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Subjects covered here include goals and priorities, avoiding complacency, solving problems vs. placing blame, and mental rehearsing.

Adversity. A fancy word for “tough times.” While it’s true that we all face challenges and hardships during our lives, it seems that more and more of us are faced with them right now. And we all know that we’re most likely to feel what others around us are feeling. If those around us are feeling lost, hopeless, and pessimistic about the future, then guess what? We’re going to feel that way too. Only by discarding negative thinking can you truly wake up to the opportunities around you and take advantage of them.

Once too poor to afford the rat poison with which he planned to take his own life, Robert's legacy tells an astonishing true story of resilience and hope. His work was made famous in the Disney movie Queen of Katwe, a biographical drama about a 13-year-old girl who became a Uganda National Chess Champion under Robert's mentorship. Now, listeners will get a firsthand account of how it all started, and the life of the man behind Phiona Mutesi's world-renowned accomplishments.