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

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Then, in May 2008, he became the 18th pitcher in the history of the storied Red Sox organization to throw a perfect game. 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. As of 2009, Lester is cancer-free. “I

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How Badly Do You Want the Life You Dream About?

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A big, inspiring “why” propelled Justine Flynn and her co-founders to launch their company, Thankyou, in 2008. Nine months after calling off her wedding, she was managing a remote hospital in Darfur, Sudan, that served internally displaced Sudanese refugees. Now, I am living my calling in ways I was unable to imagine in 2002.

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