The Way of Excellence A Guide to True Greatness and Deep Satisfaction in a Chaotic World

Developed in the 1970s by an employee of the Gordon Training Institute, it shows how experts have been wrestling with the role of feelings in excellence for quite some time. Even when excellence reaches its zenith, the associated feelings are more like satisfaction, vitality, and love. And for all his ferocious intensity, even Jordan stuck his tongue out during dunks—a primal and perhaps involuntary expression of joy, freedom, and love for the game. After multiple failed attempts, Roger Bannister finally became the first person ever to run a mile in under four minutes4—but not until he took a hiatus from training that lasted two weeks, which he spent hiking with friends.