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Sep 22 2022

The Coffee Beans

“Life is 10% what happens to you, but 90% how you react to what happens to you.” (Charles Swindoll)

Once upon a time in a small Italian town, a daughter complained to her father that her life was miserable.

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She was tired of fighting and struggling all the time. It seemed like life was one problem after the next.

The next day her father, who was a chef, took her to the kitchen. He boiled three pots of water. He placed potatoes in one, eggs in another, and ground coffee beans in the third.

Of course, the daughter waited impatiently, wondering what he was doing.

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Written by Jamy Bechler · Categorized: Leadership, Personal Growth · Tagged: Adversity, boiling water, Charles Swindoll, Choices, coffee bean, decisions, fable, Podcast, reaction, response, Responsibility, Success is a Choice, two-minute drill

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