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On a cold winter day,  I waited in line to see my hero,  Jack Canfield,  the author of The Success Principles      During his talk,  Jack__1__his wallet,  pulled out a hundreddollar bill,  and said,  "Who wants this?" __2__shot up in the audience;  people leaned forward to see whom Jack would__3_.But I jumped up,   ran up the__4__to the stage,  and grabbed the bill.As I was launching myself in the air,  thoughts__5 _ through my mind-was I about to be humiliated (羞辱) in front of 800 people?Would they__6__security guards and take me from the stage?__7__my desire for bold action was louder than any__8__voice.       As I got the bill from his hand,  he said,  "That's it!We can't wait for the__9__to come to us.We must take action to__10__what we want!"       After his talk,  I managed to formally meet Jack and boldly asked for his__11__email address.Over the next months,  I sent him emails__12__my vision and dreams with him.He kindly emailed back lots of encouragement.But my life got__13__with other things.I stopped emailing Jack.      A year later,  my dreams had worn away.I thought Jack would inspire me into action,  like a giant __14__that would show me the way.       I emailed him,  and then again-but got no__15__.As I sat down at my computer to check my emails,   I__16__woke up.What was I doing?I was waiting!Now I remembered the crowd,  most likely__17__ that hundreddollar bill,  while they sat__18__to their chairs.     Usually we all have a "Jack"  for whom we wait-whether it's a person,  a place or a thing.We__19__ believe the gifts of life are just around the corner,  and that everything will come in a(n)__20_way.So we don't try.We give up.But as Wayne Gretzky said:"You'll always miss 100% of the opportunities you don't take!" So I stopped waiting and started my writing career.      Now what are you waiting for?

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