As an author, it was the ultimate challenge to actually incorporate this sealed chapter in my new book, “greatness.” But in the end, I chose to reveal this amazing mystery that is left out of every book I have ever read on peak performance or success. There was no way I was going to sell my readers short. Join me and discover the absolute truth about fearless performance in business, sport, and life. It is waiting for you in the sealed chapter. Your copy is available at linksofutopia.com and will arrive before Christmas.

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Focus, Passion, Mental Toughness. That’s it. When these three elements are combined, they become the greatest predictor of success, or exceptionalism, as we will refer to it in this book.

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Selfless Exceptionalism is the space beyond success. Both of these components are critical to greatness. Without the selfless component, champions are often egotistical, proud, selfish individuals who serve little beyond their own appetites and interests, becoming poor role models to future champions.

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I define greatness as “selfless exceptionalism.” Greatness is reserved for those with a drive for excellence, a servant’s heart, and humility. Thus, the small g in the book’s small title. I’ve noticed that most book titles seem to scream for attention. Not this one. Its simplicity and size speak to the message inside.

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You won’t have to look far today to find someone who needs a word, hug, encouragement, insight, or love from God through you. Times are uncertain, but we serve a God of certainty. And we serve a God who speaks. Speak greatness into a life today.

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“I don’t break horses, I free them,” Johnny explained. “The horses come here as broncs. They leave free, as horses that love to be ridden. I turn them into trail horses for kids. Freedom is a powerful force.”

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“I knew in the big picture that it didn’t matter if I won or lost. And because of that I was fearless. And when you are fearless you can do anything.”

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I was learning that each step on the journey was another battle for freedom from fear. Before meeting Johnny, fear had often been the overriding theme of my nighttime dreams. They were a shadow of the intruder that had hitched a ride on my conscious journey as well. More often than not, my life’s aspirational dreams had been abandoned to fear.

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In this world where the land has mostly been explored, our personal explorations take place in the heart and mind. This is a journey of uncharted waters for most of us, an adventure both treacherous and exhilarating. Treacherous in that we must let go of the security of false or partial truth. Exhilarating because we move to a new realm of performance, a zone seldom achieved by the status quo.

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Johnny encouraged me to look inside of the ancient planter and seed bin near the edge of the oat patch. As I lifted the lid, frozen with rust, it creaked and groaned. Sunlight filled the bin, revealing a treasure: oat seeds. It was half full of old oat seeds that were meant to be planted seventy years ago, stuck in the seed bin to never produce fruit.

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As tension mounts, breakdowns in synchronization are inevitable. Panic takes the mind to the backswing rather than the target. Great players crash and burn as they emerge on the US Open leader board, but not because they are poor players. They fail because their synchronization fails. They simply can’t consistently get it in the slot coming down the stretch. They lack freedom to play the game in front of their ball when it means the most.

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Long ago the rooster, sun, moon, and seasons were the foundations of schedule. Adventures were unscheduled; they unfolded in their time. Today there are timepieces and calendars everywhere. The pressure to meet deadlines, arrive at appointments on time, and organize the future often causes us to miss an unscheduled adventure.

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