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Jimmer Fredette was a star college basketball player, a Naismith College Player of the Year. A couple of years ago I wrote a blog post<\/a>\u00a0about a contract he signed with his brother to play in the NBA.<\/p>\n

I__________________ will make all necessary and proper sacrifices to reach my ultimate goal of making it to the NBA.<\/p>\n

________________ ______________________<\/p>\n

Name (Signature) Witness (Signature)<\/p>\n

This contract was taped above his bed and he looked at it every night before he went to bed. While in bed he fell asleep visualizing himself in the NBA.<\/p>\n

I suggested in this prior post:<\/p>\n

Consider copying\/stealing<\/a> some of Jimmer’s training techniques for your trading.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A trader in the SMBU Community has. Take a look:<\/p>\n

\"IMG-20140203-01130\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You can be better tomorrow than you are today!<\/p>\n

Mike Bellafiore<\/p>\n

One Good Trade
\n<\/a><\/em>The PlayBook<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nNo relevant positions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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