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What MLB Pitcher Jon Lester and 4 Other Professional Athletes Teach Us About Overcoming Obstacles

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For Rudolph, the goal was everything. Never one to let a perceived disability stand in the way of his goals, he pursued athletics with his heart and soul. Already an internationally-ranked swimmer in her native South Africa by the age of 14, du Toit seemed to be a rising star in international athletics.

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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Fourteen years later, they have raised nearly $18 million to fund their goal of eradicating extreme poverty. Nine months after calling off her wedding, she was managing a remote hospital in Darfur, Sudan, that served internally displaced Sudanese refugees. It wasn’t that Flynn and her co-founders didn’t fear failing.

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29 Beautiful Stories That Will Restore Your Faith in Humanity

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When a GoFundMe account was set up to raise funds for rebuilding the uninsured structure, it surpassed the goal of $850,000 within days. In 2001 Mary Parry was homeless and living in a tent in Pennsylvania when she began befriending hikers along the roughly 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail. Relationship Goals. Sophia Dembling.

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