Nothing is impossible, the word itself says, I’m
possible. – Audrey Hepburn
Success doesn’t happen overnight. Keep your eye on the prize and don’t look
back. – Erin Andrews
Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving
it and staying with that plan. – Tom Landry
Do you know who Paul
Wittgenstein is? Neither did I when I
heard his name on an episode of M*A*S*H called “Morale Victory”. Wittgenstein was an Austrian concert pianist
who lost his right arm via amputation during World War I. During his time as a POW in a Siberian
internment camp, he determined in his mind to make a career for himself as a
one-armed (left) pianist. He found an
overturned crate in the camp and drew the lines of piano keys on the crate. Daily he would “practice” his piano. When a visiting dignitary saw Wittgenstein
“practicing” on his crate, he was overcome with emotion and had him transferred
to a camp that had an old piano, which Wittgenstein used to learn to play with
only his left hand. In 1915,
Wittgenstein was released through a Russian/Austrian POW exchange program. With defiant determination, he relaunched his
career and became a success.
As the third quarter of 2017 ends, I am reminded via
Wittgenstein’s story that life does not always go as we plan. However, we should never give up and push
even harder to accomplish our goals and dreams.
It’s always too early to quit. – Norman Vincent Peale
CHALLENGE: Review your 2017 goals. How are you doing? What changes do you need to make to
accomplish your 2017 goals and finish the year strong?
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