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An eagle's egg was placed in the nest of a prairie chicken. The egg hatched and the little |
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eagle grew up thinking it was a prairie chicken. The eagle did what the prairie chickens |
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did. It scratched in the dirt for seeds. It clucked and cackled. It never flew more than a |
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few feet because that is what the prairie chickens did. One day he saw an eagle flying |
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gracefully and majestically in the open sky. He asked the prairie chickens: "What is that |
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beautiful bird?" The chickens replied, "That is an eagle. He is an outstanding bird, but |
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you cannot fly like him because you are just a prairie chicken." So the eagle never gave it |
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a second thought, believing that to be the truth. He lived the life of and died a prairie |
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chicken, depriving himself of his heritage because of his lack of vision. What a waste! He |
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was born to win, but was conditioned to lose. |
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The same thing is true of most people. The unfortunate part of life is as Oliver Wendall |
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Holmes said, "Most people go to their graves, with music still in them." We don't achieve |
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excellence because of our own lack of vision. |
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If you want to soar like an eagle, you have to learn the ways of an eagle. If you associate |
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with achievers, you will become one. If you associate with thinkers, you will become one. |
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If you associate with givers, you will become one. If you associate with complainers, you |
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will become one. |
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Whenever people succeed in life, petty people will take cracks at them and try to pull |
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them down. When you refuse to fight petty people, you win. In martial arts, they teach |
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that when someone takes a crack at you, instead of blocking you should step away. |
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Why? Even to block you require energy. Why not use it more productively? Similarly, in |
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order to fight petty people, you have to come down to their level. This is what they want, |
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because now you are one of them. |
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Don't let negative people drag you down. |
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Remember, a person's character is not only judged by the company he or she keeps but |
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also by the company he or she avoids. |
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