While performing dunking a basketball exercises, Eddie the Otter teaches life lesson
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Life Lessons from Eddie the Otter doing his dunking a basketball exercises
Searching the web this morning I came across this story that was very touching.
Eddie the Otter, who suffering from arthritis in his elbows, has developed some impressive skills to treat his condition.
US Zoo officials decided dunking a basketball exercises would help keep the elbows moving, which in turn, would help his condition.
At first view, the video of the cute otter dunking the basketball made me smile.
But another look at the video, made me think of an important life lesson.
While doing his dunking a basketball exercises Eddie the Otter shows us that you can’t give up
There are times when Eddie is doing his dunking a basketball exercises and he struggles.
In the video clip you can see that there are times when he can’t get the ball in the hoop.
You also see that he keeps trying.
Aging, in pain, and struggling, the little otter keeps going.
And you see him overcome his struggles.
I know this is a simplistic metaphor, but an important one, none-the-less.
Eddie the Otter teaches us that we must over come our struggles.
That we must keep fighting.
That some things are just worth fighting for.
When things are tough we must keep trying to put the ball in the basket.
How can dunking a basketball exercises illustrate a life lesson?
I have been reading a lot lately about perseverance.
In the book “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill, he talks about the keys to success.
Perseverance is the key to success.
So many people quit before they have a breakthrough.
We never know how close we are to changing our lives.
And watching Eddie go through his dunking a basketball exercises shows the importance of perseverance.
I am a visual learner and sometimes it takes me seeing it.
And Eddie the Otter and his dunking a basketball exercises, illustrates the importance in not giving up.
If Eddie the Otter can persevere while doing his dunking a basketball exercises, what is my excuse?
I recently embarked on a new adventure.
At the age of 41, I started marketing online.
It started as a way to make extra money.
Who doesn’t want that?
But what it became, was something completely unexpected.
You can see in this powerful video why I am so excited.
And there are days when things simply don’t go your way.
But isn’t that the case in any walk of life?
There is going to be good days and bad days.
But with my online business, those days are pretty short.
And Eddie the Otter shows that you can accomplish anything, even when they don’t go according to plan sometimes.
When you focus.
Make a decision.
And go after your dreams, anything is possible.
That is what I did when I started doing my own dunking a basketball exercises and stepped outside my comfort zone.
The last 7 months have been amazing.
I have discovered things about myself that I never knew.
I have met people from all over the world, that taught me to dream again.
And DREAM BIG.
All because we simply came together, applied the ’3 simple weird tricks’ shown in this presentation, and persevered like Eddie does doing his dunking a basketball exercises.
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