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    The Action-Driven Life: Seven Steps to Finding Your Winning Formula
    The Action-Driven Life: Seven Steps to Finding Your Winning Formula
    The Action-Driven Life: Seven Steps to Finding Your Winning Formula
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    The Action-Driven Life: Seven Steps to Finding Your Winning Formula

    By Don R. Varney

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    Whether Im speaking to a large group, in a boardroom, or simply one to one, my goal is to help my audience find the champion within. Just as people in my past inspired me to reach beyond the ordinary, I strive to inspire those I work with and speak to.

    The football players on the field all had the same thought: Whos the grandpa putting on pads and a helmet? That man was Don R. Varney, a San Antoniobased professional speaker and life principles coach who was about to accomplish his lifelong dream of playing professional footballat age fifty-two!

    Dons story is like so many others: He once had big dreams, but he thought hed lost his will to achieve them. He rediscovered his passion, and there he was on that field.

    In this guidebook to achieving goals, he explains how he made it happen. He focuses on seven critical areas: attitude, confidence, training, integrity, objectives and objections, negatives, and, of course, the solution.

    We all have a burning desire to win, but most of us rationalize defeat before we even begin competing. When we believe we cant win, were exactly right. But when we have faith in our abilities and make preparations to succeed, we can accomplish tremendous things.

    Today, Don is setting new goals and continues to run for the gold. In The ACTION-Driven Life, he shares a proven formula that can help make you a champion.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisheriUniverse
    Release dateNov 20, 2012
    ISBN9781475956573
    The Action-Driven Life: Seven Steps to Finding Your Winning Formula
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    Don R. Varney

    Don R. Varney owns multiple businesses in San Antonio, Texas, where he lives with his wife, Yvonne. A professional speaker since 1979, he is active in organizations such as the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, which supports youth.

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      The Action-Driven Life - Don R. Varney

      Copyright © 2012 by Don R. Varney

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      ISBN: 978-1-4759-5656-6 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-5658-0 (hc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4759-5657-3 (ebk)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012919925

      iUniverse rev. date: 11/07/2012

      CONTENTS

      Preface

      Acknowledgments

      Chapter 1 Attitude

      Chapter 2 Confidence

      Chapter 3 Training

      Chapter 4 Integrity

      Chapter 5 Objectives & Objections

      Chapter 6 Negatives

      Chapter 7 The Solution

      Afterword Handling Adversity

      About Don Varney

      PREFACE

      The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.

      —William James, psychologist

      and philosopher

      I believe that everyone has a burning desire to win, but many people anticipate and rationalize defeat before they even compete. I am sure that’s because they believe they can’t win. As I have said for years: If they believe that, they are right! They have defeated themselves by mentally giving up before even trying.

      For instance, let’s say John and I are going to play tennis. John has always won our previous matches. If I make the assumption that he will win again, in my mind, I have already lost even though the match has yet to begin.

      On the other hand, if I decide I will play my best game ever that day, I might just win.

      So what is your attitude about yourself? Do you have a losing mentality or a winning mentality?

      The ACTION-Driven Life is designed to introduce you to the thought processes I’ve used to shape my own positive winning attitude.

      Adopting a winning attitude can help you live up to your potential. It helped me to become a sales leader, climb the ladder to upper-level management, and eventually establish my own companies. I’m always striving to become the best I can be. The true reward for me is that now I am able to help others do the same.

      This book is short and to the point. All I ask is that you keep an open mind while you are reading it.

      Who knows what changes may happen to you in your ACTION-driven life.

      Enjoy the journey.

      Don R. Varney, encourager

      San Antonio, Texas

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      I would like to express my appreciation to the following people:

      To my wife, Yvonne, who has been an inspiration in my life. She has always supported my endeavors and is one of the reasons I completed this book.

      To all the members of my family for their love, support, and understanding of a little boy’s dream. To my grandmother

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      Maudie McCoy, who always loved me unconditionally. She played a big part in showing me how to judge the character of a person.

      To my hot-tea-and-glazed-donut friend, Mr. Pearson, who daily told a

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