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Forgetting How to Ride a Bicycle

Repost by: Dr. Stew Bittman www.bittmanbliss.com I used to ride a bike a lot when I was a kid, but in the subsequent 45 or so years I’ve ridden one perhaps a dozen times. Some of the gaps in between have been a decade or more. Yet each time I’ve ended one of those bike-riding…

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A Definite Chief End (TAGR #4)

“Both Poverty and Riches are the Offspring of Thought”–Napoleon Hill. I’m about 1/4 of the way back through “Think And Grow Rich” and again, Hill has restated his basic proposition in another way. He never directly states the “secret” in the book, and most reviewers agree that that “secret” is something to the effect of…

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Fear Of Dying On A Treadmill

Will Smith on the Laws of Success http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6anpCwPT9qA The most interesting quote: “The only thing different about me is that I’m not afraid of dying on a treadmill.” Remember Arnold Schwarzenegger’s laws of personal success? 1) Have clearer goals than anyone else 2) Believe in yourself more than anyone else. 3) Work harder than anyone…

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FOCUS AND INNATE ABILITY

Now, it’s possible to “focus” on, say, technique for years and never develop good skills. Such people might focus on, say, adjusting 100 people a day without visualizing where they are coming from, or getting coaching. In essence, they’ve been practicing adjusting rather than visualizing growth. It isn’t practice but effective or “perfect practice” that…

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