IF A PRESIDENT, a legendary philosopher and one of the best selling authors of all time credited the same secret for their success, would you try to follow it too?
What if the secret was something you already knew how to do? In fact, you probably do it every day.
Here’s what Friedrich Nietzsche wrote: “It is only ideas gained from walking that have any worth.” Thomas Jefferson:“ Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” And Charles Dickens made his point with uncharacteristic brevity: “If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish.”
This story is from the November 2020 edition of Reader's Digest India.
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