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Dictate the Game!
One of the essential points I would like to leave with you is the
importance of taking control of your professional activities. Be
proactive. Create; don’t simply respond. Hopefully, I have provided
you with a glimpse into my own life and what has worked for my
family and the thousands of clients served through these principles.
Football is the most popular sport in America today. One of the
sports innovators, Bill Walsh, best known as former coach of the
multiple world champion San Francisco 49ers, actually scripted the
first 20–25 plays of every game on his clip board. He was the
first professional coach to do this. It was his philosophy and
proactive mentality that instead of reacting to the
game events, he would seize control of the contest by
dictating what went on during the game. Today, every
team in the National Football League scripts their plays
in an attempt to control the events on the field.
The message:
Script your life and don’t be dictated to when it comes to
your career activities! Do not be directed by the economy or by
industries in demand; instead, focus on exactly what you want and
it will come to you. What is important is not that you have finished
this book, but that you will actually apply what you have learned to
pursue your God given greatness.
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