MitchellTytler

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We all want success but some want it more than others and are willing to put up the extra energy to reach goals despite the hassles, odds against, roadblocks, dangers, pitfalls, and/ or controversies that may cause failure of the business. Sometimes business people are their own worst enemies and the leading causes of their own business failure. Failure, however distasteful, can be based on many factors that are within the direct control of every business owner. Here are some of the most important ways business people fail: Real or Perceived Threats to the Self Anyone on a mission - activist, reformer, leader, salesperson, etc. - will at some time feel threatened in some way. I remember writing a letter to the editor on a local cause and feeling rather shocked at receiving a direct phone call from a stranger about the issue - luckily he was a supporter. I didn't write another letter for a while. Threats of any kind or intensity can cause people to back off, hesitate, or walk awa...

Rome had been chosen to stage the 1908 Olympic Games, but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in southern Italy had intervened. It was some 52 years later that the Games finally arrived in the Italian capital. The Rome games were broadcast by television to all European countries and were watched by millions. However, the competitions themselves were overshadowed by the rivalry between the US and the USSR. In the final medal table the USSR finished ahead of the US by 43 to 34 gold medals. Olympic Highlights o Running barefoot, Ethiopian athlete Abebe Bikila did not go unnoticed when he entered the marathon. He refused to be daunted by the condescending remarks and left all his opponents behind to cross the finishing line victorious, near Constantine's triumphal arch. o Aged 20, Wilma Rudolph became the first American woman to win three gold athletics medals in one Olympiad: in the 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay. She achieved this extraordinary feat despite suffering from a string of chil...