Feeling lonely? When you are alone, how do you handle a set back? Are you alone going after a dream, building a business, a dream, a family, a project? How do you play if none is cheering for you? How can we be steady and keep the spirit of courage? No matter the score, believe in your unique skills and find the advantages in whatever experience you have...or don't have! Find advantages in inexperience.

In this unplanned bonus episode we talk about recent surprise Austrian tennis player Dominic Thiem, how he came back to win the US Open in one of the most unlikely comebacks ever. And we connect how that's just like President Teddy Roosevelt, with a little Rumi sprinkled around. Won't you join me?

Show notes:

Research links:

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8521-where-there-is-ruin-there-is-hope-for-a-treasure

https://quotefancy.com/quote/904438/Rumi-Whenever-you-are-alone-remind-yourself-that-God-has-sent-everyone-else-away-so-that

https://www.turnerstories.com/book-reviews/2019/7/14/7-lessons-on-writing-and-creativity-by-paulo-coelho

https://www.writerswrite.co.za/paulo-coelhos-10-writing-tips/

https://www.brainpickings.org/2014/09/01/seneca-on-the-shortness-of-life/#:~:text=Life%20is%20long%20enough%2C%20and,it%20were%20all%20well%20invested.&text=So%20it%20is%3A%20we%20are,know%20how%20to%20use%20it.

https://www.leadershipnow.com/leadingblog/2010/04/theodore_roosevelts_the_man_in.html

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodore-Roosevelt/The-Square-Deal

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodore_Roosevelt

https://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/theodore-roosevelt

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/president-william-mckinley-is-shot#:~:text=As%20a%20young%20adult%2C%20he,chair%20on%20October%2029%2C%201901.

https://theodoreroosevelt.org/content.aspx?page_id=22&club_id=991271&module_id=339333

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Theodore-Roosevelt/The-Square-Deal

https://www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-white-house/presidents/theodore-roosevelt/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizenship_in_a_Republic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi_Tree#:~:text=Gautama%20Buddha%20attained%20enlightenment%20(bodhi,49%20days)%20under%20this%20tree.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invictus

https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2013/0716/Why-did-J.K.-Rowling-write-under-a-pseudonym-Just-for-the-joy-of-it

https://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2020/09/us-open-down-two-sets-dominic-thiem-crushes-alexander-zverev-dream-achieves-own/90735/

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/14/21436170/us-open-dominic-thiem-comeback-alexander-zverev

Topics covered: Forgiveness, hope, faith, motivation, losing weight, self-help, strategies for winning, inspiring others, being friends with anxiety and depression, strategies for success, overcoming fear, super powers, motivation, trust your gut, losing a loved one, death, real estate, health, investing, entrepreneurs, growing business, family, practices makes permanent, perfection, self-improvement, business, entrepreneurs, starting business, parenting, uplifting, spiritual, self-development…..Man in the Arena speech, president Teddy, US Open Mens Tennis, making a comeback, not giving up, trusting yourself, advantage of inexperience, being alone, loneliness, wilderness, nature, trusting your gut