{"id":347,"date":"2009-09-11T00:17:06","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T23:17:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/?p=347"},"modified":"2009-09-11T15:57:31","modified_gmt":"2009-09-11T14:57:31","slug":"a-quitter-never-wins-and-a-winner-never-quits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glass-cage.com\/dianas_blog\/2009\/09\/11\/a-quitter-never-wins-and-a-winner-never-quits\/","title":{"rendered":"A quitter never wins, you don’t say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well maybe.That’s what Napoleon Hill said anyway. So why don’t I believe in the power of positive thinking.
\nOK my problem is I have done quite a bit of positive thinking over the years and I have manged to get by but I have never really been able to get comfortable, perhaps this is just the human condition.<\/p>\n

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Well maybe.That’s what Napoleon Hill said anyway. So why don’t I believe in the power of positive thinking. 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