How often are you honest with yourself?
“There wasn’t anything noble about it. I had a lousy year. I didn’t deserve the money.”
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Michael Edmondson
Nov 9, 2019
How do you overcome obstacles?
“We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand.”
Michael Edmondson
Oct 8, 2019
Are you improving your corner of the universe?
Author Aldous Huxley noted “There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”
Michael Edmondson
Oct 5, 2019
Do you ask for help?
“Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental at
Michael Edmondson
Sep 18, 2019
How often do you ignore the ridicule to keep going?
"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.”
Michael Edmondson
Jun 20, 2019
How long will you keep trying?
British statesman Winston Churchill noted “Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.” Delabar never gav
Michael Edmondson
Jun 11, 2019
Do you accept your inability to control everything?
Author Henry David Thoreau wrote ““However mean your life is, meet it and live it; do not shun it and call it hard names. It is not so bad a
Michael Edmondson
Jun 6, 2019
How do you get out of slumps?
For baseball players like Hank Aaron a lack of hitting over an extended period of time is called a slump. Aaron’s motto was “always keep swi
Michael Edmondson
Jun 3, 2019
Does adversity strengthen you?
In his April 2017 book, The Phenomenon: Pressure, the Yips, and the Pitch that Changed My Life, Ankiel describes how the true test of his ch
Michael Edmondson
May 29, 2019
Do you focus on what you can do?
Schwarber decided to just stand at home plate and train his eye on the pitching machine as it sent fastballs, sliders, and curveballs his wa
Michael Edmondson
May 14, 2019
How significant is happenstance?
American author Rita Mae Brown wrote “So much of life is happenstance. It makes me laugh to go to a bookstore and see all those titles about
Michael Edmondson
May 12, 2019
Do you practice mercy over strict justice?
Abraham Lincoln noted “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.” Silver demonstrated mercy towards Bush.
Michael Edmondson
Apr 1, 2019
Are you graceful under pressure?
Rocco Morabito took the photograph, entitled “The Kiss of Life,” that would eventually win the 1968 Pulitzer Prize for Spot News Photography
Michael Edmondson
Feb 22, 2019
Do you make the most of an opportunity?
BC Forbes noted “The man who is intent on making the most of his opportunities is too busy to bother about luck.”
Michael Edmondson
Feb 17, 2019
Have you defined your life by your worst day?
If it is true that “Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it,” have you defined your life by your worst day?
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