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Written & Published by Brian E. Bartes
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LifeExcellence:
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Table
of Contents:
1.
Baby Steps
2. Feature Article: What's Holding
You Back? - Part 2
3. Quotes
4. Recommended Resources
5. Self-Care: Carrots
6. Final Thoughts: You Musn't
Quit
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Baby
Steps:
It’s
not enough to begin the race. You must also finish it.
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Feature
Article: WHAT'S
HOLDING YOU BACK? - PART 2
Lynne
Cox was a phenomenal swimmer. In 1972, at the age of fifteen,
she set the world record for swimming the English Channel. Her
record was broken just three weeks later, but Cox returned to
England the following year and regained the title.
Her
next conquest would be the Catalina Channel, near her southern
California home. She swam it when she was fourteen, but decided
to do it again three years later. She came from a very athletic
family, and her brother held the overall record for this 22-mile
swim.
On
September 9, 1974, Cox set out to swim from Catalina Island to
the mainland. It was a dark, eerie night, with fog hanging low
over the water. As the swim wore on, Lynne began to lose her confidence.
In a very short period of time, a thick layer of fog blanketed
the area. The support boat lost contact with her, and began to
circle in search of her. To the relief of everyone involved, she
was finally found. Lynne was disoriented, and distraught. She
gave up immediately, and climbed into the boat.
Cox
was extremely disappointed. What she didn’t realize was
that she stopped just 150 yards from the shore. In clear weather,
this would have been obvious, and she would have completed the
swim. Not seeing the shore, though, she fell short of completing
her goal.
How
many times have you stopped short of reaching your goal, only
to discover that you were almost there? When has the “dense
fog” prevented you from finishing?
The
pursuit of a goal can be wearing as time goes on. We start out
enthusiastically, believing in our ability to achieve our desired
outcome. We make progress, and things seem to be going well.
Then,
the obstacles arise. The fog comes. Something happens, and we
become disappointed, distracted or frustrated. Instead of focusing
on the achievement of the goal, our attention turns to the obstacle.
Then, we stop—falling short of the goal.
What
we often don’t realize is that we were so close to the finish
line, so close to achieving our goal, when we stopped. Had we
just pressed on, just continued doing what we were doing right
up to the point when we stopped, we would in fact have achieved
our goal.
The
next time you feel alone and frustrated about where you are in
proximity to your goal, just remember how close Lynne Cox was
when she stopped. Press on toward the goal, even when you temporarily
lose sight of it.
Next
time, we’ll talk about specific ways to ensure success.
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Quotes:
That
which we persist in doing becomes easier--not that the nature
of the task has changed, but our ability to do it has increased.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Many
of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they
were to success when they gave up.
Thomas Edison
Only
those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they
can go.
T.S. Eliot
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Recommended
Resources:
Mastering
Work Less Make More:
Stop Working So Hard and Create the Life You Really Want!
by Jennifer White
This four-CD
series provides a proven 10-step program for unlocking your
potential. Uncover exactly why you aren’t getting the
results you want and then learn how to take action. Put the
passion back in your life and work…starting today!
To order, click
here.
Maximum
Achievement
by Brian Tracy
The
renowned motivational expert presents his powerful and pragmatic
lessons to help readers reach peak performance, personally and
professionally. Tracy’s straightforward advice is accompanied
by easy-to-do exercises and enhanced with inspiring stories of
successful, highly motivated achievers in many fields.
To order book, click
here.
The
Power of Focus
by Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and Les Hewitt
This
book provides a practical guide for achieving desired results
in the key areas of your life. The action steps at the end of
each chapter make it easy to formulate your plan and then implement
it immediately in your life.
To order book, click
here.
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Self-Care:
Carrots
Looking
for a quick snack that tastes great, is fun to crunch, and is
incredibly healthy? Have some carrots!
Carrots
are among the top sources of beta-carotene, a plant pigment
that our body converts to Vitamin A. In addition to the benefits
from Vitamin A, beta-carotene also reduces the risk of developing
certain cancers.
Carrots
can be eaten raw, cooked, or juiced. For a quick snack, I keep
carrots that are already peeled, cut into small pieces and ready-to-eat.
Kids love the peeled baby carrots, which are perfect for packing
in their lunches.
Treat
yourself to an orange health blast today!
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Final
Thoughts: You
Musn't Quit
When things go wrong, as they sometimes will,
When the road you’re trudging seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest! If you must—but never quit.
Life
is queer, with it twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure turns about
When he might have won if he’d stuck it out;
Stick to your task, though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with one more blow.
Success
is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt—
And you never can tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems afar;
So stick to the fight when you’re hardest hit—
It’s when things seem worst that YOU MUSN’T QUIT.
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- Brian Bartes
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