INSIGHTS FROM AN OLYMPIAN BY JOHNNY QUINN | @JOHNNYQUINNUSA

If you have been to Las Vegas, you know exactly what I am taking about. If you haven’t, chances are you have seen Las Vegas and the iconic “Strip” from a movie screen or television show. The bright lights on The Strip. The elegant and flamboyant hotels. The well designed casinos where you are only one roll, one spin or one flip of the card away from cashing in on instant life change! Talk about sensory overload! I love looking at the bright lights, the big buildings and to scan the horizon for detailed design I may have missed at first glance.   Our view from our room on the 19th floor at the Wynn in Las VegasMy wife and I just returned from a weekend trip to Las Vegas where we had the opportunity to participate in two events. The first event was a Girls on the Run 5K, a non-profit organization where their mission is to inspire girls to be joyful, healthy and confident using a fun, experience-based curriculum which creatively integrates running. The second event, I delivered a keynote at a banquet for the Young Men’s Service League, Las Vegas chapter. This non-profit organization initiates and encourages young men (9th-12th grade) and their mothers to pursue philanthropic involvement in their community and provides an opportunity to enhance mother/son relationships.   WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT On The Strip the lights never go out. At any time, any day, the lights are always on and ready for you! Unfortunately, as human beings we can’t operate that way. In today’s culture, where pushing yourself to the limit (physically and mentally) is expected and in some cases a badge of honor, we simply can’t leave the lights on all the time. When we attempt to leave the lights on all…