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If you want the answer–ask the question.Lorii Myers
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Extend your "best before" date by living a youthful life.Lorii Myers
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Sometimes not getting what you want is a brilliant stroke of luck.Lorii Myers
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The power behind taking responsibility for your actions lies in putting an end to negative thought patterns. You no longer dwell on what went wrong or focus on whom you are going to blame. You don't waste time building roadblocks to your success. Instead, you are set free and can now focus on succeeding.Lorii Myers
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Once you figure out what you want in life–expect nothing less.Lorii Myers
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No one can take the shot for you.Lorii Myers
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When the awareness of what is achievable brushes your life, your journey has begun.Lorii Myers
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You have had many successes, and you have earned the right to be respected.Lorii Myers
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Successful people play the part of being successful consistently in all that they do.Lorii Myers
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We, as human beings, enjoy freedom of choice. Your attitude is your choice!Lorii Myers
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It's sometimes easier to help others rather than helping yourself. The trick is to listen to your "self" as a friend. This may be the simplest change you ever make in life, with the biggest impact.Lorii Myers
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Upon achieving a lifelong dream, I thought, this is the way to live your life -- in the moment, and to the fullest.Lorii Myers
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When healthy competition prevails -- you come out to play and you play to win.Lorii Myers
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Needs cause motivation. Deep-rooted desires for esteem, affection, belonging, achievement, self-actualization, power, and control motivate us to push for what we want and need in our lives.Lorii Myers
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Which came first: the change-ready company or the change-ready employee?Lorii Myers
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People learn when they are ready to learn. Are you ready?Lorii Myers
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To desire to change one’s past means there is a desire to change oneself. To desire to change oneself, one must learn to change.Lorii Myers
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Not much in the world ends up being the same as it started out, unless of course it had a very short life cycle.Lorii Myers
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Wasted strokes, like missed deadlines, are preventable and costly.Lorii Myers
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If you’re not afraid of working hard, self-reliance comes easy!Lorii Myers
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Consider the value of doing what you love and being paid for it! This is truly a golfer’s dream.Lorii Myers
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Keep a positive mind. Remember, a failed attempt doesn’t make you a failure–giving up does.Lorii Myers
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This is about me being ready to succeed. When I win in my mind, I truly win. Anything worthwhile deserves some time. I will do it this time! No excuses!Lorii Myers
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Visualization engages the mind and encourages the body.Lorii Myers
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The decide word is so powerful. It's amazing what you can do once you decide to do it.Lorii Myers
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I never saw it coming; I never thought you’d leave, but baby what you gave me was the courage to find me.Lorii Myers
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Passion in life…is life. It’s contagious. Get naked and roll around in it. People who enjoy living have it all figured out. They are passionate, driven, alive, and they are real.Lorii Myers
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When you are destined for greatness, it shows in everything you do. It becomes you. Greatness becomes you.Lorii Myers
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Random thought fills the streambed, cascading with care and spilling over the flood plain until bifurcation forces it to arc and fork into a single, determined stream.Lorii Myers
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Successful continual learning means maintaining a balance and variety of success-oriented attributes, the most prominent being awareness, confidence, persistence, determination, courage, and focus. But curiosity, ingenuity, and creativity may be even more important as it is these traits that fuel the desire to continue to question and challenge the status quo.Lorii Myers
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Push today for what you want tomorrow!Lorii Myers
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Live in the present, but live for the future.Lorii Myers
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As I believe– I am, I can, I know.Lorii Myers
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People aspire, learn, and grow when they are ready to commit to the process.Lorii Myers
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Don’t compromise your focus by comparing what you are trying to learn to what you already know. Focus in the moment, on what you are trying to learn now.Lorii Myers
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Keep an open mind and know that you can always learn more.Lorii Myers
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Believe that your hard work, dedication and persistence will pay off; improve through continual learning and believe in your future.Lorii Myers
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The human mind and body are truly extraordinary. They are the quintessence of excellence in motion. We talk, touch, see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. We dream, aspire, and become. All that we are is mind and body and spirit–that is our universe.Lorii Myers
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A good golfer’s métier is his or her golfing skill. A great golfer’s métier is his or her golfing skill, coupled with the mastery of good sportsmanship, rendering him or her an ambassador for the sport.Lorii Myers
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The code-of-ethics playlist:o Treat your colleagues, family, and friends with respect, dignity, fairness, and courtesy.o Pride yourself in the diversity of your experience and know that you have a lot to offer.o Commit to creating and supporting a world that is free of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation.o Have balance in your life and help others to do the same.o Invest in yourself, achieve ongoing enhancement of your skills, and continually upgrade your abilities.o Be approachable, listen carefully, and look people directly in the eyes when speaking.o Be involved, know what is expected from you, and let others know what is expected from them.o Recognize and acknowledge achievement.o Celebrate, relive, and communicate your successes on an ongoing basis.Lorii Myers
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You must be grounded to take flight.Lorii Myers
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Thinking there had to be a better way was a brilliant stroke of serendipity!Lorii Myers
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The limitless mind lets us dream and examine and explore. It opens us up to opportunity. We come up with a desire, a clear, fresh perspective, and a potential goal to observe from afar. And we wonder, is this it, the right choice, the best choice to follow?Lorii Myers
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Beauty is wasted on the self-absorbed.Lorii Myers
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The BIG push means being able to develop and sustain momentum toward your goal; it is the process of actively replacing excuses with winning habits, the ultimate excuses blockers. Moreover, it is being willing to go to the wall for what you want or believe in, to push beyond your previous mental and physical limits, no matter what it takes.Lorii Myers
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An aspirational diet will have you dreaming of success; but it’s the attachment of expectations and tangible goals that feeds the desire, persistence, and fortitude required to make the win.Lorii Myers
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Your appearance, attitude, and confidence define you as a person. A professional, well-dressed golfer, like a businessperson, gives the impression that he thinks that the golf course and/or workplace and the people there are important.Lorii Myers
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True confidence is born of experiencing your hard work and seeing your determination pay off.Lorii Myers
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Resilience is not a commodity you are born with, waiting silently on tap. It is self-manufactured painstakingly over time by working through your problems and never giving up, even in the face of difficulty or failure.Lorii Myers
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Think in terms of opportunities and solutions instead of problems, disappointment, and failure.Lorii Myers
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If you give up, you reward failure.Lorii Myers
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If you are afraid to fail, your successes will be few, common, and unmemorable.Lorii Myers
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How can you possibly do everything you want to do in life if you start doing a bunch of things twice?Lorii Myers
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With your visualization intact, commit to act.Lorii Myers
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For every forward action, there is an equally important forward reaction.Lorii Myers
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It’s not enough to fill your head with wondrous ideas–you must initiate action.Lorii Myers
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Explore, experience, evolve, and exceed your expectations! - No Excuses!Lorii Myers
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The promise of aspiration is that it is evolutionary. The human condition is such that we are always aspiring to be something more, something better, something nobler. It starts as a thought, a want, a need, or a desire and then grows and evolves with intention and direction, upward with lust and hunger. The continued drive feeds the rise.Lorii Myers
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The excitement of opportunity and challenge inspires us to push for greatness.Lorii Myers
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I have been thinking about the idea of excuses for some time now. They are like menacing demons that creep into our lives without us knowing. They are roadblocks, white lies to ourselves, a reason to set the bar lower, and self-justification for achieving less than our full potential.Lorii Myers
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It’s not the win that matters so much as recognizing and respecting its value.Lorii Myers
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Sustenance! Your health is always the best prescription.Lorii Myers
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If you wanted to be average, you would not be reading this book.Lorii Myers
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Don’t build roadblocks out of assumptions.Lorii Myers
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Self-affirm–build yourself up with honest and genuine praise.Lorii Myers
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The right attitude is everything!Lorii Myers
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Awareness makes us emotionally brilliant.Lorii Myers
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To gain self-respect, you need to put yourself first.Lorii Myers
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In the event of a communication breakdown, decide whether you will dwell in the negative or rise above the angst and turmoil in a firm, positive manner and encourage all parties to listen and be heard.Lorii Myers
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Find your focus by seeking all that is good in your life.Lorii Myers
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Excuses fall silent behind self-control, focus, and direction.Lorii Myers
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Set aside your repertoire of objections and own 100 percent of your focus.Lorii Myers
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Own 100 percent of your focus. The most challenging of endurance drills will bring you to a level of optimal mental and physical performance.Lorii Myers
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I don't ever want to be a fair-weather anything. Playing through the elements is always better than sitting on the sidelines.Lorii Myers
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Value the effort you put forward. Be determined, committed, and involved.Lorii Myers
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Live today as if there will be many tomorrows!Lorii Myers
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Your success is your responsibility. Take the initiative, do the work, and persist to the end.Lorii Myers
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Managing excuses means not excusing yourself from the responsibility you need to take with your thought, words, and actions.Lorii Myers
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If you dread ending up in the bunker, practice these tricky out-of-the-sand shots until you master them. Think of it as insurance–we all have learned that, once you know you can make that shot easily, you will seldom need to!Lorii Myers
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Put some action on your good intentions!Lorii Myers
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When aspirations are perceived to be achievable, ambition and drive can erase excuses.Lorii Myers
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The thing about life, about change, is there are always lessons. Some are subtle, others not, and sometimes it takes being ripped out of your comfort zone to finally get it–then it’s transformative.Lorii Myers
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Struggle strengthens the human bond and lightens the burden of the human condition.Lorii Myers
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When you begin to expect that there is always room for improvement, you put yourself in the driver’s seat. Why wait for someone else to figure it out or do it? Expect that you are the one. Expect great outcomes. Expect that you are the best candidate and that you will achieve your goals.Lorii Myers
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Tell yourself often: I am going to tackle my aspirations head on with the passion and dedication necessary to exceed even my expectations.Lorii Myers
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Expectations are made to be exceeded!Lorii Myers
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True sportsmanship is excellence in motion!Lorii Myers
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Most of us are continually engaged in some form of pursuit. We are seeking excellence within one or more areas in our lives, and that is the basis of our motivation. It is human nature to have a need to get ahead, need a little something more–it’s in our DNA. Although we may not be certain of what we need at any given moment, we know there’s something. It’s a competitive itch and desire to improve that never goes away.Lorii Myers
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Excellence prospers in the absence of excuses.Lorii Myers
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When I think of excellence in motion, I think of the big picture. Because of the magnitude of this concept, I look at it from an aerial perspective. It is a mindset that challenges the boundaries of self-induced limits–that point where you aspire to exceed your expectations, where the mind-body-achievement connection resides and wins time and time again.Lorii Myers
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Life’s best coaches are those who believe in you and your potential, sometimes even before you do.Lorii Myers
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There’s a time when it all comes together–what you long for and what you fear–and as tentative as you may feel, you’re driven to continue. At that point, the need to forge ahead is the only option, and your direction is defined despite yourself.Lorii Myers
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Winners in life visualize their success and look forward to reaping and enjoying the rewards of their accomplishments. They revel in their hard-earned victory, and that reinforces their superior level of self-confidence.Lorii Myers
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People rise to the occasion without hesitation when they feel inspired and challenged.Lorii Myers
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From within the mind we look out and envision, contemplating and interpreting each new challenge and the action we will take.Lorii Myers
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Successful people consistently put their best "self" forward.Lorii Myers
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Shoot for the biggest and boldest impact possible. If you need a full corporate makeover–do it. Moderation is just not going to cut it.Lorii Myers
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Haphazard actions don’t bring results!Lorii Myers
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Success is not random.Lorii Myers
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Aspire to high standards, expect strong results, offer self praise, and stack your confidence.Lorii Myers