On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

The one element that stands out most clearly among our peak performers is their virtually unassailable belief in the likelihood of their own success.

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.