Awaken the Inner Hero
new car. She took her kids school-shopping in malls where they had never shopped before and on vacations that they had only dreamed about. She even changed the destiny of her family by putting her children through college. Today, Carol Stinson looks 20 years younger than she did when I first met her. She is a strong, amazing, vibrant, highly respected businesswoman who’s changed the destiny of her family forever, and not just financially. She’s teaching them how to be different people by growing up with different hab- its, and letting the hero be in control of their lives. Tapping into their full potential and not leaving it up to chance. Not going to their deathbeds saying, “Wow, there could have been more.” No, there won’t be any, “Could have been more” conver- sations for Carol. I have no doubt that spitfire, that amaz- ing woman, will go to her deathbed knowing she was all she could be, and then some. Think about the simple definition starting this chapter. Think about Carol’s inner hero and its heroic qualities: con- fidence, courage, taking responsibility. And another success habit that Carol exemplified was that she simply stopped fo- cusing on what was wrong and started the routine of focusing on solutions. And that’s where the villain and hero are so different. When people invest energy in blame, in figuring out why someone got a terrible disease, in obsessing about whose fault it is they didn’t get the promotion or the raise, or why the partner stole their money, or why their first business didn’t work, they allow the villain to be in charge. As big or small as the circumstance is, when you can accept that it simply “hap- pened” and start looking forward to how you can create the best outcome possible, this is when everything changes. This is when you allow your hero to shine. Let me share another example so this truth will really sink in. You may have heard of JJ Virgin, the creator of the Virgin Diet and multiple New York Times bestsellers, among many other great accomplishments. But what you might not know
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