The 1992 Olympic Games witnessed a touching scene when Derek Anthony Redmond tore his hamstring while competing for the 400 meter sprint. Instead of staying lying down or being carried by the paramedics he chose to continue the race. His father who saw his son in pain rushed to the track to help his son, together they continued and Derek Redmond finished the race with a standing ovation. Due to his injury he was no longer able to compete in the same sport but with the encouragement of his father, he tried other sports and succeeded. 20 years after the touching moment, Jim Redmond, Derek’s father, has been chosen to carry the Olympic flame in the 2012 London Olympics.
In life there are instances when you may feel like giving up, DON’T quit, continue the journey, continue the fight. It doesn’t matter whether you finish first or you finish last, what matters is that you continued to move forward despite the hurdles and remember that you have a Father up above who will aid you, who will come to help you finish the race if you let Him. 🙂
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The dreaded big “P” that hinders the accomplishment of a lot of things. A lot of people admit to procrastinating now and then. Why? Different people have different reasons and this often include: fear (of failure or of success), uncertainty about a certain goal, lack of determination, lack of motivation, or it has become a habit to put things off.
What if you really want to overcome the habit of procrastination?
Zig Ziglar once said, “If you need to wake up in the morning and eat a live frog, you wouldn’t want to look at that sucker for too long!” Brian Tracy on the other hand took inspiration from Mark Twain who said, “Eat a live frog first thing in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you the rest of the day.”
What’s with the frogs and what do they have to do with procrastination? The frogs are what we tend to put off or postpone doing due to different reasons we tend to associate with the task, it’s hard, impossible, it can be done later, there is so much time to do it and other similar excuses. Swallowing the frog first thing in the morning gets more things done and allows us to achieve our goals.
How do you swallow the frog? The following points are taken from Brian Tracy’s book Eat That Frog (21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time):
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