What About Michael Phelps?
I made the point in my second post, ‘First Observable Change in Behavior…’ that one of the great things about a blog is the ability to pass on good information to a lot of people who it may benefit.
I was out of town for 24 hours over the weekend while I was mulling over my last post in the back of my head. I wanted to post it before I left town because I hadn’t put up a post in a few days but I didn’t even get a draft written to be posted at a later date due to other projects that were more urgent before I hit the road. I brought my laptop with me but I might as well have brought a kettle ball.
We were in the hotel bar on Saturday night watching the end of the Ryder Cup for that day. We were cheering everything the Americans did while an Englishman sitting a few tables over was cheering everything the Europeans did. The simultaneous cheers and groans on every putt were comical. What’s great about hotel bars is that people are friendlier because you’re all out of town, relaxed a little bit being out of your old environment and its much more likely to have good conversation with someone from another part of the universe.
We started chatting with our new friend and found out he is in the apparel business and used to work with Speedo. He met Michael Phelps a few times and said that he’s the most focused individual he’s ever met. He went to bed every night regularly at 8 so that he could wake up and start swimming at 4AM.
Michael Phelps Donates Speedo’s $1 Million Bonus To Launch Charity Foundation
15.09.2008
Fourteen time Olympic Gold Medallist Michael Phelps this week announced the launch of the Michael Phelps Foundation, donating Speedo’s $1 million bonus he will receive for winning eight gold medals in Beijing.
There wasn’t a whole lot of media coverage of Phelps’ charitable endeavors. What a great project to start. Phelps deserves all the success he’s achieved.
