During the 1990s, I never laughed harder than the time I saw Michael Jordan receive self-help therapy for low self-esteem.
Jordan was hosting Saturday Night Live, and I tuned-in to watch from my bedroom just in time to see His Airness do something truly hilarious. Yes, right before my very eyes, the world’s most dominant athlete volunteered to engage in an unlikely counseling session with Stuart Smalley – SNL’s resident psychiatric quack.
The goofy therapist wasted no time asking his über-confident client the following question: “Michael, on the night before a game, don’t you secretly lie awake in your bed and tell yourself that you are not good enough for basketball, and that all the other players are better than you?”
Unfazed, the six-time NBA champion and Finals MVP simply stared at his interviewer.
“I mean, c’mon, Michael. Don’t you lie there at night, thinking there’s no way you could ever score enough points to win the next game? Don’t you secretly…
Dan Nichols
has been an entrepreneur since an early age. He always had the desire to handle things himself. For him, this makes the wins sweeter and losses about improving performance. This jack-of-all-trades mentality has led Dan to developing a host of consultative services for entrepreneurs and business startups.