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nPostednon November 2, 2015
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nTonbe famous enough for something like Wikipedia, you have to be reallyngood at one thing.
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nAndnto be really good at one thing, you need to work hard at that thing.
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nMarionnJones, born on this date in 1879, worked hard enough at tennis thatnshe won women’s singles titles in two U.S. TennisnChampionships and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall ofnFame.
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nShe was even the first American woman to win an Olympicn“distinction” – there were no medals at that point in Olympicnhistory.
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| These photos showed the clothing women wore while playing tennis in the late 1800s and the “Turn of the Century.” Hard to imagine, isn’t it? |
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Thenthing I found interesting is that, after Jones married Robert D.nFarquhar and raised three children, she became a coach. But shendidn’t become a tennis coach, which is totally what I would’venexpected! Instead, she became a voice coach. She was living in NewnYork City, and she became well known as a violinist as well as anvoice coach, and she translated opera librettos, and she even headednthe New York Chamber Opera for a while. n
Thenthing I found interesting is that, after Jones married Robert D.nFarquhar and raised three children, she became a coach. But shendidn’t become a tennis coach, which is totally what I would’venexpected! Instead, she became a voice coach. She was living in NewnYork City, and she became well known as a violinist as well as anvoice coach, and she translated opera librettos, and she even headednthe New York Chamber Opera for a while. nn
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nIsn’tnthat cool? Marion Jones Farquhar became well known in two completelynunrelated fields!
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nStrivenfor balance…
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Mostnof us will never make it to Wikipedia; we will never be that level of “well-known” in even one field, let alone two.
Mostnof us will never make it to Wikipedia; we will never be that level of “well-known” in even one field, let alone two. n
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nBut we can all try tonmaintain a balance in our lives. We can all make or enjoy music, ANDnparticipate in some sort of performing or visual art, AND continue tonlearn new things, AND play a sport or pursue some other form ofnexercise.
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nCheckn out The Three Boxes of Life,n by Richard Bolles.
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nTheren are lots of articles on balance – like this one.
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nAlsonon this date:
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nAllnSouls’ Day
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nCookienMonster Day
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nPunkinnChunking Days
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nTrailblazernDaniel Boone’s birthday
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nMathematiciannGeorge Boole’s birthday
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nAnniversary of the invention of cheerleading
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nPlannahead:
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nChecknout my Pinterest boards for:
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nHistoricaln anniversaries in November
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nAndnhere are my Pinterest boards for:
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