And who better to have as a guide than the person who made the path or the mountain in the first place!
But the winners are those who know that when things get really hard and others start to fall away, that is the time to dig deep and give that little bit extra.
As Harrison Ford once said: ‘Them that stick it out are them that win.
Zkoušeli jste někdy vyhrabat ze sněhu auto? No tak zkuste vyhrabat loď z antarktického ledu.
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