Michael Phelps and Internal Music

Written by Tony Papajohn


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(Ah, right. I could do a search, but maybe later.)

"I just likerepparttar sound of hip-hop," Phelps says.

"I love Jay-Z and 50 Cent and I'm a huge Biggie (Smalls) fan. I listen to rap onrepparttar 129890 way to practice and whatever I've been playing just loops through my head as I swim."

And his daily workout lasts two-and-a-half hours and covers ten miles.

Fortunately, I suspect that audio art forms besides hip-hop (or, perhaps, an actual form of music), played onrepparttar 129891 internal audio system will also occupyrepparttar 129892 conscious mind and unleashrepparttar 129893 power ofrepparttar 129894 unconscious.

So, whenever you have to engagerepparttar 129895 body for an extended period, play your own internal music.

Fortunately, success isrepparttar 129896 issue and there’s no accounting for taste.

Copyright 2004 by Tony Papajohn. Tony writes and speaks on success. Subscribe to his free SuccessMotivator e-zine at http://www.successmotivator.com.


Thoughts by Our River

Written by Gary E. Anderson


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Soon, I picked up another clue. My nose began to senserepparttar subtle smells ofrepparttar 129887 river, slightly musty, but clean and fresh atrepparttar 129888 same time. Although I still could see nothing, I was even more certain that I was on target.

I kept walking toward that place all my senses told me was straight ahead, even though I couldn’t see my goal throughrepparttar 129889 fog, and after a few moments, I came to my riverbank. Simple as it seems, I saw it as a profound analogy for life itself. There are times when we can’t see our goal, no matter how hard we peer intorepparttar 129890 mist. Yet we have clues and that feeling inside that if we keep moving in a particular direction, our goal will eventually come into sight.

There have been many times in my life when my goal wasn’t clear to me. In fact, it seemed totally shrouded in fog. But I kept moving toward that goal, sometimes takingrepparttar 129891 tiniest of baby steps, until my goal finally could be seen and achieved.

The river that runs alongside our farm teaches me lessons every day, a constant reminder that mayberepparttar 129892 old folks were right—you can’t sit besiderepparttar 129893 same river twice.

© 2004. Gary E. Anderson. All rights reserved.

Gary Anderson is a freelance writer, editor, ghostwriter, and manuscript analyst, living on a small Iowa farm. He’s published more than 500 articles and four books. He’s also ghosted a dozen books, edited more than 30 full-length manuscripts, produced seven newsletters, and has done more than 800 manuscript reviews for various publishers around the nation. If you need writing or editing help, visit Gary’s website at www.abciowa.com.


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