Fire-Walkers Get Burned

At a self-help seminar in Rohrbach, Austria, participants were urged to walk over hot, fiery coals. The purpose of the exercise was to "mobilize ...

Boxer Mike Tyson Squandered Fortune

Minimum amount boxer Mike Tyson earned in the nine years before filing for bankruptcy in August 2003: $300,000,000.

WD-40 Teaches Persistence

The following is an object lesson on persistence:

Text: "Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we ...

Red Cross Founder Motivated by War's Devastation

Henri Dunant was a wealthy 19th century Swiss banker. He was sent to Paris by the Swiss government to work on a business deal with Napoleon. He arrived ...

"Gladiator": A Parent's Painful Legacy

The film Gladiator tells the story of Maximus (Russell Crowe), general of the Roman army in 180 A.D. Following victory in a decisive battle, the dying ...

Sir Edmund Hillary Overcomes Mount Everest

Failure does not shape you; the way you respond to failure shapes you. Sir Edmund Hillary made several unsuccessful attempts at scaling Mount Everest ...

Empty Success

Our greatest fear should not be of failure, but of succeeding at something that doesn't really matter.

Willing to Succeed or Fail for God

Kelly Williams faced a hard question when he was launching a new church start in Colorado Springs, Colorado. During the initial stages, the attendance ...

Why Spy Robert Hanssen Betrayed the U.S.

In SPY: The Inside Story of How the FBI's Robert Hanssen Betrayed America, author David Wise tells of his exclusive meetings with Dr. David Charney, ...

All Michael Jordan's Failures

I have missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I have lost almost 300 games. On 26 occasions I have been entrusted to take the game winning shot and ...