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WITandWISDOM(tm) - April 5, 2002 ISSN 1538-8794 ~~~~~~~ THOUGHTS: "It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. - Addison Walker Source: Heart Touchers, http://www.hearttouchers.com Subjects: Winning ~~~~~~~ SPECIAL THOUGHTS: Winners seem to be lucky because their positive self-expectancy enables them to better prepared for their opportunities. When asked by a news reporter how she thought she would do in one of her early career swimming meets in the United States several years ago, 14-year-old Australian Shane Gould replied, "I have a feeling there will be a world record today." She went on to set two world records in the one-hundred- and two-hundred-meter freestyle events. When asked how she thought she would fare in the more testing, grueling, four-hundred-meter event, Shane replied with a smile, "I get stronger every race, and besides ... my parents said they'd take me to Disneyland if I win, and we're leaving tomorrow!" she went to Disneyland with three world records. At 16 she held five world records and became one of the greatest swimmers of all time, winning three gold medals in the 1972 Olympics. She learned early about the power of self-expectancy. By Denis Waitley in The Winner's Edge (Berkley Books) quoted in Bits & Pieces, March 4, 1993, pp. 13-15. http://www.epinc.com Source: My Daily Dose of Inspiration, http://www.quietstones.com/mydailydose Subjects: Winning, Swimming, Olympics ~~~~~~~ THIS & THAT: HEADLINES - Times when an editor was definitely needed: Part 1 of 3 [Apr 5, 15, 25] Slips of the tongue: Grandmother of eight makes hole in one Deaf mute gets new hearing in killing Police begin campaign to run down jaywalkers House passes gas tax onto senate Safety experts say school bus passengers should be belted Farmer bill dies in house Iraqi head seeks arms Source: HUMOR Digest Subjects: News, Headlines, Misprints, Parody ~~~~~~~ KEEP SMILING: Did you hear about the Indian chief named Running Water? He had two daughters, Hot and Cold, and a son named Luke. Source: Clean Laffs, http://www.shagmail.com/sub/sub-jokes.html Subjects: Indians, Names ~~~~~~~ TRIVIA: Download Bandwidth Speed You can test your download bandwidth speed. For either low or high speed connections visit: http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/ Source: The Pocket Newsletter, http://www.thepocket.com Subjects: Computer Tips |