Tag: challenge
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Nothing is more powerful than why
Beautiful someone, please enjoy this powerful excerpt from my book, Dream Come True…and Happy Spring! When we focus on “why,” “how” takes care of itself. Ask anyone who’s done the impossible why they did it, what gave them the energy to push past the roadblocks and frustrations, the destructive doubts and difficult people, and…
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Out of the question!
Questions shape our thoughts and actions because our brains immediately begin to think of answers to any question we’re asked. With this kind of power, we need to be exquisitely careful about the questions we ask. When these questions are negative and uninspiring… “Why does this always have to happen?” “Why is business so heartless?”…
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Real life magic
“Hey, I’m not totally perfect,” my friend Gia likes to say. “I’ve got this little chip in my tooth right here.” LOL, but seriously, aren’t we all a little like this: always pushing ourselves, expecting perfection? And when we don’t get it (it’s easy to find a tiny “chip” in even our greatest victories), we’re…
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Great experiences don’t always feel great
January 15, 2009 Shortly after takeoff, US Airways Flight 1549 loses power in both engines. In what aviators call a “bird strike,” a flock of geese flying straight into the plane’s propellers has disabled them instantly. In the cockpit, Captain Sully Sullenberger quickly realizes it would be impossible to reach any airport, meaning a crash…
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“The infinite capacity of hope”
Hi Beautiful Someone, Sorry for the long post, but I really wanted to share this excerpt from my new book, Yes Changes Everything! Please enjoy, and let me know what you think! What do you know about Helen Keller? Probably that she was blind and deaf and lived a long and influential life. Me too.…
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Our own four-minute mile
For decades, running the mile in less than four minutes was considered impossible, beyond the physical capacity of the human body. Then one day in 1954 on the Iffley Road track in Oxford, England, something incredible happened: in front of 3,000 spectators, a 25-year-old medical student named Roger Bannister ran a mile in 3 minutes…
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Experiences that challenge us change us
I always feel sorry for lottery winners or people who have inherited great wealth — I really do — because without the financial and professional challenges and yes, struggles of life, they are more prone to depression. They feel weak because their spiritual and intellectual muscles aren’t facing the resistance they need to get strong.…
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