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| Hitting it hard at age 61 - having more fun than ever - and still swinging for the fences! |
Hail to the Dinosaurs!
Two quick notes to start the week - and
then a true story that I think you're really
going to like.
1. The Dinosaur Files
My layout and design guy is formatting
the March issue of The Dinosaur Files -
so it should be ready pretty soon.
I'll email when the little monster is
ready to go.
In the meantime, go here to grab any
issues you may have missed:
Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan issues
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_files.html
Feb issue
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur-files-february2018pdf.html
BTW, if you prefer to grab a one-year,
12-issue subscription, shoot me an
email - we can make it happen.
2. A Strength Secrets Exclusive
John Wood has done a killer t-shirt
specially designed for members of
the Strength Secrets Facebook
Group.
If you're interested in seeing it, join
the group - which you can do by going
right here - and be sure to tell John I
sent you:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/strengthsecrets/
3. Swing for the Fences!
One of the very best lawyers in Louisville
passed away several days ago at the age
of 82. His name was Bob.
I used to work with Bob when I was a
young lawyer fresh out of law school.
We handled a lot of cases, and did a
number of trials together. I learned a
lot from him - not just about how to
try cases, but other things, as well.
Including some very important life
lessons.
Bob was a terrific softball player as
a young man. He was even on a team
that played in the World Series of
Softball - but that's another story,
for another day.
Today's story involves an old softball
field just south of Covington, Kentucky -
which is on the Ohio River, right across
from Cincinnati.
Bob and I had gone up to Cincinnati
for an oral argument in the Sixth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Afterwards, we drove back to Louisville.
Bob was driving - and when we were just
past Covington, he got off the interstate
and drove down a side road - and then
another one - and another - and over a
bridge - past some farms - and down a
dusty little two-lane highway.
He stopped at a softball field surrounded
by corn fields.
"There it is," he said.
"What?" I asked.
I didn't see anything. Just a ball field.
"That's where I hit my very best home
run," he said.
And then he told me how it happened.
Bob's team had a line-up of home run
hitters - and some terrific pitchers - so
they usually won by a huge margin.
But one day, they played a team that
had the best pitcher they had ever seen.
No one could hit him.
He struck almost everyone out.
But so did the pitcher on Bob's team.
And in the bottom of the ninth, they were
tied at 0-0.
The first two batters on Bob's team struck
out.
Bob went to the plate.
The pitcher wound up - and threw a blazing
comet that moved too fast for the eye to
see.
Bob swung - and missed.
Strike one!
They stared at each other - and then the
pitcher threw the ball again - another
rocket - and Bob swung - and missed.
Strike two!
Bob stepped out of the batter's box -
rubbed some dirt on his hands - and
stepped back in.
The pitcher wound up - and threw another
bolt of lightning.
And Bob closed his eyes and swung as
hard as he could.
Crack!
The ball sailed over the left field fence -
and out into the corn field behind it.
It was a massive home run.
And it was the winning run.
There's a lesson there - and it applies to
anything and everything, not just to soft-
ball.
Sometimes, you just have to close your
eyes and swing for the fences.
Yours in strength,
Brooks Kubik
P.S. Be sure to grab the March issue of
The Dinosaur Files as soon as it's ready -
and the same for any earlier issues you
may have missed:
Oct, Nov, Dec and Jan issues
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur_files.html
Feb issue
http://www.brookskubik.com/dinosaur-files-february2018pdf.html
And remember - if you prefer a one-
year, 12-issue subscription, shoot me
an email. I know a subscription is much
easier and more convenient for many of
you.
P.S. 2. My other books and courses are
right here at Dino Headquarters - including
links to my PDF courses and my Kindle
books:
Hard-copy and PDF
http://www.brookskubik.com/products.html
Kindle
http://www.brookskubik.com/kindle.html
P.S. 3. Thought for the Day:
"Yes, you can do it - you absolutely
can do it."
- Brooks Kubik
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