Skill and Dedication Will Make You a Winner

Skill and Dedication Will Make You a Winner
Making a personal commitment to be the very best at whatever you do is invaluable as you perfect your chosen avocation. Illustration by Biba Kajevich
Jeff Minick
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In “The Speckled Beauty: A Dog and His People,” Rick Bragg recounts a conversation he has with his brother Sam, who is battling cancer. Thinking of his possible death, Sam says with regret, “The one thing I hate is that I ain’t got no legacy. I mean, you’ve got the books, when you die.”

Rick assures Sam that he will indeed leave behind a fine legacy, telling him that friends and neighbors will mourn his passing and say, “Sam Bragg was a good man.” He says he’s heard a woman or two say Sam used to be good-looking once.

Jeff Minick
Jeff Minick
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Jeff Minick has four children and a growing platoon of grandchildren. For 20 years, he taught history, literature, and Latin to seminars of homeschooling students in Asheville, N.C. He is the author of two novels, “Amanda Bell” and “Dust on Their Wings,” and two works of nonfiction, “Learning as I Go” and “Movies Make the Man.” Today, he lives and writes in Front Royal, Va.
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