Healthy competition pushes one to greater efforts and focus the lack thereof leads to complacency. Jack Welch of General Electric was fond of saying that one should buy or bury one’s competition. The more evenly matched the performances, the more motivated the enterprises and individuals become. After that, McEnroe was never the same and faded away into the pantheon of tennis greats, never to make a comeback.įrom boardrooms to tennis courts, the chief asset for a superlative performance is a fierce and feared adversary. In 1983, Borg decided to retire at the age of 26. Even in their temperaments, they were antipodes where McEnroe was known for his on-court tantrums like throwing his racquet in fits of anger, Borg never showed a trace of emotion during a game and was nicknamed ‘ice-borg’. In the late seventies and early eighties, the on-court rivalry between Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe was at its fiercest best. We don’t know for sure whether Apple would have risen to such great heights had there been no IBM and Microsoft.Īn interesting thing happened in the arena of sports which many of us are familiar with. Apple, for him, was everything Microsoft wasn’t. Similarly, Steve Jobs’ raison d'être was Bill Gates. That is why it makes sense for Coca Cola to fight PepsiCo in the market. It is often said that the most precious thing in one’s life is one’s fiercest rival. It works when I wear it hiking, swimming, and teaching in classrooms.A man is known by the company he keeps, an enterprise by the competition it sees…or rather, by how it sees its competition. From leather, to rubber, to nato…everything looks good on the SKZ211. The Seiko 5 Sports SKZ211 is a tank, solid and eye catching, yet surprisingly comfortable and versatile.The bracelet is quality, and this watch is an absolute strap monster. Most won’t use this watch to take bearings, so it doesn’t really matter, it’s just annoying. The crown has no way to lock, so the compass coordinates just slide around. The crown and crown guard look amazing the usefulness is underwhelming. This part of the watch is literally my favorite and most distinctive looking feature of the watch. The signed compass crown has pros and cons. I realize it isn’t a true diver, but the lume leaves much to be desired compared to others at this price point. Speaking of lume, this would be another criticism of the watch. I don’t like that it is hard to turn and it uses a 60 instead of a lumed triangle at the 60 minute position. The bezel looks great with thickness and unique texture. The dial is wonderful with excellent contrast between the bright yellow and black. So even though the watch is certainly a sports watch, it’s also at home in the water.
#Nodus shark tank series#
I didn’t know it at the time, but the SKZ211 is the first in the Seiko 5 series to achieve this level of WR.
One qualification I wanted in a Seiko was 200m WR.
The first thing that I love about the SKZ211 is the fact that it isn’t a diver, but it is a diver. The SKZ211 is commonly referred to as the Atlas or the Landshark. I started shopping online in earnest, and that is when I stumbled across the watch I ended up purchasing the Seiko 5 Sports SKZ211. When it was “time” to purchase my first automatic watch, I did the research and what kept coming up? The Seiko SKX, and for good reason.
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