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  • Chop Wood Carry Water

  • How to Fall in Love with the Process of Becoming Great
  • By: Joshua Medcalf
  • Narrated by: Joshua Medcalf
  • Length: 2 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (5,440 ratings)

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Chop Wood Carry Water

By: Joshua Medcalf
Narrated by: Joshua Medcalf
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Publisher's summary

Chop Wood Carry Water is the story of one boy's journey to achieve his lifelong dream of becoming a samurai warrior. Guided by "Akira-sensei", John comes to realize the greatest adversity on his journey will be the challenge of defeating the man in the mirror.

This powerful story brings the train-to-be-clutch curriculum to life in a powerful and memorable way.

Some things you will learn....

  • No matter how it feels, you are always building your own house.
  • How and why you must surrender the outcome in order to be at your best.
  • Why you never want to have your identity wrapped up in what you do.
  • Why your strength lies in faithfulness to the little things.
  • How to develop a heart posture of gratitude.
  • How to use the biggest challenges as a training ground for greatness.
  • Why the process is more important than the goal.
  • Why comparison is the thief of all joy.
  • How to develop a growth mindset.
  • Why talent is more of a curse than a blessing.

©2015 Joshua Medcalf (P)2016 Joshua Medcalf
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A Lifetime of Wisdom

A simple story filled with a lifetime of wise words and valuable lessons. Perfect for teens and adults alike.

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Amazing Book

I would recommend this book to any athlete, person recovering from injury, someone struggling to get by financially, any parent, or person looking to find themself. If you think you do not fit into one of these categories, I bet this book would still surprise you. Such an easy book to listen to and I am so glad my teammate recommended it to me. As a college athlete who is in recovery from injury, this book has helped with my drive to be great and understand how it will not happen overnight.

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Packed with Valuable Life Lessons - Great Read!

An uplifting collection of stories illustrate how the journey itself can be as rewarding as reaching the destination.
A perfect read to start 2021!!

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Great book!

I really enjoyed all the parables & lessons. These principle are relative to daily life.

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Great Book. Simple read!

This is such an uplifting book. It helps alot to remember to falling in love with the process and do the little things well and be consistent while you at it. I will continue read this book regularly to be reminded of the process. Thank you.

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pretty good

a pretty good short read on discipline and self mastery. The story can be a little cheesy at times, but it is a nice break from the lectures often found in self help books. Nothing really new if you're a self help fan, but a good compilation of ideas for self improvement.

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chop wood carry water

loved sad it was over would love to hear the homecoming side of the story

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just what I needed to hear.

Thank you for this book. I loved it. So many lessons woven in this story. Your never to learn and the teacher does arrive when the students ready to learn.

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My Reviee

I learned a lot from this book. It was a worthwhile listen, would recommend jshdhdhdh

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Great for my teenage son to understand...

I wanted my son to listen to this. I felt this was a good book with good basic principles that was told in a direct, simple, entertaining way.

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