{"id":1703,"date":"2012-08-14T06:39:27","date_gmt":"2012-08-14T11:39:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/blog\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2012-08-14T06:39:27","modified_gmt":"2012-08-14T11:39:27","slug":"closing-olympic-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.drbilltoth.com\/?p=1703","title":{"rendered":"Closing Olympic Comments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning Team &#8211; While the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics were beautiful, for me the best part of the Olympics will always be the stories behind the medals.  Stories of Courage, Endurance, Sacrifice and faith. <\/p>\n<p>And so it was with the Texas Team Training at our home this weekend.  The stories that people share are what generates the Power of live events.  Sometimes it&#8217;s a story shared from a leader at the front of the room, and more often &#8211; it&#8217;s the stories participants share with each other that leads to someone having a breakthrough moment that makes all the difference.  That&#8217;s the real magic!<\/p>\n<p>I call it the &#8220;light bulb&#8221; or &#8220;aha moment&#8221; that someone has that gives them the drive or the reason to move forward and build their business.   I absolutely love witnessing those moments and Julie and I love the privilege of helping to create the environment for those moments to occur. <\/p>\n<p>Olympic athletes have an extreme amount of pressure and physical and mental pains to deal with &#8211; for years prior to competition.  You and I have many life distractions that can cause us to lose focus \u2013 births, deaths, college, weddings, construction, caring for children and aging parents, illness, paying bills, friends, running a household,.. etc.  We all have &#8220;stuff&#8221; going on.  It&#8217;s what we DO about it that matters, and what we DO is highly dependent upon what we focus on&#8230;.on our goals and solutions, or the pain, suffering and the apparent unfairness of the &#8220;stuff&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Focus is a huge part of success.  Every Olympic athlete referred to it.  And this weekend, every participant story relating to success &#8211; or failure &#8211; mentioned it in some way.  Focus.<\/p>\n<p><em>Focus on your goal, make it much larger, more colorful and more meaningful than any of the &#8220;stuff&#8221; that might be occurring and write your story of courage, endurance, sacrifice, faith and success.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Lost time is never found again<\/em>&#8221;  &#8211;Benjamin Franklin<\/p>\n<p>Live With Intention,<br \/>\nDr Bill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good Morning Team &#8211; While the Closing Ceremonies of the Olympics were beautiful, for me the best part of the Olympics will always be the stories behind the medals. Stories of Courage, Endurance, Sacrifice and faith. 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