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If You Have This, You Will Never Lose
Some people just cannot be stopped
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.”
— George Bernard Shaw
Most people hit speed bumps and slow down. Some people even stop.
Some people keep going as long as they can. Then roadblocks appear, and they turn around and end the journey.
But a few people use speed bumps to launch up and forward. And they blast through roadblocks as if they were speed bumps.
What is different about these people? What do they know that others do not?
I just re-read one of my favorite books recently: Self-Made in America, by John McCormack. In the book, John McCormack recounts one of my favorite stories ever.
This story, to me, describes a quality that I aspire to have. This is a story — a true story — that is almost unbelievable. Or maybe it is completely unbelievable.
But it is inspiring.
And amazing.
And perfect to describe how to approach the speed bumps and roadblocks that constantly pop up.
Once you hear this man’s…
