I would like to share a short story of Monty during his high school days. One day his teacher gave them an assignment to write about what they wanted to do when they grew up. He wrote that he wanted to own his own 200 acre-ranch and raise Thoroughbred racehorses. The teacher gave him an F and explained that the grade reflected that he deemed his dream is unrealistic. No boy who was living in a camper on the back of a pickup truck would ever be able to amass enough money to buy a ranch, purchase breeding stock, and pay the necessary salaries for ranch hands. When his teacher offered Monty the chance of rewriting his paper for a higher grade, Monty told his teacher, " You Keep the F; I'm keeping my dream."

Right now Monty's 154-acre Flag is up Farms in Solvang, California, raises Thoroughbred racehorses and trains hundreds of horse trainers in a more humane way to "join up" with and train horses.

This story is in the book of The Success Principles TM How to Get from Where You Are to Where You Want to Be. by Jack Canfield - is the cocreator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series

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