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I must add that this young woman had all the education in finance that
her position required. She was a bright student. What set her apart from
everyone else was the way she applied her knowledge and her keen
analysis of the game of Ping-Pong to her work. She may even have done

this on an unconscious level initially, but tapping into this resource gave
her an uncanny edge. The lesson I learned from her story is never to
underestimate the power of awareness.
Find out what other people have done to succeed, and then be prepared
to do ten times more. There are no guarantees.
Comparing ourselves to others is a waste of time. I’ve heard people
say, Well, Mr. Lucky had a million dollars before he was thirty and I’ve

worked just as hard as he has. Well, Mr. Lucky has nothing to do with you,
your possibilities, your success, or your failure. Don’t let anyone else be
your yardstick. That’s taking power away from yourself in a big way.
You’ve got your own personal blueprint to attend to. We can’t all be
Tiger Woods, J. Lo, Bill Gates, or whoever it is you would like to be, and
sometimes that’s a hard fact to face. You may have already experienced

defeat. That happens. It happens a lot! But the fact that you have
aspirations to begin with is putting you on the road to success right now.
No matter how defeated you may feel, you’ve still got a chance. But it
won’t happen by itself. Get to work!
I’ll sum up with two of my favorite quotes:
There are no short cuts to anywhere worth going.
—BEVERLYSILLS

The harder I work, the luckier I get.
—GARYPLAYER

Reflect for Three Hours a Day
I read an article recently in which European exchange students living

in the United States all agreed on one aspect of American life: The noise
level here is very high. We seem to avoid quiet moments. Even lapses in
conversation are quickly filled with banter or some kind of interference.
It made me realize how much I need a certain amount of quiet time—
usually about three hours a day—in order to stay balanced. It’s time I use
to read and reflect, and I always feel renewed and refreshed by this. It also
gives me material to feed my extroverted nature.