Co-written with Maryanne Vollers, Ms. Spacek's book, "My Extraordinary Ordinary Life, " comes out Tuesday.
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When applied to finances, that lesson can help ordinary couples do extraordinary things with their money.
But to win we need to play because it sharpens our imagination and our ordinary selves become extraordinary.
As TODAY National Correspondent, Gangel has become well known for her long-format features and interviews, profiling everyone from presidents and celebrities to ordinary people with extraordinary stories.
They survey and continue to survey the currently wealthy and, from that data, try to learn what habits turn ordinary earners into extraordinary asset owners.
They said they wanted something that put them eye level with everyone else, something that was stable and yet agile enough for both their ordinary, and extraordinary, pursuits.
Recalling the men who scaled the cliffs and crossed the beaches in a merciless hail of bullets, he asked, who were these men, these ordinary men doing extraordinary things?
Now, based on my research and experience producing my white-collar crime documentary, Crossing the Line: Ordinary People Committing Extraordinary Crimes the time period between being convicted and sentencing can span over a years time.
They join an incredibly elite list of women and men, and a long history filled with ordinary Americans doing extraordinary things -- men and women of undaunted courage, uncommon resolve, and a stubborn perseverance in the face of unfathomable challenge.
He's interviewed Presidents and Prime Ministers, movie, music and sporting stars -- but mostly ordinary people who do extraordinary things.
"We're pretty regular, ordinary people with this extraordinary piece of history, " he said.
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Harris Wofford. (Applause.) Harris Wofford has spent more than 50 years empowering ordinary citizens to make extraordinary change.
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Rather, he has teased ordinary circumstances into something extraordinary, which is exactly what we want our fiction writers to do.
The Los Angeles Lakers are all but certain Bryant tore his Achilles tendon Friday night on that ordinary step in his extraordinary career.
In his book The Automatic Millionaire, David Bach shares real stories of how ordinary people built up extraordinary wealth by slowly increasing their saving like this over time.
He sees the pride that many people feel -- especially older blacks who once faced harsh discrimination -- and believes he provides a connection between ordinary people and an extraordinary place.
In the heart of New York City at L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon, chef of the century Joel Robuchon playfully converts an ordinary burger into an extraordinary meal with beef and foie gras burgers with caramelized bell peppers which he also serves at his Las Vegas location.
At its core, the nobility and the majesty of Memorial Day can be found in the story of ordinary Americans who become extraordinary for the most simple of reasons: They loved their country so deeply, so profoundly, that they were willing to give their lives to keep it safe and free.
We bring in ordinary Americans who are doing extraordinary things in their communities, all across the country.
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It's not a time for ordinary people to be taking extraordinary risks.
This tale is just one of those disclosed in "Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary Things, " an exhibition that opens Jan. 30 at London's Design Museum.
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Doc Watson made his share of music for museums and dignitaries and international audiences, but it was the same music he would have made in your living room: extraordinary music for ordinary occasions.
Sotomayor predicted senators would come to see her as an ordinary person who has had some extraordinary opportunities.
The filmmakers keep falling back on pathos and on the easy irony that the main character is, despite his extraordinary gifts, an ordinary boy with the normal emotional needs of any seven-year-old.
Those are the ordinary responsibilities of local organizations regardless of extraordinary congressional expenditures.
Jonathan hopes that ordinary people, who had done something extraordinary, would get a chance to carry the torch to show that this is about everyone.
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And I remember at that time understanding that history was being made because ordinary people were standing up and doing extraordinary things with great courage and a great -- against great odds.
But the Naval Academy is no ordinary place, in fact it is extraordinary, and so are the men and women who earn the high honor and privilege of being accepted each year.
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