| Okay, so your worst nightmare just came
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| | from left over military vehicles and
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| true. Your business was destroyed by
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| | airplanes and moved to a new city to open
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| forces beyond your control - by the
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| | a small factory and continued production
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| forces of nature, a freak accident, a
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| | on a small scale. The end of the war
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| crime or maybe even a terrorist attack.
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| | brought an end to his piston ring
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| Now what? Is your life over? Can you
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| | production business. Even though he
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| ever recover from this? Yes you can!
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| | survived the war, he could not survive
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| There are three things you can do to
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| | the end of the war.At the end of World
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| determine the final impact that this
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| | War II, Tokyo and most industrial cities
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| tragedy has on your life. No, you can't
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| | had been destroyed. Gasoline was
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| make it go away, but you do have the
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| | rationed and sometimes impossible to
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| power to make an internal choice of how
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| | find, so he came up with an idea. In
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| it will affect you.CHOOSE TO BELIEVEIt is
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| | 1946, he took regular bicycles and
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| essential that you stop and get your
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| | installed small, military surplus engines
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| bearings. Assess where you are and what
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| | on them and started selling them. But he
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| resources you have around you. Stop and
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| | soon ran out of military surplus engines.
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| assess the damage for what it is.
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| | It looked like another dead-end.Did this
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| Acknowledge it, but make a verbal
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| | stop Soichiro? No. He decided to start
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| declaration - out loud - that you will
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| | making his own small engines. However,
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| survive it. Yes, cancer and hurricanes
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| | there was one small problem - he had no
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| are still terminal, but plenty of people
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| | money! So he wrote letters to bicycle
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| survive them. Just a few days after
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| | shop owners throughout Japan, explaining
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| Lance Armstrong was diagnosed with
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| | his idea to make motorbikes and asking
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| cancer, he held a press conference in
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| | them to invest. With the money that a
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| which he boldly announced, "I want you
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| | few of them invested, he started
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| all to know that I intend to beat this
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| | manufacturing his own engines and
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| disease, and further I intend to ride
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| | motorbikes. The first motorbikes he made
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| again as a professional cyclist." That
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| | were too big and bulky and very few
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| was back in 1996, when most people were
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| | Japanese bought them. Was this another
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| predicting his early demise.Was he a
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| | dead end?No. Soichiro listened to the
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| prophet? Did he receive a message in a
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| | feedback and adjusted accordingly.
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| dream? Did he know something that we
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| | Soichiro changed his approach. He
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| didn't know? No. None of the above.
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| | stripped his motorbike down and made it
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| Lance Armstrong made an internal decision
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| | much lighter. The new design won the
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| to believe and to survive. Then he
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| | Emperor's Award. In time, this little
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| announced it publicly. This public
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| | motorbike captured 60% of the Japanese
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| verbalization of his belief seared it
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| | market and Soichiro began exporting them
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| into his brain and his very soul. It
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| | to Taiwan. In 1948, Soichiro established
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| came to pass because he really believed
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| | the Honda Motor Company, which is one of
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| it and this undying belief helped him
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| | the biggest manufacturers of cars and
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| bring it to pass.You can do the same
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| | motorcycles in the world today.What can
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| thing. Acknowledge your opponent for
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| | you learn from Soichiro Honda? A total
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| what it is and then calmly, but firmly
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| | loss is an opportunity to start over with
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| announce to the world that you will beat
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| | a clean slate. Have you ever wondered
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| this thing!CHOOSE TO FOCUS ON INTANGIBLE
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| | what you would do if you could start life
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| VALUESWhen everything is taken from us
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| | over? Well, here's your chance. Life
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| and we are left standing naked among the
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| | has just handed you a golden opportunity.
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| tattered ruins of our life, we suddenly
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| | Start with a fresh vision. Make a
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| realize what life is really all about.
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| | decision to start a new life.What if you
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| It's not about how much money we have,
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| | say, "But I'm not a very creative person.
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| what kind of car we drive, or how big our
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| | I'm out of ideas." Take comfort - there
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| house is. All that stuff can be wiped
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| | is no reason to reinvent the wheel. Find
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| out in the blink of an eye.It's about
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| | people who are already succeeding at what
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| something bigger than that. Something we
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| | you want to do and learn their secrets.
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| can't see and can't measure. We can't
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| | Read books and articles about the legends
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| put our finger on it. We're just glad to
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| | in your industry. Get into the minds of
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| be alive. We're just glad the sun came
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| | these icons. There is no excuse for
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| up this morning. Is that a bird we hear
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| | blindly stumbling in the dark to find
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| singing? It suddenly sounds sweeter than
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| | your way. Find and follow the path of
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| we've ever heard it before. Is that a
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| | those who have gone before you. If there
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| child we hear laughing? It somehow
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| | is a method or system to their success,
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| tickles us deep in our soul.True
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| | then it is capable of being learned. If
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| survivors focus on intangible values
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| | it is capable of being learned, then it
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| above all else. It may sound trite and
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| | is capable of being duplicated. Study
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| over-stated, but when you're sitting
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| | it. Duplicate it. Then improve upon
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| among the ruins of your life, sit down
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| | it.Remember, you may have lost your
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| and count what you have left. It will
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| | house, your car, your health or maybe
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| refresh your soul and give you the energy
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| | even your spouse. But no one can take
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| you need to start over.CHOOSE TO FOLLOW
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| | away your determination to succeed, your
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| THE HEROE'S PATHAs shocking and
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| | inherent abilities, your intelligence or
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| incomprehensible as your tragedy may
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| | your creativity. These gifts, talents
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| seem, remember there are many survivors
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| | and abilities haven't gone anywhere.
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| and heroes who have gone before you who
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| | Wherever you go, they are still with you!
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| have survived worse. It is up to you to
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| | These are your sails. Your belief in
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| follow their path.Soichiro Honda is a
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| | them is the wind that will blow you
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| classic example of a true survivor who
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| | around the world.Copyright 2005. All
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| suffered repeated tragedies and kept
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| | rights reserved. Daniel R. Castro,
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| coming back. In 1945, Soichiro was
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| | author of Critical Choices That Change
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| making piston rings at a small plant in
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| | Lives: How Heroes Turn Tragedy Into
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| Japan. But then something much worse
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| | Triumph.Learn the principles that heroes
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| than a hurricane destroyed the plant - it
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| | have been following to turn tragedy into
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| was a U.S. air raid. The bombs dropping
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| | triumph for thousands of years. Dan
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| from U.S. planes destroyed not only the
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| | Castro is an attorney who spent nine
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| plant, but most of the city. But
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| | years studying the patterns of people
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| Soichiro was a survivor. He chose where
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| | whose critical choices turned them into
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| to put his focus. He collected the metal
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| | heroes.
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