My advice would be to find a better way to capture that spirit than "winning! excellence! to infinity and beyond!", which to me at least, just sounds corny.
Like many people here, I don't fit into a mold at all, but am pretty comfortable with my life and with most people I deal with. Maybe it comes with age.
With sports, at least, I think people like to see the underdog win because the idea of "sport" isn't just about who's best on paper. For instance, with cyclists, there is an impressive array of physiological tests they take, but it's more fun to watch the races, rather than simply decide, say, the Tour de France over who has a bigger VO2 MAX in the lab.
"My advice would be to find a better way to capture that spirit than "winning! excellence! to infinity and beyond!", which to me at least, just sounds corny."
Not sure how much of Sebastian's work you've read, but none of it really comes across as corny.
It's hard to describe the "point" of his blog. His writings really are all over the place, but almost every single one is legitimately interesting and contains some unique or novel insight.
I think because the topics are so diverse, when you end up simplifying it to "pro-winning" it sounds a little "eh." But if you actually read it, you start to understand what he means.
Might you consider picking your battles a little better? His sole purpose is motivating others to achieve excellence. I'm not sure what you stand to gain by continuing to pick on a guy whose biggest crime is corniness.
I'm not "picking a battle" or trying to belittle Sebastian, I'm just giving him my honest opinion of how he comes across, which I think 1) he can handle, and 2) is perhaps doing him a favor.
I'm not saying anything I wouldn't say to his face.
Like many people here, I don't fit into a mold at all, but am pretty comfortable with my life and with most people I deal with. Maybe it comes with age.
With sports, at least, I think people like to see the underdog win because the idea of "sport" isn't just about who's best on paper. For instance, with cyclists, there is an impressive array of physiological tests they take, but it's more fun to watch the races, rather than simply decide, say, the Tour de France over who has a bigger VO2 MAX in the lab.