Whatever you do, you have to be a student of your business. You have to be constantly on lookout for improvements.

Moreover, you have to be hungry for those little improvements, eager to find them, and dedicated to integrating them into your everyday performance.

The reason I use phrase, “you have to be” is because if you are not, your performance level will drop off while performance level of others improves.

Within every business or profession, some people keep getting better while rest stay same or backslide.

The ones that keep getting better are those that learn little secrets of what they do. These achievers are not necessarily those with greatest talent, but with greatest commitment to excellence.

The 21-year-old swimmer represented Equatorial Guinea in Sydney Olympics and competed in 100-meter freestyle.

He didn’t win a medal, but he does have heart.

Moussambani made it to Olympics only because of a special program for developing countries.

He competed in last preliminary heat and was only swimmer in pool. Two other swimmers were disqualified for false starts.

For most Olympic swimmers, this would hardly be a big deal. However, Moussambani had never seen, much less swam in, an Olympic-sized pool.

All Equatorial Guinea could offer him was a small hotel pool that he could use only when guests were not in it.