CHAPTER 1

What Does a Champion Look Like?

Two questions have bugged me all my life.

First, why do some people accomplish so much more than others in their business careers and lives? And second, why do some people accomplish so much more than others … so much more quickly?

I have spent decades researching the answers to those two questions and sharing what I’ve learned with my students at the University of Minnesota and more than 3,000 audiences in various businesses where I have delivered keynotes and seminars. I think you’re going to be surprised as well as delighted by the answers I’ve found.

The surprising part is there is nothing in the research that adequately accounts for this difference in success. It cannot be explained by age, birth ...

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