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Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

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Consistent motivation usually comes from a consuming desire to be able to perform at your best under pressure, namely, the pressure produced by tough competition. If a player needed me to light a fire under him by turning the other team into a demon, he was lacking something I couldn't give him.
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The ability to help the people around me self-actualize their goals underlines the single aspect of my abilities and the label that I value most—teacher.
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Innovation involves anticipation. It is having a broad base of knowledge on your subject and an ability to see where the end game is headed. Use all your knowledge to get their first. Set the trend and make the competition counter you
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Concentrate on what will produce results rather than on the results, the process rather than the prize.
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One of the common traits of outstanding performers-coaches, athletes, managers, sales representatives, executives, and others who face a daily up/down, win/lose accounting system-is that a rejection, that is, defeat, is quickly forgotten, replaced eagerly by pursuit of a new order, client, or opponent.
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