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Before you quit: Remember three keys to breakthrough

Face it. Sometimes you wanna quit.

Ever feel like you’ve solved a problem and it pops right up again?

survivors don't quit

Bob Wieland’s disability is obvious.

But, he doesn’t quit.

Mine is not so obvious. A nerve issue.

Two years ago I had a neuropathy flare-up and I thought, “What else can I do?”

Reminds me of three keys for triggering breakthroughs.

We need them so we don’t lose heart.

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Before you quit: Remember three keys to breakthrough

Golden advice hiding at your great-great-grandparent’s grave

Imagine your great-great-grandparent’s ghost giving advice at their grave.

Advice like . . .

  • cheating chaos
  • capturing happiness

Walking up to my great-great-grandad’s tombstone, I imagined the Civil War veteran whispering.

A time travel tour ensued in Austin’s oldest cemetery.

His tombstone nudged me to Google his name, Alpheus B. Nuckols, Austin, TX.

One search shows he . . .

  • was a confederate veteran from Virginia
  • moved to Texas in 1891 and opened a photography studio
  • bought a house on Eighth Street in 1898

How do you go from defeat as a Virginia confederate soldier in 1865 and grow a photography business in Texas a few years later?

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Golden advice hiding at your great-great-grandparent’s grave

Like Tom Brady, Answer 7 Questions Before You Die

Tom Brady just answered seven questions anyone should before they die.

Tom Brady answers questions
Tom Brady Super Bowl LV/Mike Ehrman/Getty Images

In a Wall Street Journal Magazine interview (9/29/2021), Tom Brady mused over life’s biggest questions.

Here’s my take next to his condensed answers.

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Like Tom Brady, Answer 7 Questions Before You Die

Download the best option for most money decisions

In most cases, the best money decision is in plain sight.

Money making stock decision
Money making stock decision/Nikada/iStock

Do I sell stocks? Do I sell the house?

What these decisions share is perception.

Perception that more satisfaction comes with a change to . . .

  • avoid loss
  • find greener pasture

Instead, skip the money mistakes with one simple decision.

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Download the best option for most money decisions

Roll by regrets in two simple words

An old psychiatrist once counseled a famous writer how to roll by regrets.

Skate over regrets
Regrets disappear with two words/Alternate Skate/Unsplash

Arthur Gordon, who’s career included editor of such publications as . . .

  • Esquire
  • Cosmopolitan
  • Reader’s Digest

said that two words are pivotal for overcoming regrets.

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Roll by regrets in two simple words