tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17873863.post-1162563268926857662006-11-03T05:49:00.000-08:002006-11-03T06:16:36.530-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/JesseOwens1936.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/JesseOwens.htm&amp;amp;amp;h=420&w=343&amp;sz=31&hl=en&amp;start=11&tbnid=HFRtR7andmKy1M:&amp;amp;amp;tbnh=125&tbnw=102&amp;prev=/images%3Fq%3DJesse%2BOwens%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px;" src="http://www.congressionalgoldmedal.com/JesseOwens1936.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><em>In the end, it's extra effort that separates a winner from second place. But winning takes a lot more that that, too. It starts with complete command of the fundamentals. Then it takes desire, determination, discipline, and self-sacrifice. And finally, it takes a great deal of love, fairness and respect for your fellow man. Put all these together, and even if you don't win, how can you lose? - </em><span style="font-weight: bold;">Jesse Owens</span></span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">There are so many parallels between athletics and business. If you have been a top athlete you have what it takes to succeed greatly in business - all of that training can be redirected to a new use.</span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Thomas A. Edison said: " <strong>What you are will show in what you do.</strong>"</span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">If you watch sports you are admiring both the skills of disciplined practice and the cohesiveness of purpose. It does not matter if you just enjoy watching or engage in sports also - you have potential for great success if you will likewise dedicate yourself to understanding success principles and consistently seek top performance.</span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Athletes have a head start - they know that victory starts in the mind but is completed with action.</span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;">Start your own business today - and give it the same dedication, and accept the same level of training, required to succeed in sports.</span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></p><p align="left" style="font-family:arial;"> <span style="font-size:130%;">"<em>The risks and rewards for you from creative entrepreneurship are greater, and of far more value to society, than illusions of security that enslave a human cog in a social machine.</em>" - <strong>Allan Wallace</strong></span></p><p align="left"><br /><strong></strong></p><p align="left"><strong>.<br /></strong></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Allan Wallace is the Rector of Bastait Free University and Junior Partner Ministries, and the Founder of Silent Partner Consulting. <a href="http://silentpc.org/university/cat.php" target="_blank">BFU graduate courses</a></div>BFU Rectorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04146118550604899547noreply@blogger.com