Archive for August, 2008

What makes Michael Phelps Win?

Posted on 21. Aug, 2008 by .

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Well, we have certainly seen some remarkable athletic performances in the first week of the Olympics.  To continue on the path from last post, a couple of examples of true competitors come to mind. How do you like these competitors?…

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Do You Like Competition?

Posted on 20. Aug, 2008 by .

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What’s so great about the Olympics? What’s so great about sports? After all, sport is all about competition, about categorizing people into winners and losers. According to dictionaries “competing” is the act of defeating someone else. Is it really? Well of course it is. The whole purpose of competition is about being better than someone [...]

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The Beijing Olympics Are Open

Posted on 11. Aug, 2008 by .

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 The Olympics in Beijing are underway and my new flat screen TV is coming to great use. As a matter of fact, I seldom watch TV, but I definitely watch the Olympics. Why? In this and upcoming (if I find the time) Olympic blog posts it will probably become abundantly clear why. I just saw [...]

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