I genuinely love the Olympics. Following on yesterday’s talk about what to be excellent at, I think the Olympics gives us all a chance to really rally around this elite set of folks who are genuinely excellent at these sports.
For some reason, and I don’t really know why, I find the Winter Olympics to be much better than their summer counterpart.
I used to know all of the athletes, and really root for folks. Now I just enjoy the various sports. I LOVE figure skating (men’s and women’s), and I find the biathlon to be amazing. The ski jump always scare the shit out of me. And the new sports are fun to watch, and tend to be really exciting.
When all is said and done, we get to watch one person get rewarded as the best in the world at something. Imagine that. Out of 7 billion… you are number 1.
Now that’s excellent.