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10 Insider Tips For Success From Ex-NBA Sharp Shooter Mike Glenn That He Says Can Be Used By All

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98003669Make Your Thoughts as Big as Your Dreams

Many people spend so much of their mental energy and power of imagination on their long-term goals and dreams that they often fail to place significant emphasis on the day-to-day building block activities that make dreams a reality. All endeavors have fundamentals that serve as the foundations of higher success. You must learn to place value on the incremental steps that allow you to raise your level of competence. Build the small thoughts so completely that they become ingrained in your subconscious as part of your character. Crowd your mind and imagination with so many positive thoughts and images that there is little room or time for any other focus. Treasure the small basic steps that lead to victory.

mg_1Enjoy the Journey

Does someone have to remind you that you are having fun? Some people spend their whole lives waiting for happiness that must surely be around the corner. They wait for graduations, for satisfactory employment, for marriage, for children, and for retirement. They wait for happiness that they may never see. They fail to live in the present because they are always preparing to live in the future. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said that Magic made him realize—and remember—that they were having fun (during their playing days together with the “Showtime” Los Angles Lakers).

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