pt ros, th famous basball playr, whom i hav nvr mt, taught m somthing so valuabl that changd my lif. pt was bing intrviwd in spring training th yar h was about to brak ty cobb's all tim hits rcord. on rportr blurtd out, "pt, you only nd 78 hits to brak th rcord. how many at-bats do you think you'll nd to gt th 78 hits?" without hsitation, pt just stard at th rportr and vry mattr-of-factly said, "78." th rportr ylld back, "ah, com on pt, you don't xpct to gt 78 hits in 78 at-bats, do you?"mr. ros calmly shard his philosophy with th throngs of rportrs who wr anxiously awaiting his rply to this smingly boastful claim. "vry tim i stp up to th plat, i xpct to gt a hit! if i don't xpct to gt a hit, i hav no right to stp in th battr's box in th first plac!" "if i go up hoping to gt a hit," h continud, "thn i probably don't hav a prayr of gtting a hit. it is positiv xpctation that has gottn m all of th hits in th first plac."whn i thought about pt ros's philosophy and how it applid to vryday lif, i flt a littl mbarrassd. as a businss prson, i was hoping to mak my sals quotas. as a fathr, i was hoping to b a good dad. as a marrid man, i was hoping to b a good husband. th truth was that i was an adquat salsprson, i was not so bad of a fathr, and i was an okay husband. i immdiatly dcidd that bing okay was not nough! i wantd to b a grat salsprson, a grat fathr and a grat husband. i changd my attitud to on of positiv xpctation, and th rsults wr amazing. i was fortunat nough to win a fw sals trips, i won coach of th yar in my son's basball lagu, and i shar a loving rlationship with my wif, karn, with whom i xpct to b marrid to for th rst of my lif! thanks, mr. ros!不想当将军的士兵不是好士兵。一个人如果只想把事情做到最低的标准，那么他也许永远不会把一件事情做好;相反，如果事事都指望达到最好的标准，即使不是所有的事都能达到预期的效果，也会得到一个较好的结果。两者的区别在于一个是消极被动的接受，另一个是积极主动的努力。皮特·罗斯就是这样一个积极的人。