| On June 3rd, 1948, a blast rocked the
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| | equipment, supplies, guns, and tools over
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| Black Hills of South Dakota. Ten tons of
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| | treacherous mountain passes while
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| stone were dislodged from the
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| | subsiding on nothing more than roots. The
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| mountainside and tumbled to the earth
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| | entire journey traversed over 8,000 miles
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| below. Earlier that day, a man named
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| | and lasted several years, but the men and
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| Korczak had ascended the mountain and
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| | woman set forth knowing only what they
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| single-jacked four holes at 6,740 feet
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| | wished to accomplish and focused on
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| above sea level.
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| | achieving it one day at a time.
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| Single-jacking is the practice of placing
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| | They took their first steps without any
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| a drill-bitagainst hard rock, slamming it
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| | knowledge of theland they were about to
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| with a four-pound sledgehammer, then
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| | enter - it was terra incognito. Isa
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| rotating the drill and banging it again
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| | healthy physique "unknown territory" to
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| untilthe hole is finished. It is a
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| | you? It is easierto overcome fear of the
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| labor-intensive effort and a single man
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| | unknown when you are in pursuit of
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| might only drill six to eight feet over
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| | greatness.
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| the course of a day.
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| | What does it take to step onto the
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| Over the following years more than eight
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| | treadmill to run a few miles? What
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| million tons ofrock would be blasted
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| | courage is necessary to enter the weight
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| away. What was once a silentsilhouette in
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| | room and force several pounds of iron to
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| stone began to take on a new shape. It
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| | move against the will of gravity? The
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| wouldnot be until over a decade after
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| | small excuses that keep you away from
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| Korczak's death - a fullfifty years after
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| | your goals are the dangerous ones. They
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| he single-jacked the first holes -
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| | are the little dream-stealers, attacking
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| thatthe face of his muse, the proud
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| | greatness. Living healthy is about more
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| Lakota warrior named "Crazy Horse," would
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| | than simply losing weight or looking
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| emerge. What Korczak had begun in
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| | great on the beach. It is about
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| obscurity by constructing his own
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| | excellence.
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| 714-step stairway to the summit (one he
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| | Wouldn't weight-loss be easy if it were
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| ascended and descended multiple times in
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| | just a "thing?" Wedo "things" every day.
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| a singleday) is now known throughout the
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| | We brush our teeth, go shopping, and
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| world. Over 10,000 hikers converge for
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| | prepare dinner. These "things" are part
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| the annual hike to the top of the
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| | of our daily existence, and are as easy
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| mountain to view the face that alone is
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| | as watching the rain. So why is living
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| taller than Mount Rushmore.
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| | healthy such a struggle to many? Perhaps
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| One billion postage stamps with the
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| | it is because you are chasing something
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| likeness of Crazy Horse have been issued
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| | more than a number on the scale. Maybe
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| over the last few decades. It all started
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| | you feel that if you burn that fat, you
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| with a single hike up the mountain by man
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| | will find your true self underneath.
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| who was humble enough to begin the
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| | During the chase, you are not really
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| project by himself but had a vision large
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| | losing weight - whether you like it or
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| enough to believe he could transform a
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| | not, you are pursuing greatness. It is
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| mountain into the noble image of a native
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| | who we are.
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| war hero declaring the extent of his
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| | According to Jim Rohn, "the ultimate
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| lands. It was a vision of greatness.
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| | expression of life isnot a million
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| How did something so monumental begin
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| | dollars or a bank account or a home." It
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| with such humbleroots? Perhaps the
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| | is living a good life. Jim Rohn once lied
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| greatest clue left behind is thequotation
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| | to a Girl Scout because he did not have a
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| found on the various knick-knacks in the
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| | single dollar in his wallet to buy
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| giftshop next the mountain. I was moved
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| | cookies from her. He vowed he would never
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| when I heard thephenomenal story of the
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| | be in that position again, and is now
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| Crazy Horse project and bought a souvenir
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| | America's foremost business philosopher -
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| not to remind me of where I had been, but
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| | a millionaire who has spoken to hundreds
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| to encourage me to keep forging ahead to
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| | of thousands. Jim shares that a good life
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| where I want to be. The beautiful swirl
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| | includes productivity, good friends,
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| of agate was not what commanded the most
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| | culture, and religion. He tells us not to
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| of my attention - it was the words that
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| | miss anything - not the game, not the
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| spoke to my own dreams. It reads:
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| | opera, not the movie. What are you
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| When the Legends Die
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| | missing?
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| The Dreams End
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| | How hard is it to live the good life? We
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| When the Dreams End
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| | Americans are numbto our present
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| There is No More Greatness
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| | condition. We are programmed to sit in
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| Korczak insisted that it was not
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| | frontof the television set to absorb a
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| important to know when the monument will
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| | constant stream ofnegative news, then
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| be finished. What was most important was
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| | punch the clock at a job that is
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| to continue the dream. And continue the
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| | high-stress and low-pay with little time
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| dream he did, through three separate
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| | remaining to live the good life. We are
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| operations to remove six discs. After
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| | exhausted, so we slump in front of the
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| quadruple bypass surgery, he was back on
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| | latest sitcom to find pleasure in someone
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| the mountain supervising his children as
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| | else's life because we don't have the
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| they painted the outline of the massive
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| | energy to live our own. Dr. Myron Wentz,
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| horse's head. Crazy Horse, when
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| | who was born on a small farm only a few
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| completed, will be the world's largest
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| | hundred miles north of Crazy Horse in
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| sculpture, taller than the great pyramids
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| | North Dakota and is now pursuing
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| and overshadowing the Washington Monument
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| | greatness as a leader in the fight
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| by eight feet.
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| | against degenerative disease, described
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| Seven of Korczak's ten children continue
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| | the situation eloquently by stating "Most
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| the dream to thisday along with his wife.
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| | people die too long."
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| Korczak himself rests peacefullyin a
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| | It took me nearly a year to lose
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| mausoleum he built with his children
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| | sixty-five pounds of fat.
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| before his deathat the base of the
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| | I was not an overnight success story - I
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| mountain.
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| | had to work at it.
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| It is said the journey of a thousand
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| | It was a struggle and sometimes I would
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| miles begins with the first footstep.
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| | backslide. When I'd stand on the scale to
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| Just as the act of carving Crazy Horse's
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| | see that I had taken two steps in the
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| face from living rock took fifty years,
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| | wrong direction, I'd dust myself off,
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| the quest to sculpt your own physique
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| | face the right direction, and keep moving
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| will not be fulfilled overnight. Why is
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| | forward. Many people who were attempting
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| so difficult to hold onto the dream of
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| | to lose fat with me gave up when they did
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| living a healthy, fit life? Have we lost
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| | not see their six-pack after a few weeks
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| our Legends, and let the Dreams End? You
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| | of sweating hard and eating clean.
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| may be amazed to learn that every
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| | Not content with being ordinary, I
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| ordinary person in this world is destined
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| | stubbornly refused togive in. Perhaps I
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| to something extraordinary - if they are
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| | can attribute some of my success to
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| willing to stop trying to make it happen
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| | mybirth in Sturgis, South Dakota - a
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| and instead able to search deep within to
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| | small town nestled just inside the border
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| let it happen.
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| | of the Black Hills where many legends
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| Are you ready to let success happen?
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| | have roamed. I do not consider myself a
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| A pound of fat contains approximately
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| | legend, but I could relate to Korczak
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| 3,500 calories. Imust admit, it was
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| | when I'd rouse myself early in the
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| daunting to me when I began my journeyand
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| | morning after only a few hours of sleep
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| realized I had 65 pounds of fat to lose.
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| | to step into the cold basement and onto
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| Sixty-fivepounds of fat boasts more than
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| | the unrelenting treadmill. I did not want
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| a quarter million calories.
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| | to die too long - I was ready to live.
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| In our fast-paced world of instant
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| | You see, I did not know how long it would
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| gratification, I wantedthe fat to
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| | take to reach my goal. I was unhappy and
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| disappear immediately. I did not want
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| | dissatisfied with how I was living my
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| tosingle-jack those four holes and blast
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| | life. For things to change, I had to
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| away the first tentons out of eight
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| | change. I was not ready for just any
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| million ... instead, I wanted the entire
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| | change - I wanted to do something great.
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| sculpture to reveal itself overnight.
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| | Korczak had his mountain, I had my
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| Where was my magic bullet?
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| | treadmill. What we shared was the resolve
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| Crazy Horse is in the Dakota Territory,
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| | to look beyond the next day and become
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| which was firstmade famous to other
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| | part of a greater vision. I might have
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| Americas through the journals of Lewisand
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| | only burned a few hundred calories per
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| Clark. Many of us today dread stepping
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| | day, but those emptied fat cells would
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| onto thetreadmill or out into the cold
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| | never cause me grief again. It doesn't
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| morning air to run a fewmiles. The Lewis
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| | matter when you reach that magic weight
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| and Clark expedition crossed the entire
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| | or fit into that special pair of shorts.
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| country from St. Louis to the west coast
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| | What matters is keeping the dream alive
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| and back again. The majority of this was
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| | every day. Live the good life. Strive for
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| on foot, dragging boats laden with
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| | excellence. Excellence is not perfection;
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| supplies upstream against the aggressive
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| | it is the pursuit of greatness - it is
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| current of the Missouri River.
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| | perfecting the process of becoming your
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| One journal entry shared an extraordinary
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| | best. I remind myself of the dream to be
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| fact: each man consumed nearly twenty
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| | my best each and every day, because I
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| pounds of meat every day in order to
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| | know when the dreams end, there is no
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| supply the calories they needed to
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| | more greatness.
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| survive. In stark contrast, when they
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| | Are you merely chasing the scale, or do
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| were struggling through a hard winter in
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| | you choose topursue greatness? Never
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| the Rockies, they managed to drag
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| | forget your dreams.
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