The former NBA player and coach that I sat next to on my flight to Dubai last week told me that he was once very close with Mike Tyson before Mike got married to Robin Givens…as we spoke, he told me with a big sigh…. as if he was thinking & remembering outloud, how great a fighter Mike Tyson once was…”the best ever,” he commented.
Unfortunately, 99 out of 100 people most probably do not remember how exceptionally tough and great a boxer Tyson once was ….. we only remember his most recent arrest, facial tatoo, him biting Holyfield’s ear ….. very few people remember how great he once was.
Steve Jobs is arguably one of the best marketing genius’ of recent times ….. we have all but forgotten (as we should) that Steve, who co-founded Apple failed as a leader — when he was CEO, the company nearly went bankrupt. Consequently, He was fired as the ceo and bascially, banished from Apple by the board.
Many years later - Steve Jobs came back, as he explained in one of his books “he reflected on his mistakes and became a new & improved leader.” We only know the genius that he is today. A genius that has revolutionized mp3’s and mobile phones…..we have all forgotten (as we should) his failures 15- 20 years ago.
My point is that he failed … but he got back up, reflected on his mistakes and climbed higher. No one remembers his failures of 15-20 years ago.
We only remember his success today.
My dad said over and over when I was younger somthing that never clicked until about 8 years ago or so …. “you are only as good as your last sale….”
It does not matter what you did last year.
The truth is that no one cares about how great you once were …. what matters is how great you are today.
From my experience — many talented people who achieve greatess, when they fail once or twice …. they then fall into the trap of living off their past …..
but no one cares about your greatness last year ….
The great thing about life is that we are only as good as our last success.
Which means when we do make mistakes - we can get back up, learn from them and climb higher …. and the truth is the mistakes or failures will be long forgotten when one achieves.
…. if you fail … screw up … make a big mistake ….. all of the negatives are forotten when you get up and climb higher and achieve.
you are only as good as your last sale.
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May 19th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Tyson’s great! Cassius Clay is ledgend! Do you agree?
May 20th, 2008 at 4:13 am
the point is not whether i think tyson was great or not.
the only thing one remembers about tyson is his “last sale”…last fight.
which furthers my point of “we are only as good as our last show.”