What does this 23 year old boy/man have that we do not? Records after records and beating his own. Why does he do it or rather how does he do it? Skill/Practice? I think its beyond all those. Every time during an olympics there are many who put in 4 years of rigorous practice. They have the best of Coaches, equipments for training and so on. Then why?

The difference is the mindset is what I believe. The person who reaches the fastest gets the Gold, the 2nd silver and the 3rd bronze and the 4th nothing. They are not in the history books and whats the difference, milli seconds. That decides your destiny.  So you ought to give your best and even then you get a chance not to win.

Mindset is the key difference. And also there is a lot of self fulling prophecy that works for Phelps now! Everyone is expecting him to win and resources around him also support. He would have a great mindset when the thought of Play To Win will be so high.

But few point I want to push here is

1. Success comes from 100% intensity and passion

2. Having the right mindset in every action of yours will make success easier

3. Courage and Determination must beat the fear and give the certainty that you can be on top.

Look at the picutres of all the olympic medalists, the intensity is so high and they have fun and passion is at the peak. Its true in any area of life I believe! Thats what is pushing me today to do more.