Olympic American Gold Medalist Mikaela Shiffrin

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What's the secret to Mikaela Shiffrin's -- best slalom skier in the world -- success?  She naps. 

I do it on every race,'' Shiffrin said after the race, USA Today reports. "There's always a little bit of time between the first and the second run and I think I had an hour today where I could sort of lie down for an hour on a bench in corner of the lodge."

Something to think about as you run your global small business. Read more about Shiffrin here.