John R. Miles

Because in my own book, I talk about the fact that I think so many people today are not living on autopilot, where if you put the plan on autopilot, you're typically going in the direction you want your life to take.

I think more of us are living it like we're a pinball in the game of pinball.

And we just subconsciously allow our lives to unfold without being deliberate about how we're trying to live them.

And I think in many ways, that's what you're trying to say here.

I think that's absolutely essential and agree with you full heartedly.

One of the things you do throughout the book is you've got some great examples of people in the book.

I'm going to use a person, but then I'm going to use a story you didn't talk about in the book.

You talk about Michael Jordan and his coach in multiple places.

And one of the things you talked about, Michael, is...

one of the things that led him to greatness was his focus on practice, which is something a lot of us don't want to do, but he thrived on it.

But I want to take Michael in a different setting that you know a lot about.

So Michael comes out of winning three championships and makes the decision he wants to become a professional baseball player.

And

I remember when he first came out, he was just tearing it up.

And then the teams and the pitchers figured out his weakness and all of a sudden he couldn't hit a ball to save his life.

But in typical Michael Jordan fashion, what did he do differently that a lot of people wouldn't have done when he faced that situation?

I absolutely think that's one aspect.

The other thing that I thought was remarkable is that he would sit there and reportedly hit 1500 pitches a day until he figured out how to master the curve ball, which was really impacting his ability.

And watching that same thing, it was pretty interesting how many professional players thought if he would have had more time, he would have definitely made it to the big leagues because of his work ethic.

Yeah.