098 | Michael Wickett: “Do No Expect Others to Take Care of You. Take Responsibility for Creating Your Own Happiness.”
The Quote of the Day Show | Daily Motivational Talks
Sean Croxton
4.8 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 14 March 2017
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode of The Quote of the Day Show, Michael Wickett tells the inspiring story of a woman who was dealt a bad hand but made a choice to stay in the game and take responsibility for her own happiness.
Today’s clip comes from Michael’s audio program The Power of Perseverance available on Audible and from Nightingale Conant.
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| 0:00.0 | Do not expect others to take care of you, |
| 0:03.3 | take responsibility for your own happiness. |
| 0:07.1 | And that is the Court of the Day. |
| 0:30.0 | Welcome back to the Court of the Day Show. |
| 0:39.0 | I'm your host, Sean Croxon of Sean Croxon.com. |
| 0:41.8 | Happy Tuesday to you. |
| 0:42.8 | Today's feature speaker is Michael Wicked. |
| 0:45.9 | It's been a little while since we had Mr. Wicked on the show. |
| 0:48.4 | And today he is going to tell you about an incredible story |
| 0:51.8 | of a woman who refused to give up. |
| 0:54.9 | And she made a choice because really in life, |
| 0:57.8 | everything is a choice. |
| 0:59.2 | Sometimes you forget about that. |
| 1:00.4 | But she made a choice to create a business |
| 1:03.4 | in the life she loved. |
| 1:05.0 | You're going to love this story. |
| 1:06.6 | Here's Michael. |
| 1:08.4 | There's a lady in Marietta, Georgia named Carolyn Stradley. |
| 1:15.2 | She was born into poverty in the mountains of Appalachia. |
| 1:19.8 | Little shack, no electricity, no running water, no toilet. |
| 1:26.2 | Outhouse back up the hill. |
| 1:28.0 | Her mother died when she was 11. |
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