"Big Al" swims the Mississippi River?

Commitments.

Last year I told all of my subscribers that I would swim across the Mississippi River for my 60th birthday . . . but I procrastinated . . . and it got really cold.

But I believe in keeping commitments. Your downline and prospects will respect your leadership character if you keep your commitments to others, even when inconvenient.

So before my birthday this year, I attempted to swim across the Mississippi River, with the intention of being able to swim back again to where I started.

I was surprised that no one seemed concerned about my safety, the swift currents, the cold water, or potential oil slicks. Helps make one humble to realize that we are only a speck of existence in other people's lives. So let's not be too self-absorbed and proud of our effect in this world.

Possibly the lack of interest in my athletic feat was that people didn't think I could swim the width of the Mississippi. But I wanted to prove them wrong.

Here is some secret footage (it's rough) of my attempt to swim the Mississippi River, the largest river in the United States.

http://bit.ly/bA4yCf