Removing obstacles to reach your GOAL!!!
Let’s paint a picture: It is a beautiful summer afternoon. A cloudless sky hangs over a stadium where two soccer (football) teams are about to play the match of a lifetime. Unable to get tickets to the sold-out event, you and millions of spectators sit on the edge of your couch cushions as the whistle blows to signal the start of the game. Eighty-seven of the scheduled 90 minutes pass with both sides deadlocked in a 1-1 tie. Any mistake could result in victory for the opposition.
But then, as a 50-50 ball is intercepted by one of your team’s strikers, you watch as they make a...Read full article
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