By now many of you have seen this amazing footage shot last week at a bullfight in Tafalla, Navarra, Northern Spain. In the middle of the show, the bull gracefully leaps into the stand. Like pure magic, the 1,100 pound bull body breaks the constraints of the ring and gravity. As incredible as this seems, it’s really no less of a trick to rise above the dominating forces in our own lives - history, morality, p...

The other day—in a comment thread at dangerousminds.net—someone suggested that if you declare yourself to be Killin’ It then maybe you're not really Killin' It. What a fantastic point! I'm sure we can all relate to the experience of feeling dismissive—or even disdainful—of such a person. I didn't get a chance to have a personal exchange with this commenter, but I suspect that his belief comes from somethi...

Have you ever had a moment when you were dying to make a joke, but held back because you felt it was inappropriate? Or more embarrassing yet, actually told a joke that was met with forced, polite laughter? I know I’ve experienced this on a grand scale during many of my speaking gigs. Hee, hee, hee! Well, now you can say you’re doing it for your health. Science is finally catching up to the old truism about lau...

Some of the most demonstrable moments of people Killin' It are simple physical moments.  Take for example this amazing clip of a Phillies fan, on his way back from the concession stand, catching a foul ball with one hand and never breaking stride.  I had to watch this several times in order take in the clean and effortless poetry of this killin' it moment.  It's the rare kind of thing that makes me think of stars co...

Wow. It's one thing to hit a trick between the legs tennis shot in the first place. It's another thing to be able to pull it off at a pro match in a full stadium and make the shot a searing high speed winner. But sit back and watch tennis great Roger Federer kill it big time by doing just that this past Monday at the U.S. Open. What Federer gives a glimpse of is trusting the mechanism. Look at where his...