The Challenge

Peter Ristuccia
Sep 5, 2018 · 3 min read
Red Sea with Setting Sun and Steamship, 1946. Emil Nolde

I enjoy a good challenge, an opportunity to plumb the depths of myself and see what I can draw out and deliver into my life. Sometimes what I find is a humbling experience. I wasn’t up to the demands; I fell down; I couldn’t keep to the regimen; my expectations weren’t realistic; or worse, they worked fine for other people, just not for me. Sometimes what I found amazed myself and I couldn’t believe how far I could take a new idea, opportunity or adventure.

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Peter Ristuccia

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Entrepreneur, CEO of Firefly Telecommunications, Editor of The Blue Mountain Review literary magazine, Author and appreciator of the Good Life

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