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" You can be rich by having more than you need, or by needing less than you have. " ~Jim Mott

" No man ever became wise by chance. "  ~Seneca

" He who gains time gains everything. " ~Benjamin Disraeli

" Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail. " ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"All men dream, but not equally." ~T.E. Lawrence

" There are only two kinds of people in the end; those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done. '" ~C.S. Lewis

" However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results. " ~Winston Churchill

" Dearest Lord, may I see you today and ever day in the person of your sick, and whilst nursing them minister to you. " ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

This Day In History | First modern Olympic Games - 1896 On April 6, 1896, the Olympic Games, a long-lost tradition of ancient Greece, are reborn in Athens 1,500 years after being banned by Roman Emperor Theodosius I. At the opening of the Athens Games, King Georgios I of Greece and a crowd of 60,000 spectators welcomed athletes from 13 nations to the international competition. The first recorded Olympic Games were held at Olympia in the Greek city-state of Elis in 776 B.C., but it is generally accepted that the Olympics were at least 500 years old at that time. The ancient Olympics, held every four years, occurred during a religious festival honoring the Greek god Zeus. In the eighth century B.C., contestants came from a dozen or more Greek cities, and by the fifth century B.C. from as many as 100 cities from throughout the Greek empire. Initially, Olympic competition was limited to foot races, but later a number of other events were added, including wrestling, boxing, horse and...

" We must get to the end of ourselves before He can begin in us. " ~F. B. Meyer

" Great leaders produce other leaders. " ~John C. Maxwell

" Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. " ~Vince Lombardi

Editor's Note: Interesting article on our decision making processes and how we tend to view the world with bias.  Considering today's political environment, this article should help us step back and pause, regardless of which side we favor. By Julia Galef,  TED  | Repost Are you a soldier or a scout? Your answer to this question, says decision-making expert Julia Galef, could determine how clearly you see the world. Imagine for a moment you’re a soldier in the heat of battle — perhaps a Roman foot soldier, medieval archer or Zulu warrior. Regardless of your time and place, some things are probably constant. Your adrenaline is elevated, and your actions stem from your deeply ingrained reflexes, reflexes that are rooted in a need to protect yourself and your side and to defeat the enemy. Now, try to imagine playing a very different role: the scout. The scout’s job is not to attack or defend; it’s to understand. The scout is the one going out, mapping the terrain,...

By  Chris Korfist , Simplifaster | Repost During my years of coaching, I’ve had athletes who became very good at the drills I gave them, but they didn’t improve their form or speed. At times, my athletes have gotten so good at the drills, they were no longer challenged, and they stagnated. I wasn’t challenging their systems. The drills in this article address important points of movement and show how to progress your athletes to make their bodies organize. My Learning Progression There is nothing like the spectacle of a track meet. The tension of 100m and 4x100m races gets everyone up in the stands before the gun goes off. The bell laps in distance races when everyone waits to see who has been hanging back and make the fatal mistake of making a move too early. The final jumps or throws in the field events when the crowd claps in unison to motivate the athlete for a bigger performance. And who can forget the drama of a final 4×400 when the meet is on the line. Even before...