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                                                     What lies behind us
                                                    and what lies before us
                                                   are tiny matters compared
                                                    to what lies within us.

                                                   —Ralph Waldo Emerson



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                                             Each Success Is the

                                      Beginning of the Next One






                                   hat thought by Ralph Waldo Emerson has always been an in-
                               Tspiration to me. It gives me energy to keep going full force
                               because I know I still have a lot to accomplish. No matter what I
                               may have achieved—or plan to achieve—I know it’s “a tiny mat-
                               ter” compared to what I am capable of doing. Think about it: How
                               can we be complacent with that kind of thought pattern going
                               on? It would be impossible!
                                  When I hear people say things like, “It’s impossible to do
                               more!”I always smile to myself and think, “I’ve just started!”—and
                               it’s just a great way to feel. I’d like you to have that feeling,too,be-
                               cause it’s like having stepping stones in all the right places just wait-
                               ing for you to see them.
                                  Sometimes it helps to minimize your achievements to your-
                               self so that you will be eager to do more. It’s like saying, “Yeah, that


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