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A Fable for all Ages

YOU ARE EGGSTRAORDINARY
A Fable for All Ages

Foreword by

The Universe

Often the thing that affects us the
most is that which we think we have
no control over. This is an adult
fable about things out of our control
and how to gain control, so you stay
in control and never lose control.
Life may send you lemons, but you
can produce an incredible life using
lemons to create products and
services. Lemons are amazing they
wonderful for any number of things.
They can help cleanse inside and out
and are good to drink. Stop
complaining about life’s lemons and
learn to love lemonade!

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Copyright Page

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Copyright Page

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may
be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any
means, electronic or mechanical, including
photocopying, recording, or any other information
storage and retrieval system, without the written
permission of the publisher.
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addressed “Attention: Permissions Coordinator,” at
the address below.
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Dedication Page

This book is lovingly dedicated to my
three daughters. Each one acts like
an only child and of course they are

daddy’s little girls. I marvel that
each one excels at an aspect of my

life. I have an accomplished
Entrepreneur, a Corporate success
and a Military tour de Force. I am so
proud of who they have become and
what they have accomplished. The
principles I share in the fable have
been given to them and I am excited
to say they have extrapolated the

salient parts and are indeed
EGGSTRAORDINARY!

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Table of Contents

Contents

Foreword by....................................................................... 2
Copyright Page.................................................................. 5
Dedication Page ................................................................. 6
Introduction....................................................................... 8
About the Author ............................................................ 47

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Introduction
“You are extraordinary.” That is what
I always told my three daughters. You
can choose to be ordinary or
Extraordinary. After years of reminding
them of that fact I created this simple
fable to make it more vivid for them. It’s
easy to be ordinary. You see it requires
nothing much from you. As I illustrate
in this fable, there are four things that
can determine your outcome in life.
Environment, Education, Experience
and Examples from others.

When you find yourself unhappy or
unfulfilled just take a look at these four
areas and ascertain if you are struggling

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or lacking in any one of them. When you
are born you had little to no choice in
these factors. You may even have been
exposed to negative realities in your life
early on. The great news is you can
repurpose each of these areas and choose
to live a better life

This book was written to shed some light
on the fact that we may have been dealt
a hand we don’t want to play. But if we
play it to the best of our ability we can
win. We can also get new cards and
dominate the game. You are
extraordinary. When I was writing this
book there were several different
working titles. When it was complete I

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realized that it was more than just a
simple story, it was a fable for all ages.

I looked at the different eggs that were
presented throughout the book and I
realized that it wasn't about being just
extraordinary but it was about being
EGGstraordinary with two G's instead
of an X. That Nuance was not lost on me,
in fact it pontificated the entire writing of
the book. I realize that the DNA that we
all have surging through our veins comes
from the egg that we are formed out of.

This egg holds our whole future and
everything that we can potentially and
possibly do and be. This egg when put in
the right environment is able to create an

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extraordinary life. This egg once it
hatches will expose us to experiences,
examples and education that we have no
control over.

So in writing the book I did not want to
just write a cute fairy tale that people
could dismiss but I wanted to write
something that had layers of nuanced
knowledge that once applied could help
a person realize where they were stuck at
and be able to leverage themselves to
where they wanted to reach.

I speak throughout the nation and share
my insights about the internal
communication that occurs inside all of
us. I am particularly puzzled by people

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that have all of the seemingly necessary
ingredients for success and yet they fail.
At the same time I am equally puzzled by
those that seem to have no ingredients
for Success at all and yet they succeed
beyond the wildest imagination. Why is
that I ask myself? The answer is in the
egg.

It contains our DNA and all the building
blocks that create Who We Are. In my
simple little tale Edgar switches eggs
and causes all sorts of environmental
disruptions. Is there an Edgar in your life
that is causing pain, discouragement,
disappointment? Of course there is,
everyone has an Edgar in their life.

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The Edgars oftentimes do what they do
out of boredom, sometimes out of
prejudice, sometimes out of fear and
often out of ignorance. We can let the
Edgars in our life destroy, demean and
disrupt our lives or we could instead look
within and find the source of our own
potential strength and overcome and
win.

Each of the eggs in the story are placed
in unusual and different circumstances.
Each of the birds that hatch look at their
circumstance, their situation and
respond to it differently. A chicken
becomes a super chicken, but an eagle
who can soar and is a mighty bird of prey

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becomes a character of himself
scratching and only accepting what is
given to him.

A Swan who is beautiful beyond belief
believes that she is less than she really is,
while the Duck placed in the
environment of the Swan rises well
above her appointed cause. This is not to
say that the Duck, the Swan, the Eagle,
or the Chicken is negative or no value in
and of themselves. Instead we must look
at each one of these individuals and see
that they are affected by life differently.
This difference is what causes destiny.

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As in life, we can look at color, gender,
affluence, or poverty, all circumstances
beyond our control, and yet they control
our daily lives. What one does and how
he or she responds to a set of
circumstances and stimuli can be
completely different than what another
does. In life we have many options and
many opportunities.

What we do with those options and
opportunities determines our destiny and
where we find ourselves in life. In order
to fully appropriate and utilize the gifts
that were given at Birth we have to learn
to do an introspection or look within.
Often what we see on the outside is
merely a reflection of what we created

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the inside You see the inside is where we
create that outside worldview.

Our Internal Communications are what
we say to ourselves about the
circumstances that we find ourselves in.
It's a constant loop playing, turning
ourselves into the Winners or Losers, the
Champions or Chumps. If you find
yourself in a situation that is not to your
liking change your Internal
Communication.

We're all Eggstraordinary because that
egg determines our Destiny. Or at the
very least the DNA gives us a glimpse of
what we could or should be. Yet many
with superior DNA find themselves

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living a defeated life. And vice a versa
those with less than perfect DNA rise to
the challenge and change based on their
Internal Communication or their
acceptance of things around them.

The greatest gift or skill or ability that
man has over all the other animals on the
Earth is the ability to imagine, think and
make decisions. When we look at the
egg that we come from and everything
that is within it and what it allows us to

become we can but imagine a greater
life. The two G’s that I replaced the X
with in the word extraordinary mean
Great Goals. My last book was called
“A Guide to Great Goals.” Great Goals

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are something that we all can accomplish
if we realize that there's something
greater that is within us that allows us to
reach the Pinnacle of whatever Level of
success we seek.

This is not to demean any of the species
of bird. There is nothing negative about
being a Chicken and there's nothing
immediately superior about being an
Eagle. The Duck and the Swan in their
own environments are creatures in their
own rights. It's what we do with the

DNA that we've inherited that
determines our destiny. Each one of our
Destinies is uniquely connected to the

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whole of humanity. Starting off with a
level playing field, color, class,
classification, none of that matters, what
matters is what we decide that matters.

This book was written for all ages’ not
just adults and not specifically children.
There's a lesson to be gleaned and
learned from everyone that decides that
they want to grow and know what it is
that is preventing them or propelling
them to Greatness.

Examine yourself and see where you are
in the four elements of Life:
Environment, Education, Examples
and Experiences and see how your

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DNA has been able to play out based on
those props.

I challenge you to find out if you have
reached your greatest potential or if you
sat back in defeat based on the
environment around you and trying to fit
in rather than stand out as you were
meant to be. Remember
“You are EGGSTRORDINARY”!
Johnny “Macknificent” Mack

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This is the Fable of Edgar and the
Four Eggs.

Once upon a time, Edgar was in
charge of collecting the eggs in his
backyard. All types of birds were in
his back yard. Edgar loved to play
ball with his Friends but he had to do
his chores or his father would get
upset. His primary job was to gather
the eggs from the different birds. He
would gather the Chicken eggs, the
Duck eggs, the Swan eggs and soon
discovered that an Eagle had also

built a nest there as well.

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The Chicken Coop was
full of eggs everyday

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An Eagle's nest was in
the tree.

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A Swan's nest was
nearby.

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A Duck’s nest was near
as well.

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One day, Edgar got bored. This
particular day, Edgar decided that he

would collect the eggs and switch
them around and see what would

happen.

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So, he went up to the eagle's nest and
grabbed an eagle's egg and replaced
it with a chicken's egg. He took the
eagle's egg down to the chicken coop

and put it with the other chicken
eggs. He then went to where the
ducks had their habitat and grabbed
a duck egg and replaced it with a
swan's egg, and he took the swan's
egg and put it in the duck's nest.

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Well, as time went by, all of the eggs
hatched, and what a wonderful time
it was. The little biddies grew into

their respective types.
The eagle's egg that was in the
chicken coop became a full-grown

eagle.

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But in the process of growing up, he
learned how to be a chicken because

of his environment, the examples
around him, the experiences that he

had, and the education that he
received from being among the
chickens. He learned to scratch and
peck. He learned to receive his food

just like the other chickens.

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He tried his best to be a chicken. He
walked like a chicken. He talked like
a chicken. He understood everything
like a chicken, and he became, for all
intents and purposes, a chicken. Yet
he was able to fly, able to do exploits,
but instead he stayed grounded by his

mindset.

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He became a ground eagle, never
realizing his true potential, just going

along to get along scratching and
receiving his lot in life. As the other
chickens looked at him, they sadly
shook their heads because they knew
he was an eagle… but HE thought he

was a chicken.

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The chicken egg that had been placed
in the eagle's nest grew up, as well.
This egg became a “Macknificent”
Chicken in the Eagle's nest. He tried
to fly like the other eagles. He would
jump high and push himself harder
and do everything he possibly could

to be like the other eagles that were in
the eagle's nest. He was able to fly
just a little bit. He grew strong and

worked himself up to the point where
he was able to do exploits (For a
chicken that is). He was able to do
many of the things that eagles do,
even though he was not an eagle.

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Edgar placed that “Macknificent”
chicken back in the chicken coop,
where he became most powerful
chicken in the coop. He believed that
he was an eagle, so he tried to fly
every chance that he got. He learned
how to hunt and find his own food
instead of waiting for someone to
bring it to him. He became a super
chicken. All the other chickens were
amazed at all the things he could do,
at all the places he dared go, this
chicken was the strongest and most

powerful chicken in the entire
chicken coop.

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As a matter of fact, he became the
leader of all the chickens because he

believed that he was an eagle. He
believed that he could do more. This

chicken believed that he had the
ability to fly, he had the ability to
hunt. This chicken thought that he
was a super chicken, and indeed he
was. Although he wasn’t an eagle, he
became the most “Macknificent”
chicken that ever lived in that coop!

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Edgar went to the swan's nest and
found the duck had become a grown
duck, and all the other swans looked
at this duck and said she was kind of
funny and different. And even though
they talked about her, even though

they made fun of her, this duck
believed that she was a swan. She
believed that she was beautiful. She
believed that she was graceful and
elegant, so everywhere this duck
went, she carried herself as a diva.

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This Diva Duck, when she was finally
put back into her real environment

with all the other ducks, carried
herself with an air of sophistication
and elegance. This duck believed that
she was beautiful. This duck believed
that she was gorgeous. This duck

believed that she was the most
beautiful creature in the entire duck

habitat.

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All the other ducks said, "Wow! This
duck is confident. This duck has

charisma. This duck carries herself
like a beautiful, beautiful creature,"
and they marveled at how wonderful
and incredible that duck became. Her
entire life, this duck held her head
high and walked as if she was walking
among royalty because she was a part
of royalty. This duck became Diva
Duck and all the other ducks were,
again, amazed and influenced by how
much of an impact this duck had on

their lives.

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Finally, George went back to the
swan yard and found the Silly Swan
there, and this swan was trying to be

a duck. She believed that she was
ugly. She was an insignificant swan.
She believed that she did not possess

any characteristics of beauty or
elegance or grace, and she hung her

head down as she moved about.
Among all the other ducks, she felt
that she was too big, too ungainly, too
unsightly, and not beautiful at all.

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When she was placed back into the
environment with the other swans,
she still held her head down. She still
felt as if she didn't fit in, as if she was
ugly. The rest of her life, she lived a

life believing that she was not
beautiful, that she was not a gorgeous

creature. Instead, she believed she
was an ugly, unsightly individual.
This swan went out of her way to
make sure that everyone knew that

she was not beautiful.

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The story of these four eggs that
became four birds, is akin to the story

of life.

We all too often find ourselves just
like the duck, the swan, the eagle, and

the chicken. In the right
environment, we can thrive. In the
right environment, we can reach our
potential. And with our experiences
and the examples around us and the
education we receive, we can soar, we
can become powerful, we can do
exploits in our right environment.

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But if placed in the wrong
environment and given the wrong

examples with the wrong
experiences, and an incomplete or an
incorrect or a miseducation, we can
see ourselves as not being anywhere
close to what our potential is. We can

see ourselves as ugly, when indeed
the world sees that we're beautiful.
We can see ourselves as limited as
chickens when we really have the
DNA of eagles flowing through our

veins.

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We can see ourselves as unsightly, as
ungainly, or we can see ourselves as
super. We can see ourselves as the
chicken saw itself, powerful with the
ability to be able to do more and to
achieve more than the others around

us, because the mentality and the
mindset says that more is

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a possibility. We can see ourselves as
the duck among the swans, thinking
it too was beautiful, thinking it too
was gorgeous and that it possessed

qualities of elegance and
sophistication that the others didn't

possess.

The key is, you have to decide what
environment you're in. Is it shaping

you or are you shaping it? Edgar
learned a valuable lesson that day.
Edgar learned that when these birds

became full-grown, that their
environment shaped a lot for them,

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that their education shaped them, as
well, but that their experiences and

the examples of those that they
surrounded themselves with, helped
to determine who they were and who

they thought they were.

Your goal in life, your responsibility,
is that you have to believe that you
are able to do impossible things, and
then you have to believe that it's
possible for you to do them. Don't
settle for just believing that you are
what you find yourself being.
Endeavor, dare to dream that you

can be bigger, that you can be better,
that you can be bolder, that you can

be beautiful. Nothing limits you

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unless you let it limit you. Everything
is possible for you if you accept its
possibility. So, Edgar learned from

that day and he applied those lessons
in life, and began to achieve and walk

with confidence, boldness, and
understanding that he was awesome.

That he, indeed, was Macknificent.

You can shape your world or your
world will shape you. You decide. I

have decided that I Am
MACKNIFICENT

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Environment
Education
Experiences
Examples

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About the Author

Johnny “MACKnificent” Mack grew up in Two Egg Florida.
His family moved in Xenia, Ohio and he attended schools
there. Elected president of his 9th grade class, he served on
the student council throughout high school. As the recipient
of several scholarships, he attended Urbana University in
Urbana Ohio. As a student at Urbana University, he wrote
for the student paper “The Lancer” and spoke at many
colleges as a spoken word artist. Johnny “MACKnificent”
Mack went on to study at the University of Nebraska at
Omaha, where he served as Chief Justice of the Student
Court and became a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity
Inc.

Mr. Mack finished his undergrad studies at California
Baptist University with a Bachelor of Science degree in
Business Administration. He also earned an Associates
Degree in Accounting from Skadron College of Business.
He has published 20 books and helped another 100 aspiring
authors Get Published Successfully.

Throughout his life, Johnny has had a passion for
encouraging and motivating people to do and be more. He
has spoken at seminars and training events across the
country and is recognized as a MOTORvational Life Coach.
He speaks to youth groups and sales seminars alike, to rave
response. Mr. Mack has over 25 successful years in the
educational and automotive sales arenas. In 2001, he was
recognized as the #1 salesperson in the world for Mitsubishi.

A graduate of the prestigious Leadership Southwest class of
2003, he also served two years as a member of its board of
directors. He gives back to the community by volunteering
at local high school mentoring events and career fairs

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