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Heroes
Joseph Campbell built a lifetime of work on
the concept of heroes. His influence on
mankind cannot be denied. The statement
that he made that has had the greatest
impression on me is that; “you can tell about
a person by learning about his heroes”.
Joseph Campbell influenced George Lucas
also and Lucas went on to create the “Star
Wars” series.
I want you to learn about me to help you
determine whether my coaching will be of
benefit to you. On this page I am listing some
of my heroes and some of the reasons that
explain why I have selected them.
Viktor Frankl
I became aware of Dr. Frankl years ago when
I ran across his book, “Man’s Search for
Meaning” It chronicled the years that he
spent in four of Hitler’s concentration
camps. He started to write a manuscript of
his life’s work and when transferred to
license at the age of 67. A Peak Performer.
My kind of guy.
Jimmie Doolittle
Was born in Alameda, CA where I grew up.
He was a pilot in the Signal Corps during
WWI and spent the war as a flight instructor.
He is best known for leading a flight of 16
North American B-25’s to bomb Japan in April
of 1942. They loaded on the USS Hornet
when it was moored at the Alameda Naval Air
Station earlier in the month. At that very
moment I was a senior at the Alameda High
School, just a few short miles from the air
station. For this attack he was awarded the
Medal of Honor by President Franklin
Roosevelt. He went on to command the 15th
Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater and
the 8th Air Force in Europe and in the
Pacific. I met him in the early 80's when he
was the Grand Marshall at the Watsonville
Antique Air Show. Now that was a thrill. A
Peak Performer.
the concept of heroes. His influence on
mankind cannot be denied. The statement
that he made that has had the greatest
impression on me is that; “you can tell about
a person by learning about his heroes”.
Joseph Campbell influenced George Lucas
also and Lucas went on to create the “Star
Wars” series.
I want you to learn about me to help you
determine whether my coaching will be of
benefit to you. On this page I am listing some
of my heroes and some of the reasons that
explain why I have selected them.
Viktor Frankl
I became aware of Dr. Frankl years ago when
I ran across his book, “Man’s Search for
Meaning” It chronicled the years that he
spent in four of Hitler’s concentration
camps. He started to write a manuscript of
his life’s work and when transferred to
license at the age of 67. A Peak Performer.
My kind of guy.
Jimmie Doolittle
Was born in Alameda, CA where I grew up.
He was a pilot in the Signal Corps during
WWI and spent the war as a flight instructor.
He is best known for leading a flight of 16
North American B-25’s to bomb Japan in April
of 1942. They loaded on the USS Hornet
when it was moored at the Alameda Naval Air
Station earlier in the month. At that very
moment I was a senior at the Alameda High
School, just a few short miles from the air
station. For this attack he was awarded the
Medal of Honor by President Franklin
Roosevelt. He went on to command the 15th
Air Force in the Mediterranean Theater and
the 8th Air Force in Europe and in the
Pacific. I met him in the early 80's when he
was the Grand Marshall at the Watsonville
Antique Air Show. Now that was a thrill. A
Peak Performer.
Glen Cunningham
This is taken from a Google search that I did on
him. I remember when I was just a kid I heard
about him. When he was age 8 his legs were
horribly burned as a result of a fire in his one
damaged that several doctors considered
amputation. This gutsy eight year old determined
that not only would he walk again but he would
run, and run he did. He went on to attend Kansas
State and became one of the premiere milers of
the 1930s. He participated in the 1932 Olympics
and also the 1936 Olympics. In 1938 he broke the
world’s record in the mile. I remember hearing
that he would have to arrive at the track very
early and run and run until the scar tissue
softened so that he could compete. Courage and
determination and a Peak Performer.
Marva Collins
Also from a Google search: “She was a teacher in
the Chicago public school system .Her
experiences in the system, coupled with her
dissatisfaction with the quality of education that
her two youngest children were receiving in
prestigious private schools, convinced her that
children deserved better than what was passing
for acceptable education. That conviction led her
to her decision to open her own school on the
second floor of her home. She took the $5,000
balance in her school pension fund and began
her educational program with an enrollment of
her own two children and four other
neighborhood youngsters.
Thus, Westside preparatory School was founded
in 1975 in Garfield Park, a Chicago inner-city area.
During the first year, Marva took in learning
disabled, problem children and even one child
who had been labeled by Chicago public
authorities as borderline retarded. At the end of
the first year, every child scored at least five
grades higher proving that the previous labels
placed on these children were misguided. The
CBS program, 60 Minutes, visited her school for
the second time in 1996. That little girl who had
been labeled as border line retarded, graduated
in 1976 from college Summa Cum Laude. It was
documented on the 60 Minutes programs in 1996.
Marva’s graduates have entered some of the
nation’s finest colleges and universities such as
Harvard, Yale and Stanford, just to mention a few .
And, they have become physicians, lawyers,
engineers, educators, and entered other
professions. Another Peak Performer.
The American Hot Rod Designers and Builders
Throughout the world nothing says "America" like
The American Hot Rod. Few things embody the
Great American qualities of power, style,
resourcefulness and innovation, like The
American Hot Rod.
And few people represent the qualities of Peak
Performance like the those individuals who
design and build these awesome works of art.
Their creations are a testament to the skill,
dedication, motivation and vision they share with
the greatest artists and sculptors of any period in
history.
This is taken from a Google search that I did on
him. I remember when I was just a kid I heard
about him. When he was age 8 his legs were
horribly burned as a result of a fire in his one
damaged that several doctors considered
amputation. This gutsy eight year old determined
that not only would he walk again but he would
run, and run he did. He went on to attend Kansas
State and became one of the premiere milers of
the 1930s. He participated in the 1932 Olympics
and also the 1936 Olympics. In 1938 he broke the
world’s record in the mile. I remember hearing
that he would have to arrive at the track very
early and run and run until the scar tissue
softened so that he could compete. Courage and
determination and a Peak Performer.
Marva Collins
Also from a Google search: “She was a teacher in
the Chicago public school system .Her
experiences in the system, coupled with her
dissatisfaction with the quality of education that
her two youngest children were receiving in
prestigious private schools, convinced her that
children deserved better than what was passing
for acceptable education. That conviction led her
to her decision to open her own school on the
second floor of her home. She took the $5,000
balance in her school pension fund and began
her educational program with an enrollment of
her own two children and four other
neighborhood youngsters.
Thus, Westside preparatory School was founded
in 1975 in Garfield Park, a Chicago inner-city area.
During the first year, Marva took in learning
disabled, problem children and even one child
who had been labeled by Chicago public
authorities as borderline retarded. At the end of
the first year, every child scored at least five
grades higher proving that the previous labels
placed on these children were misguided. The
CBS program, 60 Minutes, visited her school for
the second time in 1996. That little girl who had
been labeled as border line retarded, graduated
in 1976 from college Summa Cum Laude. It was
documented on the 60 Minutes programs in 1996.
Marva’s graduates have entered some of the
nation’s finest colleges and universities such as
Harvard, Yale and Stanford, just to mention a few .
And, they have become physicians, lawyers,
engineers, educators, and entered other
professions. Another Peak Performer.
The American Hot Rod Designers and Builders
Throughout the world nothing says "America" like
The American Hot Rod. Few things embody the
Great American qualities of power, style,
resourcefulness and innovation, like The
American Hot Rod.
And few people represent the qualities of Peak
Performance like the those individuals who
design and build these awesome works of art.
Their creations are a testament to the skill,
dedication, motivation and vision they share with
the greatest artists and sculptors of any period in
history.
| Check back on this site from time to time as I will be adding new heroes as I find them. If you have any that you would like to add send their names to me with a are one of your heroes. |
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