To change the things you can

     Clint Eastwood has made a movie about having "The courage to change the things you can" called GRAN TORINO and wow is it good! I recommend it highly.

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Basketball is in my blood

     And for those of you who like basketball, I recommend this book, in which you'll get more than great basketball stories.....written by my friend, basketball coach Ryan Cuff, and edited by his talented writer-wife Lisa. Below the cover is the review I wrote for it on Amazon:

    More than a basketball book, December 16, 2008
By Stephen Chandler 

    BASKETBALL BLOOD is more than a sports book...it combines the best of fun basketball stories with personal growth lessons and a philosophy of life that is so welcome in today's chaotic world. Ryan Cuff is a coach who knows his subject and has a thoroughly entertaining touch to his writing. The short, enlightening chapters pull you right along...and anyone who likes basketball will love these true stories....and yet throughout there is also a philosophy of life...of self-reliance, and personal integrity, and pride in one's effort, that is so badly needed in this world today. I give it my highest rating.

    To purchase BASKETBALL BLOOD just click here.

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     And now for The BEST SIGN ever seen in a grocery store:

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      You knew I would love that sign because CLUB FEARLESS members may also be getting an espresso and a free puppy sent to them, although maybe not right away......but one of the benefits of the club is that unexpected gifts will be sent to club members. As well as a LIVE Steve Chandler teleseminar each month (also sent to you on CD in case you missed the excitement)....and a studio CD audio program on the latest breakthrough concept in personal growth and creating health and wealth.....as well as a printed copy every month of my personal motivation diary, a candid journal of the breakthrough ideas that further the work done in 100 Ways to Create Wealth, Reinventing Yourself, 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself, The Story of You and FEARLESS. Those updates will be quite interesting. And, too, club members get my ANSWER, my COUNTER, my ALTERNATIVE to the mainstream media's attempt to scare the world, a kind-of newsletter called WHO'S FEARLESS IN THIS WORLD? A new kind of media report that only reports acts of courage and creativity (to inspire us all.)

     Do you feel that the reports in today's media leave us less than inspired? Then join the club. 

     Oh, and are you wondering why I would use my blog to advertise this club? Against all the internet advice that says DON'T SELL on YOUR BLOG....well, that won't be the first time I ignore good advice. This whole project is called fearless. And I hinted at it in the end of the book by the same name...what I was up to....what I would do.

   Because we all have two choices. We can be victims, and just lie down and wait for the O Team to save us with hand-outs and a job re-painting the highways, or we can rise up. We can take ownership and create the future....and not worry about catching the next bubble or riding the next dark explosion of greed and heartbreak, but rather to create and serve, to create the courage to change the things we can, and to serve the world and EARN our way home.

   God grant me the courage to change the things I can.

Comments

[Bob]

least he can do”. Rauf does not owe anyone a damn thing. He did not rvcieee a hand out. His success came from his sweat and discipline. He was told he MUST come out of the locker room and stand That was not an option. And he was not thrown in jail. But the house HE PAID FOR was burned. His property was vandalized. Do you even know the circumstances of this story? Or did you see Muslim, National anthem, won’t stand, and just formed your opinion?