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answers, but I have yet to find the one answer that makes me feel
comfortable, safe and secure. These are questions true students know they
will probably never find the right answer to - because there is always a
better answer. We know we can alwaysget better.
It is the search for the answer - the answer I may never find - that
makes me rich. It is the search that keeps me going, getting richer and not
retiring, even though I have the money to retire on. You see, it is not the
quest for money that makes me rich. It is the quest for knowledge. It is the
desire to learn more, do more, accomplish more and help those who want to
learn that drives me ... and money isjust the score, a measure to tell me how
we are doing. Money is the celebration ofsuccess,just as the lack ofmoney
isthe reminder that we need to learn more. Just as a traveler watches for mile
markers, I look at money simply as a marker - a marker that measures the
journey and distance traveled.
Tiger Woods may appear to play for money because he has so much of
it. Yet,ifyou ask him, he sayshe plays to master the game ... and money is
his measure ofhis mastery. I would guess that the Rolling Stones tour not
because they love the money, but because they love to entertain. Ifthey did
not entertain, life for them might be over. Many an ex-football star would
playthe game for free, ifhe were young and healthy enough to just get back
in the game.
• ' A great book I read recently is The War ofArt by Steven Pressfield. I
recommend this book for anyone who knows that their life is a journey, not
a destination. In The U'ltr ofArt, Pressfield says, "Many people think
amateurs do not play for money, but they play for the love ofthe game. In
reality, the reason amateurs are amateurs is because they do not love the
gameenough." Pressfield'smain point is that you must overcome resistance
in order to achieve your "unlived life within." He discusses the types of
resistance that confront us and reveals how often it is self-imposed. What is
his advice? He recommends:
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,(ii 1. Loving what you do
" 2. Having patience
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3. Acting in the face offear

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