What is championship?

"Answer this question and we will have captured the crucial ingredient which lets the human spirit soar."

Professor Allan Snyder FRS
The Inaugural Edwin Flack Lecture
Sydney, 26 June 1998

What Makes a Champion?

- and we mean a champion in the broadest sense of the word. We see championship as a fundamental aspect of the mind, the aspect responsible for advancing civilisation. Furthermore we believe that everyone is a potential champion. This compelled us to understand the factors that nurture and amplify extraordinary achievement.

The Centre for the Mind is passionate about what makes a champion. Propelled by this motivation, the Centre for the Mind conceived the What Makes a Champion?™ initiative. This consists of several major ventures:

	The What Makes a Champion? Sydney 2000 event On the eve of the 2000 Olympics at the Great Hall of the University of Sydney, Nelson Mandela led a cast of timeless champions to synergise in the common goal of unravelling the universals of great success. (Event 2000).
Videoclip Includes live vignettes from the event not available for distribution.
Beijing 2008 and onwards The Sydney 2000 What Makes a Champion?™ event demonstrated that the Olympics is the ideal platform for the exploration of the champion mindset. We are planning a similar event for Beijing 2008.
	The Penguin Book What makes a Champion! 50 extraordinary individuals share their insights.