By Rusty Potter There is a simple lesson in life that can be explained with something most of us have experienced with a car: a dead battery When your car battery dies, you usually need a jump. Someone pulls up…
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Tough as nails
By Rusty Potter Some people bend under pressure. Others break. But a few? They are tough as nails. Steel gets stronger in the fire. People get stronger in adversity. As Albert Einstein once said, “Adversity introduces a man to himself.”…
Be all you can be -A message that still works
By Rusty Potter I remember hearing it from our old floor-model television in the living room. Many families will remember those big wooden cabinet TVs that seemed like a piece of furniture. When the commercials came on, a message would…
Be known for excellence, not “good enough”
By Rusty Potter There is a way of thinking that quietly limits progress and potential – the “ good enough” way of thinking. It sounds harmless, even reasonable at times. But over time, it becomes a ceiling that keeps us…
Let your brain do the heavy lifting
By Rusty Potter There will come a day when your back will get tired. For many of us, life started with hard work. We used our backs, our hands, and our muscles to make a living. We lifted, pulled, pushed,…
Go where you are celebrated
By Rusty Potter A bottle of water costs about one dollar at the store. The same bottle costs two dollars at the gym. At the airport, that same bottle may cost four dollars. And if you buy that same bottle…
Not a setback – a setup
By Rusty Potter Every closed door is not a setback; it’s a setup for you to move in a better direction.If we are honest, most of us don’t like hearing “no”. We don’t like being overlooked, turned down, or told…