With over 1,100 career wins, Mike Krzyzewski – or Coach K, for short – is the winningest coach in college basketball history. In fact, no other men’s coach has even cracked 1,000. Most of those wins came with Duke, where Coach K has been the head coach since 1980. In that time, he’s also led […]
At age 13, Magnus Carlsen became the youngest ever chess Grandmaster. By the time he was 19, he was also the youngest player to be ranked #1 in the world. A few years later, he won his first world championship, and in 2014, he obtained the FIDE rank of 2882. Why is that ranking significant? […]
Ludwig van Beethoven, the man and composer, lived from 1770 to 1827 – but his music has carried on through the centuries. Nearly two hundred years after his death, he remains one of the most influential and popular musicians of all-time. Almost all of us are familiar with his most famous works, from “Ode to […]
With a style that blends Japanese settings with Western pop culture references, novelist Haruki Murakami has developed a massive following, both at home and abroad. His most popular work to date, Norwegian Wood, has sold over 10 million copies. And all of his major works have broken the one million mark. He’s also received countless […]
Ryan Holiday is a best-selling author and media strategist who found himself drawn to the concepts of marketing and ancient philosophy. Dropping out of college at age 19, Holiday has since released seven books, becoming a trusted voice in the two very different worlds. He’s the ex-marketing director at American Apparel (causing a bit of a […]
Legendary stand-up comedian, writer, and producer Jerry Seinfeld is most recognized for the TV show ‘Seinfeld’ which aired between 1988 and 1998. The sitcom ran for 9 seasons and was the highest-rated television show in the United States when the finale aired which drew in over 76 million viewers. The show helped Mr. Seinfeld amass a net […]
