Episode 44: Three feet from gold
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Think of a time in your life (we all have our moments!) where things got hard and you just wanted to QUIT. This is a natural feeling when we meet challenges, get uncomfortable, or maybe our task is NOT producing the rewards we had expected. It’s hard to spend time and money and energy over and over, and feel like we aren’t getting anywhere...so quitting often seems like the easiest option. BUT...quitting is also a guaranteed way to not meet our goals. Today we tell the story of two gold miners who quit when things got tough, right before reaching their goal...and they were only THREE FEET from their fortune!!
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