin of victory has been less than 3 strokes. There are four rounds played in every tournament, so the margin of victory is less than one stroke per round. However, the winner of these tournaments took home an average of 76% more than the second place finisher. The “extra degree” of effort resulted in a tremendous result.
In the last 10 years, the margin of victory in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 have been 1.54 seconds. The second place finisher took home less than half of the money that the winner did.
What will you do in the next year to achieve that one extra degree and drive your business, your family, and your life to greater heights? Too many people have stopped short of achieving goals, never really realizing how close they were to accomplishing what they sent out to do. It reminds me of a speech given by Winston Churchill in which he said “we will never give up”. It is a mindset and a way to think.
Be confident, and believe in yourself. Continue to push forward and you will achieve what you set out to do.
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Recently, a colleague of mine gave me a small business book titled 212: The Extra Degree, written by Sam Peter and Mac Anderso
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Recently, a colleague of mine gave me a small business book titled 212: The Extra Degree, written by Sam Peter and Mac Anderson. The concept of the book is that achieving goals is a result of continuous effort and going for the extra degree. At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, water boils and creates steam. Steam can run a locomotive. The power of just that one extra degree is extraordinary.
In the past 40 years, in all of golf’s major tournaments (Masters, US Open, British Open, and PGA Championship) the average margin of victory has been less than 3 strokes. There are four rounds played in every tournament, so the margin of victory is less than one stroke per round. However, the winner of these tournaments took home an average of 76% more than the second place finisher. The “extra degree” of effort resulted in a tremendous result.
In the last 10 years, the margin of victory in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 have been 1.54 seconds. The second place finisher took home less than half of the money that the winner did.
What will you do in the next year to achieve that one extra degree and drive your business, your family, and your life to greater heights? Too many people have stopped short of achieving goals, never really realizing how close they were to accomplishing what they sent out to do. It reminds me of a speech given by Winston Churchill in which he said “we will never give up”. It is a mindset and a way to think.
Be confident, and believe in yourself. Continue to push forward and you will achieve what you set out to do.
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Recently, a colleague of mine gave me a small business book titled 212: The Extra Degree, written by Sam Peter and Mac Anderson. The concept of the book is that achieving goals is a result of continuous effort and going for the extra degree. At 211 degrees, water is hot. At 212 degrees, water boils and creates steam. Steam can run a locomotive. The power of just that one extra degree is extraordinary.
In the past 40 years, in all of golf’s major tournaments (Masters, US Open, British Open, and PGA Championship) the average margin of victory has been less than 3 strokes. There are four rounds played in every tournament, so the margin of victory is less than one stroke per round. However, the winner of these tournaments took home an average of 76% more than the second place finisher. The “extra degree” of effort resulted in a tremendous result.
In the last 10 years, the margin of victory in the Daytona 500 and Indianapolis 500 have been 1.54 seconds. The second place finisher took home less than half of the money that the winner did.
What will you do in the next year to achieve that one extra degree and drive your business, your family, and your life to greater heights? Too many people have stopped short of achieving goals, never really realizing how close they were to accomplishing what they sent out to do. It reminds me of a speech given by Winston Churchill in which he said “we will never give up”. It is a mindset and a way to think.
Be confident, and believe in yourself. Continue to push forward and you will achieve what you set out to do.
