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Always enjoy your Think Daily. Found this one on the internet (Mormon Tabernacle Choir broadcast) and thought it would apply to many of the things you talk about…

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This Week’s Broadcast
March 5, 2017 | Broadcast Number 4564

Grit
Why is it that the most successful people are not always the most gifted or talented? So often, exceptional students, accomplished writers, and championship athletes acknowledge that it isn’t natural ability that sets them apart from their peers—it’s their grit. And what is grit? One researcher defines it as “a combination of passion and perseverance in the pursuit of a long-term goal.”1 She offers a few examples: a cartoonist who submitted some 2,000 drawings to the New Yorker magazine before one was finally accepted; a below-average high school English student who became a best-selling novelist; a Super-Bowl quarterback who, after a disappointing first semester in college, wanted to quit and come home, but his strong but loving father told him, “You can quit…But you can’t come home because I’m not going to live with a quitter.”2

According to this research, grit is a better predictor of success than innate ability—and ability does not make a person more likely to have grit. In fact, the research found that the higher a student’s test scores, the less gritty the student tended to be.3 As any teacher or parent can tell you, the child who has to work harder usually gets further ahead in the long run.

And that’s good news for all of us, because while innate ability can’t generally be taught or acquired, grit can. No matter what we have achieved or have not achieved in the past, we can start where we are right now and do something that makes us stretch. Whether it’s learning a new language, developing a hobby, eating a little healthier, or reaching out in friendliness to others—whatever it is, if we keep at it, then it can help us develop grit. In time, what at first seemed so challenging becomes easier. That’s the blessing of doing hard things.

So ask yourself, “What am I passionate about?” Then pursue it with perseverance. Stay with it and keep trying. Don’t worry if you aren’t the best or brightest, because it’s your grit, more than your talent, that will carry you through to success.

1. Angela Duckworth, in Emily Esfahani Smith, “The Virtue of Hard Things,” Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2016, wsj.com/articles/the-virtue-of-hard-things-1462313591.
2. In Smith, “Hard Things.”
3. See Smith, “Hard Things.”

A pair of trusted physical therapist hands have the power to bring the peace of heaven down to earth and make one feel reborn. It is the most relaxing way of pleasure I can think of born at a cellular level. I wish schools would require kids to learn massage techniques because every person and couple on this earth can only benefit from it.

If we choose not to be insulted by what people say Thanks Larry great post Have a wonderful day

As an empath I can tell you that keeping the shield on is one of the biggest challenges along with having the strength to distinguish between your own and other peoples feelings that were absorbed. Even reading is hard sometimes because feelings and emotions come through mixing with our own emotions creating havoc or heaven based on the mix of the potion. But I like to learn and I like to help others so I carry the burden to my best capabilities. And I think this is the perfect place to thank those who are encouraging me and are providing techniques and examples of how to channel the burdening energy. Thank you, I much appreciate it even if at times my feelings get the best of me and I react contrary to my better self.

Larry – Because of your Gift, The Highest Calling – Im helping people with a concept called iDoGREAT.

It works like this. You are Great when you say you are. You can be Great just for the day, and hopefully and God willing, you get to do it again tomorrow. And you Define What Great is to You – Just like John Woodens Def of Success.

iDoGREAT Lifts People Up. Its Tagline is “Im Doing It!” It is “My Positivity Company.” We are creating “Certifications” what iDoGREAT means – so that people associate their level of Greatness to a Skill Set, Passion Etc.

iDoGREAT creates awareness virally. It mentors people to Do Great – for themselves families and friends and co-workers.

iDoGREAT is ROCKY. I created it to LIFT People, Causes, Events, Companies.

Page 108 in the Highest Calling HIT exactly on my Day 90 of Sobriety. It Hit exactly on Day 109 of a Friends Sobriety in 2011, a person struggling with Heroin – and Prostitution. What Im saying is in 2011, I copied her FB page, and didn’t look at until I hit your Page 108 – because the Internet at Ikea Store in Vegas was so slow, I just started going thru my Notes on My Computer. The Only Date she recorded was Day 109. It states: I cant believe Ive Been Sober for 109 Days. It is a Miracle.

Imagine how I felt, when I turned from your page 107 onto 108. You know what is at the top, When the Man is Altogether, His World is Altogether. I Wrote Holy Sh#T! I then have no internet connectivity at IKEA (which I have every day prior for months) open up NOTES, look through page after page killing time, see What Icopied absscurly in 2011, and read the FIRST acknowledgement of Sobriety when it hits on her Day 109!

Larry – Do I have Your Attention?

Im TradeMarking the Whole Concept. Cant share it right now.

How Casey sent that Package to me, without me asking for it – is a Miracle.

Its a Miracle Ive tried to get Sober for 25 years, in and out. In and Out.

Its a Miracle I Even Listened to your CD – All of Them – Highest Calling.

Its a Miracle – I Started My Journey to Get Sober (AGAIN) I own Step1Again.com for a reason – so that it coincided with my 90 days hitting on your Page 108.

iDoGREAT is so PowerFul – So UnBelievably Powerful to Help Others – I cant wait to share it with you – as Ive Created it Through God, Through You, Through Gods Kids.

I kinda need a Mentor. wink wink.

I want to Attract Tony Robins – and Get Him Involved as My Partner – where I license This Idea with Him as part of the OnLine Mentoring Arm. There is the Entertainment Arm, The Motivational Speaking Platform Arm, The Merchandising Arm, The Philanthropy Arm. It serves to Fuel AccountabilityPros.com – Empowering People in Business to Do GREAT.

Have a Great Day Larry! You Have Given Me One. Again. Thank You.

Larry

Conventional science has failed and continues to fail at finding a cure for cancer despite the billions of dollars spent on treatments which in the long term actually end up killing most cancer patients.

The cancer industry continually looks only for a cure but not the cause. If the focus was to find and prevent the cause, the cure would be found.

Many scientists and health practitioners have vast amounts of evidence for causes and proven healing methods, but they don’t seem to get the same attention as the traditional medical model.

These other methods may require one to make changes to their lifestyle, way of thinking and take responsibility for one’s own health. All change is difficult and for some it may just be easier to take a pill or let someone else take control of your healing but just, “Beware”

I hope I am wrong however once the new T cells are infused the cancer cells may temporarily disappear, but if the environment is not changed they will be back.

I am personally grateful to have met many who have explored alternative ways of healing that have survived and are thriving today, yet their story rarely gets attention.

Catherine,

Thank you for sharing your journey. I to have traveled a similar path. Walking in gratitude, yoga and most powerful, meditation, especially shamanic, hermetic or occult forms, have helped me tremendous. It is wonderful that you work with others, I do too. However remember the words of the flight attendant before take off..”make sure your oxygen mask is secured tightly first, then help the person next to you. Peace

…and don’t ever give up on your talent…everybody have a great day!!!

Make your life a masterpiece !

Good morning Larry – Thanks again for calling out the Godbout Brothers on yesterday’s board. My brother Steve is pumped up and he made another sale yesterday. I told him that if this doesn’t inspire having your name shouted out by Larry, what does.

Yes the past doesn’t equal the future. Success is a journey not a destination. Your life a is a continious series of nows. I love that saying. You have to change the way you think to be the person you want to be. You can’t be the old person and new person at the same time, so you have to let go of the old you. I only wish that I heard Masterpiece when I was my daughter Emily’s age. She listens to it and always says “Dad take a shower. However, past doesn’t equal the future, so I’m working on getting better “now” and every day. By the way I’m now reading self help and nuitrional books everyday. I was never a reader in the past, but I am now. Thanks agin for all you do! The New Don!!!

I follow you daily. A good friend of mine, Shirley Gilbertson, sent me a link to your “Think Daily”. Many of your thoughts have been truly inspirational. I appreciate the time it takes you to offer your thoughts and probably the time it takes to come up with the perfect thing to offer to your followers. I have had a few ups and downs as many people do and I save many of your emails.
Thank you

This is a really valuable reminder, it is so easy to forget how much your concerns are self inflicted.

Imagination is a double edge sword because an image is like a symbol. It has a unique meaning based on the personal memories and experiences that go with it. A described image with the describers intention, thoughts and feelings is potent, it could poison or elevate the soul. Living through someones imagination is well, dangerous, especially if that imagination is only a faux veil not supported by action.

The sense of scaling is incredible, especially with technology. It feels as if it is progressing at an exponential rate.

In the last 100 years Technology has far surpassed the Humanities to the point where it’s an afterthought. Are people happier, more fulfilled than 100 years ago? How do they feel spiritually, do they go to church more or less, believe in God more or less? If you scoff at the idea, you’re a product of a culture where the traditional God has been replaced by the God of Science. Indeed, where will we be in the next 100 years?

So true, Larry – thank you. I feel energized.

This was perfect for a Monday morning. Good stuff Larry.