{"id":1028,"date":"2009-08-18T15:57:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-18T19:57:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lifewithhappiness.com\/?p=1028"},"modified":"2018-10-02T13:36:53","modified_gmt":"2018-10-02T17:36:53","slug":"if-you-think-you-can-you-can","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theexecutivehappinesscoach.com\/2009\/08\/if-you-think-you-can-you-can\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Think You Can, You Can"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Susan Boyle, the frumpy Britain&#8217;s Got Talent contestant who wowed the world with her voice and got 6 Million hits on You Tube?\u00a0 Well, here&#8217;s another phenomenal talent video, with nearly as many views&#8230; but that you&#8217;ve never heard of.<br \/>\nWhy?\u00a0 Because most of the views are from China.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s my shortened version of the backstory that&#8217;s making the rounds:<br \/>\nShe was a dancer; lost her arm in an accident, went into depression.\u00a0 Found refuge in teaching dance to children, but never lost her passion.\u00a0 He was never a dancer; lost a leg in an accident, went into depression.\u00a0 They met, and she made it her mission to help him become positive about life again.\u00a0 Through creativity and determination and practice, they found a way to move together, to music.\u00a0 They struggled, broke up, missed each other, got back together again.<br \/>\nAnd with the backing of friends and family, decided to enter a dance competition.<br \/>\nHere&#8217;s tale of overcoming adversity (if it does not show well on here, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LnLVRQCjh8c\" target=\"_blank\">view it directly at YouTube<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>I am reminded of the wonderful quote by Mary Kay Ash:\u00a0 <strong><em>&#8220;If you think you can, you can.\u00a0 And if you think you can&#8217;t, you&#8217;re right.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;  Normal 0     false false false  EN-US X-NONE X-NONE              MicrosoftInternetExplorer4              &lt;![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;-->                                                                                                                                                <!--  \/* Font Definitions *\/  @font-face \t{font-family:\"Cambria Math\"; \tpanose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4; \tmso-font-charset:0; \tmso-generic-font-family:roman; \tmso-font-pitch:variable; \tmso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 159 0;}  \/* Style Definitions *\/  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal \t{mso-style-unhide:no; \tmso-style-qformat:yes; \tmso-style-parent:\"\"; \tmargin:0in; \tmargin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:12.0pt; \tfont-family:\"Times New Roman\",\"serif\"; \tmso-fareast-font-family:\"Times New Roman\";} .MsoChpDefault \t{mso-style-type:export-only; \tmso-default-props:yes; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tmso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; \tmso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;} @page Section1 \t{size:8.5in 11.0in; \tmargin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in; \tmso-header-margin:.5in; \tmso-footer-margin:.5in; \tmso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 \t{page:Section1;} --><!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;!   \/* Style Definitions *\/  table.MsoNormalTable \t{mso-style-name:&quot;Table Normal&quot;; \tmso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; \tmso-tstyle-colband-size:0; \tmso-style-noshow:yes; \tmso-style-priority:99; \tmso-style-qformat:yes; \tmso-style-parent:&quot;&quot;; \tmso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; \tmso-para-margin:0in; \tmso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; \tmso-pagination:widow-orphan; \tfont-size:10.0pt; \tfont-family:&quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;} --> <!--[endif]--><br \/>\nI&#8217;m glad they tried.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember Susan Boyle, the frumpy Britain&#8217;s Got Talent contestant who wowed the world with her voice and got 6 Million hits on You Tube?\u00a0 Well, here&#8217;s another phenomenal talent video, with nearly as many views&#8230; but that you&#8217;ve never heard of. 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