What Mariano Rivera Just Taught Us About Success In the Business World

Mariano Rivera announced his intentions to retire at the end of the 2013 season at a press conference in Tampa on Saturday.  "The last game I hope will be throwing the last pitch of the World Series," the Yankees closer told reporters.  Rivera is 43.  

The , with the biggest payroll in baseball, have depended one thing since 1997: Mariano Rivera. With the rocking strains of Metallica?s ?Enter the Sandman,? Rivera has trotted out from the bullpen and saved 608 games. When the Yankees are winning, and the game is tight in the 9th inning, you know Mariano will save ...

Time is running out. The cliff negotiations have devolved into two unpalatable options: (1) extend just the middle income tax cuts and extended unemployment benefits and allow about two-thirds of the cliff to happen, or (2) go over the cliff in the entirety. In BofAML's view, given the short time frame and legislative hurdles, the latter appears much more likely. Stock market vigilantes have replaced bond vigilantes as the potential good, bad, and ugly scenarios are devoured flashing red headline by flashing red headline.

This article is by David Gebler, the founder and president of Skout Group, a consultancy that helps companies evaluate the cost-effectiveness and scandal-potential of their corporate cultures.?? He's also the author of The 3 Power Values: How Commitment, Integrity, and Transparency Clear the Roadblocks to Performance. relief pitcher Mariano Rivera's injury, which is likely to ...

And on the sixth day, the Yankees sorely missed Mariano Rivera. Rivera's replacement, David Robertson, blew his first save in just his second attempt as the new closer Wednesday by allowing four runs in the top of the ninth inning in a 4-1 loss to the Rays. After the game, Yankee manager Joe Girardi rightly ...

Mariano Rivera, Major League Baseball?s all-time saves leader, injured his knee while shagging fly balls tonight before the Bronx Bombers game against the . Although the injury looked serious as I watched the replay on television, the Yankees are officially calling it a sprain for now, pending results of an MRI. Rivera will earn $15 ...

This must be the period of soul searching, with the Economist engaging upon multi-article exegeses on where mainstream macro went wrong [1], [2], [3]. Alternatively, I think this is a happy time for some economists outside the (perceived) mainstream, who can now chortle "I told you so".