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Health & Fitness

Sharpen Your Ax

Posted on September 30th, 2013 by Steiner Sports

You grow up learning that the shortest distance between two points is a straight line – but that’s not ALWAYS the case.

In fact, when it comes to self-improvement, that’s usually not the case.

Here’s what I mean.

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All my life, I wanted to be a successful businessman.

And from the moment I graduated college, I went full steam ahead working towards that goal. My career began in food service, and I worked my way up fairly quickly – first managing a hospital cafeteria, then a hotel coffee shop, then the rooftop restaurant of that hotel, then the Hard Rock Cafe and the Sporting Club in New York. For many years, I worked 12-hour days, seven days a week. I wanted success badly, and I was more than willing to sacrifice my social life – and even some of my physical health – in the process.  READ MORE...

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