“You gotta fight every day to keep mediocrity at bay.” Van Morrison
According to author Ben Arment (Dream Year) there are two conflicting fears in life: the fear of failure and the fear of insignificance. What we do in life (or don’t do) is determined by which fear is the strongest. Which fear drives you? How can you use it to your advantage?=================================================
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“Wherever you see a successful business, someone once made a courageous decision.” Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Austrian-born American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of modern business.
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.” American essayist, poet, philosopher and naturalist Henry David Thoreau
“I’m for the dreamers. The only really important things in history have been started by dreamers. They never know what can’t be done.” William Louis Veeck, Jr. , owner of the Cleveland Indians, the St. Louis Browns and the Chicago White Sox, was the last owner to purchase a baseball franchise without an independent fortune and is was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 1991.
“If people knew how hard I worked to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful.” Michelangelo di Lodovico, Italian sculptor, painter, architect, and poet of the High Renaissance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western art.
“Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” American author Neale Donald Walsch
While Connecticut residents may not feel great about the UConn women’s basketball team loss last night, the bigger takeaway is dare to dream as big as you can. The winning shot for Mississippi State was a 15-foot jumper at the buzzer by the smallest player on the court, the 5-foot-5-inch point guard Morgan William. Talk about defying the odds!