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Exclusive Insight: Nick Saban’s key for converting loss into triumph

Nick Saban reminds his ESPN Gameday cohosts one key is needed to recover from a loss.

This distinguishes national champions from everyone else.

How champions overcome loss
Nick Saban preaches daily discipline on ESPN Gameday/Gregory Shamus/Getty Images

After Vanderbilt upset Alabama 40-35 on Saturday, October 5, 2024, Saban’s ESPN co-host asked how a coach helps his team deal with a loss like that.

Saban said, “Everyone suffers one of two pains. Which one will you choose? Will you choose the pain of daily discipline in preparation and practice? Or will you choose the pain of disappointment for the rest of your life?”

Saban’s formula motivated his Alabama teams to win many national championships.

Here’s how Nick’s formula works for the rest of us.

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Exclusive Insight: Nick Saban’s key for converting loss into triumph

Halloween advice from Stephen King: Don’t die without 4 charms

Days before Halloween in 1979, Dallas Morning News reporter Judy Williamson met famed author Stephen King at Dallas Love Field. It is one of the few interviews he has ever granted.

Stephen King and Halloween
Stephen King interview by Judy Williamson/Dallas Morning News/October 1979

King met her on a layover while promoting his fifth book, The Dead Zone.

What Judy learned was more shocking than the plot twists in his scary novels.

King directly and indirectly suggests that four charms are necessary for a successful career and, believe it or not, a cheery life.

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Halloween advice from Stephen King: Don’t die without 4 charms

Your biggest loss: Discover the 3 secrets to overcome it

A devastating loss takes folks out of their dreams quickly.

But three decisive steps rescue the reeling.

Loss in Hurricane Helene
Floods come down in North Carolina/Washington Post/October 2024

Only three steps? Even after a hurricane, Helene or Milton?

It’s never too late to storm-proof the future.

The difference in survival before or after a storm is how you manage anxiety.

And later, loss.

I suggest three steps to safety.

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Your biggest loss: Discover the 3 secrets to overcome it

Laugh Out Loud: Meet the Mom of 6 Redefining Success

Laugh at the everyday demands of six children? Jennifer Fulwiler does with comedy success.

She has six children born in eight years, drives a minivan, and lives in a three-bedroom house with her husband in Austin, TX.

Instead of feeling trapped by six complicated pregnancies, she overcame what most folks call limitations by finding and firing up her blue flame.

Jennifer Fulwiler mom success
Jennifer Fulwiler is a national comedienne redefining success/jenniferfulwiler.com

Your blue flame is your natural talent in action, making the world beautiful.

Nothing can hold you back if you follow Jennifer’s fundamental principles for success.

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Laugh Out Loud: Meet the Mom of 6 Redefining Success

Mastering Life’s Challenges: How to Win the 5-Second Game

Ask Cowboys Defensive Coordinator Mike Zimmer, who unexpectedly lost his beautiful wife to natural causes in 2009 at age 50, how to master challenges like the sudden death of a spouse.

Life challenges Cowboys coach
Cowboys Head Defensive Coach Mike Zimmer faces family losses/Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images

Ask him how he coped when he got a phone call that his son and best friend, a talented NFL coach himself, was found dead on his couch alone in his apartment at age 38.

The sudden death of a spouse or a child ranks number one as life’s most significant stressor.

Ask Coach Zimmer how football, the game he loves, knows, and coaches is a metaphor for handling life’s toughest challenges.

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Mastering Life’s Challenges: How to Win the 5-Second Game