Opportunities are the result of pluck, not luck.  The people who succeed seek out opportunity, and if they can’t find them, they create them. – John C. Maxwell

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Success is waking up in the morning, whoever you are, wherever you are, however old or young, and bounding out of bed because there is something out there that you love to do, that you believe in, that you’re good at, something that’s bigger than you are, and you can hardly wait to get at [...]

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I am a great believer in luck, and I find that the harder I work, the more I have of it. – Stephen Leacock

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People don’t work hard because, in their conceit, they imagine they’ll succeed without ever making an effort.  Most people believe that they’ll wake up and find themselves rich.  Actually, they’ve got it half right, because eventually they do wake up. – Thomas Edison

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If you keep doing what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten. – John C. Maxwell

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Opportunities and motivation are connected.  Motivated people see opportunities, and opportunities are often what motivate people. – John C. Maxwell

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It’s easier to rationalize your disappointments than realize your dreams. – Unknown

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It is easier to be skeptical than successful. – Unknown

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Overkill is the fifth book in The Zone Series by James Rouch.  In this one, the team heads through the dangerous Elbe region to Hamburg, Germany as part of a relief force; however, when they get there they have been decimated.  They join the defenders of a surrounded Hamburg trying to beat back the Russians.  [...]

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I was reading this article on Minyanville on why the big banks have to breakup and it got me to thinking.  I am a hyper-capitalist; however, what has been happening with big banks is not acceptable.  A quote from the article, “Lack of tight regulation in the TBTF space leads to the worst economic system [...]

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