CONTENTS
Introduction – Why Did I Write This? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1. Not Just Surviving, but Thriving (True Success) . . . . . . . . . . . .1
2. Your Choice – Keep Growing or Die . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
3. Change Your Point of View, Perceive Success Every Time . . . . . . .7
4. Kill “Can’t,” Destroy “Don’t.” Get Ignorant! . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5. Ever Looked At Yourself in a Shiny Doorknob? . . . . . . . . . . . 15
6. Living Near a Volcano Can Get You Burned . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
7. 9…10..Ready or Not Here I Come! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8. “It” Constantly Is, so Seeking “It” Is Futile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
9. It Takes an Oar on Each Side of the Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
10. Are You Eyeballing Me, Boy? (Visualization) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
11. More than Tough: Chewy, Even . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
12. Algorithms, Architecture, Theoretical Physics and other difficult stuff . 45
13. To Make the Balloon Lighter…do this. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
14. Many Rains and Moons, but You Witness Only Few . . . . . . . . . 53
15. Runoff Is Not Always Sewage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
16. Remember Cubby Holes in School? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
17. Max Out the RPM Sometimes; Clear the Gunk . . . . . . . . . . . 63
18. Ignorance Is Possibly Humanity’s Downfall . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
19. Without This, the Rest Means Nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
20. Pools Use Filters To Make the Water Clear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
21. Imagine Your Incredible Start From Just Two Cells . . . . . . . . . . 79
22. “The Price of Greatness Is Responsibility” –Winston Churchill . . . . 83
23. “Life Grants Nothing to Mortals Without Hard Work” -Horace . . . 87
24. Bulldog It (Tenacity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
25. Fear Cannot Live in Preparedness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
26. Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Why Ask You? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
27. Your Mind Has Learned Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
28. Have A Parade! Pronounce Yourself To New Heights. . . . . . . . 107
29. Failure Leads to Success—Yeah, I Said It . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
30. “Knowledge Speaks, but Wisdom Listens” –Jimi Hendrix . . . . . 115
31. Learn How to Suck . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
32. Four Feet Crushes More Grapes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
33. Playing Chicken In The Pool Makes A Difference . . . . . . . . . 125
34. Hey, Get This—You Really Have to Get Off the Couch! . . . . . . 129
35. Only You Can Prevent Your Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
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37. The American Chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Afterword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
About The Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
Your Special Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147