by admin | Apr 2, 2021 | Fear Topics
A year ago, The Washington Team’s quarterback Alex Smith was not expected to ever return to the roster. By January 2021, Alex Smith was awarded The Comeback Player of the Year. The Ringer called Alex the “NFL’s Most Terrifying Miracle.” On Nov. 18, 2018, Smith was...
by admin | Jan 23, 2021 | Fear Topics
Most people who have a failure of some sort and survive can usually put it behind them in some way. Not so for Vinko Bogataj. You might not know the name, but for anyone over the age of 50, you probably know him as the Agony of Defeat guy from Wide World of Sports. ...
by admin | Oct 25, 2020 | Fear Topics
If you’ve been around the business world for any length of time you’ve probably heard some variation of the phrase putting the landing gear on during flight or building the plane while it’s in flight. Many years ago I was on a plane that had landed...
by admin | Aug 9, 2020 | Fear Topics
Few people have taken a screw the fear attitude further than Chuck Yeager. Most people know him for breaking the sound barrier, but he had been facing down his fears in a big way well before this. He wasn’t even supposed to be a pilot because he didn’t...
by admin | Jul 5, 2020 | Fear Topics
Being first is challenging. Recently we went to see John Cleese at a showing of Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Afterwards he talked about the making of the movie and his history in comedy. It turned out that he was the first person to say shit on a national...
by admin | Apr 8, 2020 | Fear Topics
When I first went into the Air Force, I needed to to go for a physical at McGuire AFB because it was the nearest base to my school. I was sitting in the lounge waiting for my appointment when a nurse escorting in this rather elderly gentleman. She helped him sit down...
