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You can run but you cant hide.  This was a saying in boxing to indicate that you could try to stay away from your opponent, but eventually he would corner you and hit you.  Well a certain Floyd Mayweather may well have dispelled this theory to the world, because even against the greatest opponents he just seldom seems to get hit.  This led me to thinking that maybe this saying need not necessarily be a defining situation in our lives.  We are all confronted at times with problems and very difficult times and decisions and we say that inevitably, we must stand and face them to conquer them, but what if one could settle for staying away from confrontation and rather focus on avoiding conflict and a whole lot of pain and rather put yourself in a position where you can exercise your abilities and skills in a positive way and one in which the environment is positive and yet challenging, demanding yet successful and dynamic yet flexible.  I do believe that if we spend enough time focused on the important things, like doing our homework well, knowing what the obstacles and challenges might be and being dedicated to significance instead of purely on success and profit, then at the end of the day the success will follow,  A reputation for integrity, honesty and willingness to work hard, are all essential tools for making us a better fighter in the ring, but it does not imply that we need to knock out every opponent.  Battles may be won in a variety of ways in business, as in life and we need to use all the experience, skill and training to ensure victory. However, first and foremost, we must want to win and never give up on the possibilities of going head to head and coming out on top.  When you're in a 3 by 3 ring fighting for your life, you need to be able to adjust, change plans and adapt to the challenge in front of you.  You need to stay in control because an angry, bitter fighter will not have the edge in the key rounds.  Rememneber to fight each round and fight to the end - you cannot give up on a dream, or goal, or a victory once you have set your mind to winning.