Amazing Olympic Stories
Posted by charles in Athletes, Careers, London, Sport on 17. Jul, 2012 | 0 Comments
How many opportunities have come your way today? How many of them have you taken? Those are questions that Dr William Penny Brookes focused on. As a result, he helped re-ignite interest in the Olympic Games. Rather than choose a major city to bring people together, he chose Much Wenlock. This is a small community [...]
Learning from Olympic Athletes
Posted by charles in Athletes, Education, Life Stories, London, Uncategorized on 26. Jun, 2012 | 0 Comments
The training is reaching a peak. The athletes competing in the 2012 Olympics are counting down the days. The competitions and events will test them to the limit. Some will break world records. We will see a few athletes run or swim quicker than any human in history. Heros and heroines will be created. But, all [...]
Amazing People Podcasts
Posted by charles in Athletes, Entertainment, Life Stories, People, Self Development, Sport on 24. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
Are you a mainly a reader or a listener when it comes to gaining information? Normally, I prefer to read, unless I am in the car and listening to the radio. However, last week, I was interviewed by Marion Andersson about my new Apple I book series called Amazing Olympic Stories. It was for a [...]
Amazing Olympians
Posted by charles in Athletes, Cities, London, Self Development, Sport on 22. Apr, 2012 | 0 Comments
The largest sports show on Earth is close upon us. It is held every four years, But, how did it all start? As part of my interest in amazing people, I decided to travel through time to the days of the ancient Greece. I discovered that in 776BC – almost 3000 years ago – the [...]
Olympic Games – Questions
Posted by charles in Athletes, London, Self Development on 15. Mar, 2012 | 0 Comments
In just over three months, the 2012 Olympic Games will commence in London. The competitors have been training hard. The organizers have been working night and day to get the facilities ready. But, why do we have the Olympics? Where and when did they start? Why where the Olympics Games banned by the Romans? Who [...]
London and the Olympics
Posted by charles in Athletes, Cities, Entertainment, London, Places on 14. Aug, 2011 | 0 Comments
The race is already on. London has Olympics Fever. While I was there, many thousands of people were hoping they would win the race for Olympic Games tickets in the lottery. I was in London recently on business, as I am writing a book called Amazing Olympians. It tells the personal stories of 12 people who [...]
