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The Two Most Important Things You Can Control

What can we really control in life? Individually, we can’t control the economy, the weather, the performance of our favorite sports team,...

Failure and Wisdom

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Obstacle or Advantage? – The Incredible Story of Anthony Robles

This weekend was the collegiate national wrestling championships. As I watched it briefly I was reminded of a great wrestler named...

There’s Magic In the Struggle

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It’s the 4th Quarter!

Well have no fear, there is still time to do great things! Did you know that on average 40% of the points scored in an NFL game come in...

Trending Upward

The growth and prominence of Twitter has led to the increased popularity of the word “trending”. It isn’t a new word, of course, but it...

It Couldn’t Be Done…But He Did It

It Couldn’t Be Done Somebody said that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle replied That “maybe it couldn’t,” but he would be one...

Persistence and Hope

There is probably nothing more important in our struggle for self-improvement than persistence and hope. Persistence produces the...

The Boy Who Harnassed the Wind

William was determined to continue learning. He would walk a few miles to a community library in a nearby village and borrow whatever...

The Longshot Linebacker

Lincoln Proctor is from St. John’s, Arizona, a small town near the New Mexico border. He played football in high school and then left the...

Are You Fully Committed?

A friend of mine, Stuart Anderson, once told me a great story about commitment which I will try to share here: To the left is the symbol...