Enlightened Success Newsletter 08 - Issue #3
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15 Success Secrets Of The Strongest Men In The World
By John Watson
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The 2004 final of the World's Strongest Man MET-Rx Championship took place in Nassau in the Bahamas. Three of the six finalists impressed me especially as great role models.
Svend Karlsen of Norway (aged 37 and a former world champion) was injured in the heats before the final. However he kept going for a long time in the final by working around the events he could no longer do. He came last but still managed to put up a great performance in some of the events.
After he had just carried two huge fridges, weighing 904 pounds in all, a fair old distance, the presenter asked "Was that mind over matter?" 'Yes; very much so. Every time I stepped down on my left leg my head said: "It's not going to work." My heart said: "Keep on going." Competing when you are only half fit is mentally very tough. I think what I am doing is very brave.' He kept competing in those events which did not directly stress his left thigh. In the end his injury caused him to stop competing when it was obvious that he could no longer get a top place. However, he was immediately thinking of next year's competition in an optimistic and positive way. "I just need to heal up and start training again."
Svend teaches us three great lessons 1. Do what you can do. If injury or some other obstacle prevents you doing everything, just do something 2. When the going gets painful, keep on going unless you will cause serious injury. 3. When failure comes in one year, start preparing for the next. Magnus Samuelsson of Sweden (aged 35, over 6 feet and 5 inches tall and also a former champion), was in decline from his previous invincible self, but he ended up third. He knew he was weak in a few events. Height is not always a help in strength events. However, he remarked "The key for me now is to score as high as possible in the events I can score high in."
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Instead of being depressed by his poor showing in his least favorite events, he would concentrate on his strong events and make the most of what he could do. He had the sense to realize that every one has different skills and there is no point worrying about what you can't do well. Focus on what you can do well.
After one of his favorite events he remarked "I needed something to go right just to get my confidence back and to get proof that I am still strong." Once he had proof, his overall importance improved. He began to put in some great performances. He had three bad events but kept going for his 'honour'. He wanted people to realize that he was still one of the strongest men in the world. He hoped to make the podium.
He did not make the podium in Nassau but did eventually make the podium by coming third when the third place competitor was disqualified for failing a drugs test. The following lessons can be learned from Magnus 1. Don't worry about your weaknesses; make the most of your strengths 2. Believe that you are strong and act accordingly 3. Have the pride to come third even if you realize you will not come first. (To be continued...) Because this is quite a long article, the next final part will be provided in our next newsletter issue. Make sure you don't miss it.
To Your Success and Happiness,
Kingson
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Inspirational Quotes:
Success Character
"We never lost a game, we just ran out of time" - Vincent T. Lombardi "There is no chance, no destiny, no fate that can circumvent or hinder or control the firm resolve of a determined soul." - Ella Wheeler Wilcox "I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I intended to be." - Douglas Adams "I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day." Abraham Lincoln “Things turn out the best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out." - John Wooden "The people that get on in this world are the people that get up and look for the circumstances that they want; and if they can't find them, they make them." - George Bernard Shaw "Life is a series of experiences, each one of which makes us bigger, even though sometimes it is hard to realize this." - Henry Ford "The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking." - Robert Schulle "If you want to be successful, it's just this simple: Know what you're doing. Love what you're doing. And believe in what you're doing." - Will Rogers "The pessimist complains about the wind; The optimist expects it to change; The realist [simply] adjusts the sails" - William Arthur Ward "There are many things that catch your eye, but only a few that will catch your heart. Pursue them." -Anonymous "What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail?" -Dr. Robert Schuller "You don't get in life what you WISH for, you get what you GO for." - Unknown "The difference between failure and success in life is how you deal with problems." Anthony Robbins "Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." - Theodore Roosevelt "The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it." - C.C. Scott ======================================================
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Inspirational Stories & Poems:
Keep Swimming !
Two frogs fell into a deep cream bowl. One was an optimistic soul. But the other took the gloomy view. "We'll drown," he lamented without much ado, and with a last despairing cry, he flung up his legs and said "Goodbye." Quote the other frog with a steadfast grin, "I can't get out but I won't give in, I'll just swim around till my strength is spent, then I'll die the more content." Bravely he swam to work his scheme, and his struggles began to churn the cream. The more he swam, his legs a flutter, the more the cream turned into butter. On top of the butter at last he stopped, and out of the bowl he gaily hopped. What is the moral? It's easily found... If you can't hop out, keep swimming around! Author: Unknown; Source: Unknown
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