“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
— Dwayne Johnson
This morning, I almost skipped my mini-exercise routine. I was tired. I felt sorry for myself. And honestly, I just didn’t feel like it. Then a story came rushing back to me—one that stopped my excuses in their tracks.
Years ago, I heard about an elderly man who walked into a gym and turned heads.
He was in his early nineties—yet his body was lean, powerful, and incredibly strong. His chest was broad, arms defined, legs like tree trunks. His back was solid, yet supple. Even his white hair carried a kind of youthful energy, matched only by the twinkle in his steely blue eyes and the vibrance of his spirit.
Someone asked him his secret.
He smiled and said,
“Over 70 years ago, I made a promise to m...
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
- Dwyane Johnson
As I was hesitating to begin my daily mini-exercise routine this morning because I felt tired and sorry for myself, I was reminded of a story I heard many years ago.
An elderly man who seemed to defy aging walked into a gym.
In his early nineties, he still possessed a strong and lean frame with a powerful chest and biceps and triceps a teenager would be jealous of.
His legs and his back were as solid as tree trucks, yet flexible and supple. A full, albeit thinning, head of white hair still donned his head, and he lived with a vibrancy of someone a fifth his age with a bright smile and a twinkle in his steely blue eyes.
When asked what his secret was for his amazing physical vitality, he matter-of-factly stated,
"I made a ...
“Success isn’t always about greatness. It’s about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come.”
- Dwyane Johnson
As I was hesitating to begin my daily mini-exercise routine this morning because I felt tired and sorry for myself, I was reminded of a story I heard many years ago.
An elderly man who seemed to defy aging walked into a gym.
In his early nineties, he still possessed a strong and lean frame with a powerful chest and biceps and triceps a teenager would be jealous of.
His legs and his back were as solid as tree trucks, yet flexible and supple. A full, albeit thinning, head of white hair still donned his head, and he lived with a vibrancy of someone a fifth his age with a bright smile and a twinkle in his steely blue eyes.
When asked what his secret was for his amazing physical vitality, he matter-of-factly stated,
"I made...
“If you find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn’t lead anywhere.
- Frank A. Clark
Much of our progess in today’s world is derived from our quest to deal with obstacles and overcome them in the easiest and most efficient ways possible. Look only as far as our modern-day technologies from the automobile and airplanes in travel to laptop computers and today’s smartphones in the worlds of business and communication and you can directly follow a path to their development originating as a means to deal with a problem or obstacles in our daily lives.
The irony for me is that ...
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