The three hardest decisions leading you to uncommon success

A naval officer with uncommon success made the hardest decision late one night.

Another ship was approaching.

The helmsman told the officer, “Sir, there are lights ahead.”

The officer said, “Radio that ship and tell them to alter their course ten degrees north.”

And so he did. “Alter your course ten degrees north.”

The answer came back. “Your order is respected but disregarded. You alter your course ten degrees south.”

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

Days before Halloween in 1979, my wife, 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 suggested four charms for a successful career and, believe it or not, a cheery life.

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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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Discover the atomic habit you’re overlooking for big results

One atomic habit makes a difference for all of your results.

Atomic habits big results

Presence. And nothing enhances your presence like addressing others by their name.

Jesus did this. He used atomic habits.

Their impact left . . .

  • lawyers speechless
  • crowds astonished
  • soldiers kneeling

It’s not just the way he looked at you. It’s the way he said your name.

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How the best keep going and never give up

A best friend recently told me, “I feel like quitting. I’m tired of of being told things will work out in the future, that relief is out there somewhere. Just give me the keys. Drive away. Leave everything behind.”

The best keep going

And then I told him the amazing turnaround story of Edwin Booth, the brother of Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth.

If anyone could ever justify quitting, it was Edwin Booth.

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