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In 1974 Digger Phelps, the Notre Dame basketball coach, was preparing his team to meet the perennial national champion UCLA Bruins in a basketball game.  UCLA was the overwhelming favorite.  The gamblers had "taken the game off the boards," because everyone knew Notre Dame did not have a chance.

Folks, today I bring you show number 347 and the title is “Is there Godly aspiration and ambition?” And we have a special guest. A guest who I’m intimidated by. Why? Because my dad, Dan Miller of “48 Days To The Work You Love Fame,” says this guy is, and I quote, “The best interviewer I’ve ever seen.

Most parents experience the joy of watching their children turn over, then crawl, then stand up and then take those first steps.  With outstretched arms they stand two or three steps away and encourage the little one to come to them.  Chances are about three trillion to one that when the baby falls down the parent is not going to say, "O.k., you had your chance - you blew it!  So don't you ever try to walk again!"  That's absurd, but isn't it equally absurd to think we can accomplish major things in our lives without experiencing some reversals of some kind?  We all need to remember that failure is an event, not a person, that success is a process and not just an instant happening.

Folks, there is no one on the planet who is immune to needing this message. It’s impossible. We are all victims of our own narrow views of ourselves and limitations. Some have drastic limitations, some have mild, albeit subversive, erosions that handicap their efforts.

Hope is the power that gives a person the confidence to step out and try.

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Today's show features one of Zig’s most famous stories of getting cooked in the squat.

We’re going to listen to 11 minutes of Zig today, and as I mentioned, it includes his renowned story of being cooked in the squat. Which to clarify…he’s referring to baking biscuits.

You were designed for accomplishment, engineered for success, and endowed with the seeds of greatness.

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Happiness is the ability to move forward, knowing the future will be better than the past.

Knowing your future will be better than your past requires having a clear vision and a set of goals that will guarantee happiness. Learn Zig Ziglar’s secrets to a successful life and sales career: https://www.ziglar.com/product/ziglar-sales-system

While going through my files I came across a blurb from Catholic Digest written by Mary Kinsolving which is as relevant today as it was many years ago when it was written.  Ms. Kinsolving tells a story of living in Manhattan where, as a child, her mother walked her to school four blocks away every morning and then walked home with her again in the afternoon.

Where you start is not as important as where you finish.

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There is no elevator to success, you have to take the stairs.

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