Hi,
Good morning! Hope you had a great week. We are in a race everywhere. There is competition everywhere, and it is getting tougher by the day. We have all been competing as a child, at school, at college, in jobs, and in the societies we live. And, that’s perhaps what is driving us move forward, strive to do better, and achieve more. This week, I would like to share with you the story of a man who virtually had no competition, but excelled as a world-class competitor for a significant period. How did he manage to do that?
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The Story of Sergey Bubka and the Need to Compete With Oneself
Source: Internet info ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Bubka )
Sergey was born on 4 Dec 1963 in Ukraine. In 1983, virtually unknown till then in international meets, he won the world championship at Helsinki, and the following year he set his first world record, clearing a height of 5 m 75 cm. The years that followed witnessed the unparalleled dominance of Bubka, with him setting new records and standards in pole vaulting. He broke the world record for men's pole vaulting a total of 35 times in his career: outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor world record 18 times. The fact that most of the time the record he improved was his own demonstrates his absolute dominance in the event.
He became the first athlete ever to jump over 6.10 metres in 1991. As of February 2011, no other athlete has cleared 6.07, indoors or outdoors. He set the current world record of 6.14 metres in 1994, and it is yet to be broken by anyone. When asked about his secret to his success, he once said, “Having no stiff competition was much more challenging, and my ability to compete with myself to set higher targets helped me achieve more.”
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Are we complacent at times with what we have already achieved? Is lack of competition limiting our potential to achieve greater than what we have been able to? Is there someone unknown within who is restricting the ability to perform better and greater? It is perhaps time to stop looking at only the external competition as a trigger and start competing with the one within for setting higher standards and achieving greater milestones. With self belief coupled with self discipline, one can move the mountains.
The Best for you always!
With love and regards,
Siva
Good morning! Hope you had a great week. We are in a race everywhere. There is competition everywhere, and it is getting tougher by the day. We have all been competing as a child, at school, at college, in jobs, and in the societies we live. And, that’s perhaps what is driving us move forward, strive to do better, and achieve more. This week, I would like to share with you the story of a man who virtually had no competition, but excelled as a world-class competitor for a significant period. How did he manage to do that?
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The Story of Sergey Bubka and the Need to Compete With Oneself
Source: Internet info ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Bubka )
Sergey was born on 4 Dec 1963 in Ukraine. In 1983, virtually unknown till then in international meets, he won the world championship at Helsinki, and the following year he set his first world record, clearing a height of 5 m 75 cm. The years that followed witnessed the unparalleled dominance of Bubka, with him setting new records and standards in pole vaulting. He broke the world record for men's pole vaulting a total of 35 times in his career: outdoor world record 17 times and the indoor world record 18 times. The fact that most of the time the record he improved was his own demonstrates his absolute dominance in the event.He became the first athlete ever to jump over 6.10 metres in 1991. As of February 2011, no other athlete has cleared 6.07, indoors or outdoors. He set the current world record of 6.14 metres in 1994, and it is yet to be broken by anyone. When asked about his secret to his success, he once said, “Having no stiff competition was much more challenging, and my ability to compete with myself to set higher targets helped me achieve more.”
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Are we complacent at times with what we have already achieved? Is lack of competition limiting our potential to achieve greater than what we have been able to? Is there someone unknown within who is restricting the ability to perform better and greater? It is perhaps time to stop looking at only the external competition as a trigger and start competing with the one within for setting higher standards and achieving greater milestones. With self belief coupled with self discipline, one can move the mountains.
The Best for you always!
With love and regards,
Siva
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